17 Feb 2013-Working through it

      A little martin Rooney talking about Injuries and Prevention. The little things to prevent something more drastic taking place. My injury was as much a freak occurrence as it was years of wear and tear on my body. There is no one to blame. I did for the most part try and prevent it. I do the little things as he talks about. But in reality i only started doing them about 4 yrs when age and wisdom started to catch up to me. Minor things started to drag on when only a few yrs previous they would heal on there own or simply disappear as quickly as they came appeared. But that is the story for most humans isn't it? As we get older things wear down on our bodies. Especially when we have put alot of undue strain on them over the years. Pushing our limits and always striving to improve physically.

      I have learned alot on how to train in the past 6 yrs. Probably more than i did in my previous 20 yrs of training, working out, exercising. I am glad and very happy for that fact. It has prepared me for rebuilding and recovering from this Injury and subsequent surgery. Every day is not rosy and i fight the demons in my head almost daily. The daily goal is trying to figure out how they are trying to manifest themselves and work them out. Unfortunately those closest to me take the brunt before i shut them down sometimes. I am happy i have people in my life who are patient with me. Inspire me to keep pushing and moving forward.
    The day the ACL tore i made the comment probably subconsciously knowing something was really wrong with my knee, and a little cockily too,  "When i am going to have a real injury? You know one in which i have to battle back from?" Well i got that injury. I am still here. I am still fighting. I have a NO FAIL scenario facing me down, at least that is the way i choose to look at it.

Sometimes being forced to work through
something drastic builds better character. 

   Choose, Choice. There is an interesting set of words. One of my favorite sayings is "EVERYTHING in life is a choice. Everything." At some point in time any addiction, problem, or situation goes back to a choice that was made, consciously or unconsciously at the time. But the consequences of those choices are what we live with. A regular in the gym commented to me today about how i am so dedicated to my recovery. My reply was "I was not given any other option". She retorted that there is always a choice and i had most definitely had made the right one. I laughed and said she was right. But that it is my mind set and always is. Difficult or not i will make the right choice. At least if it is within my realm to do so.
  I have spent most of my life choosing the difficult way of doing things simply because i wanted the experience of doing it that way. "Life is hard, it is harder when you are stupid" -John Wayne Well more times than not Mr Wayne would probably call me Stupid. But any one can do easy. It takes a different person to take on and work through challenges.

   This recovery is a No Fail challenge for me. I have my ups and downs but i continue to work through the recovery. Weeks like this past one are what keep me going and what i draw my strength to keep fighting  from. When i need more i find other sources. But mostly i reflect inwards and find the little voice who always just wants to take one more step, one more rep, to get up one more time.
I know am rambling a little but i have had this swimming in my head all week.

This morning:

Treadmill 15 min /Max Incl /Lvl 3.5-4.5 (still getting easier and smoother in the delivery)
45 Deg Back Ext 1 x 15
Hyper Deads
2 x 10 x bar
1 x 6 x 50
3 x 6 x 70
1 x 15 x 20 lbs
Used an Olympic Bar today (45 lbs) but the weights listed do not include the bar.
45 Deg Side bends
1 x 15 x bodyweight
3 x 8 x 25 lbs
Decided to do these with weight to day for a change.
Rev Hyper
1 x 25
1 x 15

Orange Band Side Step 1 x 10 (L&R)
Clamshells (L&R) 1 x 20

Short and sweet today. I had to get in and out because i had my range intro brief today. Going to start shooting my guns regularly soon.

Keep Moving Forward, Keep Getting Strong(er)