I Am Only Human

Monday Motivation  Flashback — Old post but same thoughts. March 2017

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Bound By Flaws.

For a first time in a long time.. 

 

It had occur to me that people see me as this “super human” amazing women who lifts heavy and walks with confidence and seemingly has her life together & everything she does just seems to be #goals (my blog, my workout, my future career, my online presence, physique, etc) & this scares me a little bit, actually a lot of bit. I mean granted I am thankful that I have inspired people, built relationships and rapport with people who now trust me enough to come to me with questions about fitness/health, have had a blog that went from 0 to hero in matter of months and that I tend to make people smile with my random comedic personality BUT what scares me is that people seem to think because of all this I did do, that they think…

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Wednesday May 9th — bench press (heavy load)

Warm up:

  • EZ bar bentover rows: 4 x 25, 20 lbs
  • One handed overhead triceps extension: 4 x 25, 5 lbs 
  • chin ups (assisted): 4 x 25, 150 lbs 

Workout:

  • Barbell bench press: 5 x 2-4 (80%-90%), 5 x 95 lbs, 5 x 100 lbs, 5 x 110 lbs

        — Barbell bench press: 3 x 1-2 (95%+), 3 x 115 lbs, 3 x 120 lbs

Tri-set:

  • Reverse grip triceps pushdown: 6 x 12-15, 60 lbs
  • V-bar pulldown: 6 x 12-15, 60 lbs
  • DB lateral raises: 6 x 12-15, 20 lbs

Tri-set:

  • DB chest press: 6 x 12-15, 2 x 60 lbs, 4 x 50 lbs 
  • Bench dips: 6 x 12-15 
  • Plate front raises: 6 x 12-15, 10 lbs

Tuesday May 8th — Squats & Conventional deadlifts (speed)

Warm up:

 
  • EZ-Bar goodmorning 4 x 25, 20 lbs
  • lying leg curl: 4 x 25
  • EZ Bar hip thruster: 4 x 25, 20 lbs

Workout:

  • Conventional deadlift: 9 x 3-6, 180 lbs (60% 1RM)

         — Deficit deadlift: 5 x 3-6, 180 lbs

  • Barbell back squat (low bar, wide stance): 9 x 3-6, 120 lbs

        — Barbell back squat (high bar narrow stance): 5 x 3-6, 120 lbs

Tri-set:

  • EZ bar jump squats: 5 x 10-15, 40 lbs 
  • kettlebell snatch: 5 x 10-15, 8 kg
  • Resistance band lateral leg raises: 5 x 10-15, red band

Tri-set:

  • DB cleans: 5 x 10-15, 30 lbs
  • Cable kickback: 5 x 10-15, 10 lbs each leg
  • Lateral lying leg raises: 5 x 10-15 

Also be sure to check out my video of me demonstrating jump squats: EZ Bar jump squats

 

Monday May 7th — Bench day (speed training)

Warm up:

 
  • Straight arm pulldown: 4 x 25, 30 lbs
  • DB upright row: 4 x 25, 10 lbs
  • Triceps pushdown: 4 x 25, 30 lbs

Workout:

  • Barbell bench press: 9 x 3-6, 80 lbs off the floor (60%1RM)

           — Barbell bench press: 5 x 3-6 (wide) 80 lbs

           — Barbell bench press (close grip): 5 x 3-6, 80 lbs 

Tri-set:

  • Smith machine one arm upright rows: 5 x 10-15, 55 lbs 
  • Incline close grip push up: 5 x 10-15
  • Smith machine bentover row: 5 x 10-15, 55 lbs

Tri-set:

  • Reverse grip lat pulldown: 5 x 10-15, 60 lbs
  • Seated overhead triceps extension: 5 x 10-15, 15 lbs, 20 lbs
  • One arm DB bentover row: 5 x 10-15, 25 lbs, 30 lbs, 35 lbs, 40 lbs, 45 lbs 
 

BeGreatGuys Post #4 — Being Average is Okay

Nowadays, people are striving to be the “best”, the best at sports, work, parenting, school, etc. It seems people steer themselves in the direction of competition in order to come out first, to be granted a reward, to be applauded, and to be remembered as someone with importance. In my opinion, the best thing to do is “be your best self” and that doesn’t mean winning at every sport or getting straight A’s in school; it means living life trying to have a good character, to stand up for what’s right when necessary, following your values/morals that correlate with who you are & choosing to surround yourself with like-minded individuals who don’t want to see you mentally exhausting yourself to be first place ALL THE TIME , but will also be there when you lose. 

 

Being average, doesn’t have to mean being complacent, or going through life with no aspirations — all that average means, is being okay with not being perfect in every aspect of your life and being okay with making mistakes, with losing a game, with getting a C on a test and studying hard next time to strive for that B+ & not weighing yourself down with comparisons to others, and obsessions of winning or being known by many. If all that attended your funeral were your family members and 3 close friends, would you be okay with that? or would you be the one to say, “nobody cares about me, only this many people attended” .. does the number that attends your funeral make a difference in how you feel about yourself? because if you think that having 100 people at your funeral is any better, try having 100 people at your funeral but only 5 of them actually care and have something they can share; memories, pictures, stories, and friendships — all the while the other 95 people attended just because they felt bad and didn’t want to be mean by not attending and didn’t even know who you really were (they liked you because you always won first place) but the second you lose first place, you lose those 95 people who you thought cared. 

 

Yes, strive for success and be great at things, excel in school and work. Compete in sports, be nominated for a prize for your efforts and continue to dream big — but don’t forget that being average doesn’t mean you suck, or that you can’t win, or that you are 2nd place loser. Being average is okay, because being average awards you the same gratification; you made progress, you did better and you might not have won every race or scored more points than your opponent but you tried and trying is way better than wishing you had. Being average doesn’t make you weak, fat or ugly, it means you are perfectly okay with being who you are because you love yourself and don’t need the audience to validate your worth; you don’t need a trophy, a fan club, a billboard in order to know you have a good character, you have flaws but don’t use them to weigh you down and that you put your effort into something you love- win or lose. You don’t need to know you are the best, to feel your best. 

 

I would know what being average is, because I am average and I love it all the same. 

 

“The best part about not winning all the time, is being able to lose and still walk away with a win; you kept the same attitude as you would have winning” -Shay-lon