“A measurement of one’s success in not all he has accomplished, but rather all he has overcome to reach his accomplishments.” -Unknown
That seems to be a repeating theme for folks that have done great things or reached some level of success. They persevered, the struggled, they did what others said could not be done, or could not be done easily. They failed repeatedly but keep on trying until they succeeded. They overcame the obstacles before them. They did not accept failure. You should not either. In anything in life. Work hard and succeed.
Today was a test for me. I worked 1 day at my new temporary site away from my normal site. My normal site has 2 fitness centers and I go twice a day for cardio and weights. This new site MIGHT have a facility open to me, but it might not. I tackled my morning cardio with something I have been wanting to do for a while, I went jogging with my wife in the very early AM. We did 30 minutes. It was great to be back jogging, but darn those hills are a lot tougher than jogging on a flat treadmill. I got my work cut out for me. I will get better. I will increase my jogging times and distances. Unfortunately when it rains this plan does not work for me (unless it is a light drizzle). I have an exercise bike so I have something I can do. I can also do a cardio DVD with my wife, but that is not my normal thing which has been giving me success. I also don’t have the afternoon weights right by my office now. I do have a Bally’s membership and went there today to try it out. I did 20 minutes on the elliptical machine to warm up and then hit the weights. The squat cage was different from the one I use at work so my routine was altered. Also they did not have any type of foam cushion to put on the bar to keep it off you back and neck.
Squats:
65lbs- 10
95-7,7,7
135-5
185-5
135-7
Overhead press from the ground
95-5,5,6
overhead press from chest
95-8,8
Dead lifts
135-5
185-3,3,3
135-5
bent over rows with barbell
95-8,8,8
I feel like it was a pretty solid workout. Especially for the first one there doing my routine, and without my co-worker getting sets in too. I am not sure when my rotation at the new site will begin, but I am confident I can atleast maintain what I have been doing, if not improve some since I have some different machine to pick from for lifting. I did forget to do my deep squats with a 45lb plate held to my chest. I also ended up doing a few extra sets of squats so I hope it all balances out.
My total calories for the day were 2,185 calories. The total is right where it needs to be. The problem with today was that I had a high calorie dinner of Ground lamb, chick peas, yogurt, sour cream and spinach that totaled 1,087 calories by itself. That was too much for 1 meal. I need to work on keeping dinner around 600 to 800 calories. I should have put half of what I ate over a salad instead of eating it by itself out of a bowl. It still would have tasted great, I just would have ate less of it. There are always places to improve when you are trying to improve youself.
