10 Week Fitness Challenge Kickoff!

I haven’t divulged much to you, dear readers, because I feel too vulnerable. But I’ll just say that September through January were some of the roughest times of my life, and I fell into a depression. It’s only when you hit rock bottom that you are forced to make a change, so these past few months I have devoted myself to improving myself psychologically/emotionally. I implemented a multi-faceted attack, and throughout the months, I was able to transform! I used ...

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MAY
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Motivation & Mindset, Physique, Figure, and Fitness, Training

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13 Week Program/Countdown to Breaking, Gymnastics, Kettlebells, Tire-flipping, Oympic Lifting, Boxing, Trail-sprinting, and More Lean and Mean Goodness

I was thinking…this injury stuff has been getting really old. I KNOW I can do acrobatics, amazing things, and be capable of so much more. Other trainers (inadvertently) tempt me, when they recount their fun tumbling practice, or do kettlebell snatches, or when I see my peers on stage…and I KNOW I can do these things. Yet I have a million and one excuses. Legitimate excuses e.g. injuries. But. Excuses none the less. I have been telling Caleb I will ...

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17
JAN
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ACL Rehab/Prehab, Breaking, Motivation & Mindset, Physique, Figure, and Fitness, Training

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Meaning of Injury

Unknown pain in the bottom right lateral side of my foot. Begone. Thou (literally) art my spur. Plantar fasciitis, are thou? Hopefully not a stress fracture? Perhaps more benign.

Timeline:

  • Wed 1/6/10: 40 min jog in the morning, 40 min stepmill in the afternoon.
  • Thurs: worked alll day, on my feet for over 12 hours. Feet were extremely tight and sore.
  • Friday: tried to jog/do cardio. hurt. hurt to walk.
  • Saturday: tried to do cardio. hurt to walk. iced.
  • Sunday: did not attempt to go to ...
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11
JAN
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Motivation & Mindset, Training

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