"Working out less than 5 days a week is a lot like falling down the stairs. It'll make you sore but it won't do much else" - Tony Horton
So, I start with this quote because today I have felt the truth in that statement. I have been doing pretty well at keeping up with my workouts at least 6 days a week. It is intense and it is a big commitment, but it is worth it and I am enjoying it. Until this week I had only missed one workout. Just one. Now this week I have already missed two workouts bringing my total up to 3. Let me tell you.... Tonight we did FIRE 55 and it destroyed me. I felt like I did the first week again. I had a hard time keeping up with the workout and I got a cramp so bad that I had to stop all together. I have NEVER had to do that before. Granted, it was like 50,000 degrees in the chapel today, so that was hard, but, man oh man.... I just couldn't keep up. Sheesh!!! Really makes me realize how important it is for me to keep on my schedule that I have set out for myself.
In another article that I read by Tony Horton he said, "Don’t you sleep every day? You eat and shower every day? You brush your teeth daily, right? So what happens if you don’t sleep for a few nights? What if you choose not to shower for a number of days? Skip a few meals? What happens isn’t pretty. You end up a smelly, ravenous zombie with halitosis. You feel terrible. You look like hell."
It is just too true. Today was almost a complete write-off because I didn't do my workout last night. I count on that workout every night.... I didn't know that until today.... I was taking my workout for granted....
I had a girlfriend say to me, "I think a separation [for them] will help him see how much [she] really does for him." About a married couple who have been fighting a lot. Well me and my workout were starting to feel a little bit like an old married couple and I didn't realize how much it was doing for me.
Dearest workout, I promise to not take you for granted again, and if I do, I know that you will fully kick my ass again, just like you did tonight!
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