Proud

Three hours ago, when I got home from work, I updated my Twitter to say the following:

"oh my gosh, I'm mentally exhausted. I'm skipping the workout, going to take a bath, paint my toe nails, and read my new mag instead"

After I typed it, I had a little something to eat and then...

Took a bath?
Nope.

Painted my toe nails?
Nope.

Read the magazine I got in the mail?
Nope.

...

Actually, I went and worked out.

Haha. And I'm damn proud of myself for working out because you know what? I did not fricken want to at all. My Twitter account was dead honest... I was mentally exhausted when I got home from work and I wanted nothing else but to take a long, warm bath and lay in bed with my magazine.

Instead, I got my arse to the gym and kicked the crap out of myself.

During my workouts, I always try to "finish strong." Even if I'm dog tired, I tell myself to push it to the end, don't slack off right at the end, just push through the pain all the way. When I was running more, I did the same thing- usually trying to finish with a short sprint or a faster pace at the end of my runs.

Well, I used that same mentality to get myself to the gym tonight. It's Thursday night, I'm nearing the end of an exhausting week and I need to FINISH STRONG. I've been so consistent w/ my workouts lately and I didn't want to end that streak now. Especially with a 3-day weekend ahead, I'll have plenty of time to rest and relax then.

Here's the workout I did - called "Twins":
750 meter row
20 handstand push-ups (modified w/ feet on bench)
750 meter row
20 handstand push-ups
20 65# Thrusters
20 pull-ups (w/ Michael's assistance)
20 65# Thrusters
20 pull-ups (w/ Michael's assistance)

Total time = 25:13

As you can tell, it was all upper body. The row is a pulling motion and the push-ups, well, obviously that's a pushing motion. The Thrusters are a pushing motion and the pull-ups, well, okay, hopefully you guys are catching on... two pushing motions offset with two pulling motions- all upper body.

The workout actually calls for regular pull-ups but I still can't do those. Instead of using the assisted pull-up machine, I used Michael as my assistance. He stood behind me and gave me little nudges when I'd get stuck... I tried to do the round of 20 in sets of 3 or 4 at a time. The first rep, I swear I was almost getting up on my own, but by the 3rd or 4th rep, I'm sure Michael was much more assistance! Poor guy. lol

I can't wait until I can do a pull-up by myself. I can't wait to be that girl.

Kelsalynn