Grief

Sometimes the news comes quick. Sometimes the news comes slow. No matter how or when it comes, grief travels in the wake of the news. Grief is heavy, weighty, a burden, especially when it involves someone deeply loved. Grief is not meant to be carried alone. It’s too heavy and may last a while—and that’s ok. That’s what family and friends are for, to share the load. Jesus stood outside the tomb of his friend and wept but He did not weep alone. It was a deep, human moment. “ Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted ” (Matt 5:4). If anyone knows how we feel in grief, it’s Him. But His grief did not linger long, as at the mention of his name, Lazarus came forth. We are not meant to dwell in grief, but should leave room enough for it. Let it run its course. Like the song says, “ Every Storm Runs Out Of Rain .” Another song says, “ The storm We will dance as it breaks The storm It will give as it takes And all of our pain is washed away Don't cry or be afraid Some things...

31 Days Of An Ultimate Fitness Challenge: Day 7 "Get Finished"

Hurricane Matthew still has not landed but the rain has started where we live. Today, I am pulling the car out of the garage for today's WOD. No excuses. Plenty of time to play hard. No need to sit around and watch TV when there's all that space to drop a sweat angel!

Getting over the challenges takes a made-up mind. Find a way. It's not that difficult.

Start with your "why": why pursue health? Personally, I like to live. And if I have any say in the matter, I'd like to live a very long time. Set small goals. Large ones are good to have, but be realistic even if it's one day at a time. One example of a small goal is "Finish". No matter what, get creative to do whatever it takes to finish your training.

If you say, "I'll walk for 15 minutes." Then walk for 15 minutes. If you say, "I'm following such-and-such program" then finish even if it takes an hour. If it's hard, turn 10 reps into 2 sets of 5, or 5 sets of 2, or 10 sets of 1. Just finish. No matter what you do, FINISH!

Tell you a secret? There are some training exercises I loathe, such as Mountain Climbers. I despise them. But my approach is like this: do it. They are only going to make me stronger. I will finish my Mountain Climbers. I will not let them finish me.

Here's what I'm finishing today:

Baseline:

  • Range Of Motion Drills (warm up)
  • 25 High Pull (45#), 15 Push-ups
  • 25 High Pull 945#), 15 Push-press (45#)
Strength:
  • 5x5 Push Jerk
Work:
21-15-9 of
  • 4-count Mountain Climbers
  • Push Jerk
  • Sit-ups
Durability: Yoga

Play hard!

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