Jessica is one of the girls that comes to my bootcamps. Here's what she had to say about it on her blog:
http://zaakandjessica.blogspot.com/2011/02/mind-vs-body.html
I'm glad you feel this way Jessica! Thanks for coming!
A wise woman renews herself. In proper season, she develops her talents and continues her education. She musters the discipline to reach her goals. She dispels darkness and opens windows of truth to light her way. Russell M. Nelson
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Friday, February 11, 2011
An experience of a lifetime
I have become converted.
I was NOT opposed to races or running before, but I was most definitely not a participator. I have always tried to apply cardio to my workouts, but since I have always been weak at it, I was never motivated to push through that weakness.
A few months ago I had made a lot of decisions in regards to my goals and my life. I decided to make changes and make challenges for myself. One of which, was to develop a love for running (if it was possible.) So I started a training schedule and was running 5 days a week at first. I had been considering entering a race, but I considered a small one. Like a fun run, or a 5k, but then a best friend of mine approached me about my goal. This was our conversation:
Friend: "Let's do the race together and sign up for the 10k."
Me: "I don't know... I don't know if I'll be able to hack out 6.2 miles by the time of the race! I don't know if this is a reasonable goal to make!"
Friend:(with much emotion and tears welling up) "Colby, the only thing I've ever done that I consider 'cool' in my life, has been giving natural child birth. I need to accomplish something else that is 'cool' and for me this is it. I want to prove to myself that I can accomplish things that seem impossible. Not just child birth."
Me: "Well, first of all giving natural child birth is most definitely not the only thing you have done, that is 'cool,' but I don't know how to say no to that, so I'll do it, but you are gonna have to help me and motivate me every step of the way."
So that's what we did. We helped each other. We inspired each other. We pushed each other. And when race day came, neither of us had run 6.2 miles non stop yet, but that was our one and only goal. We didn't care about our time, we only cared about running the whole thing, and finishing.
On race day, we stayed close to each other the whole time. Sometimes she'd be ahead of me, and sometimes I'd be ahead of her, but we kept eyes on each other and set little milestones along the way and always ended up side by side, offering words of encouragement.
At several points in the race we wanted to stop. Our mind was telling us to just take a break for a minute, but then a sign on the side of the trail with a picture of a little child with cancer would pop up next to us and we both had the thought that, "At least my body is even healthy enough to do this. Some people don't even have a body that is strong enough to run, so I'm gonna make the most out of this healthy body and keep going. How can I quit when I know there are people out there who would give anything to do what I'm doing?"
It was an emotional experience. I never fully understood the magnitude of charity races until I raced one. It is an incredible experience to say the least.
After crossing that finish line I was on a proud-high the rest of the day. And it felt good to be proud of myself because to be honest, it had been a while.
If I can offer any motivation, or inspiration to those who think you can't do something hard. I'm telling you, YOU CAN. Not only will you feel proud and happy with yourself. Your attitude on life will change forever. If you have never participated in a race, I urge you to do so, not just to improve your cardio, but to improve your mind, your emotions, your spirit, your attitude, and to improve YOU!
Reach for the impossible and then when you reach it, keep going.
I was NOT opposed to races or running before, but I was most definitely not a participator. I have always tried to apply cardio to my workouts, but since I have always been weak at it, I was never motivated to push through that weakness.
A few months ago I had made a lot of decisions in regards to my goals and my life. I decided to make changes and make challenges for myself. One of which, was to develop a love for running (if it was possible.) So I started a training schedule and was running 5 days a week at first. I had been considering entering a race, but I considered a small one. Like a fun run, or a 5k, but then a best friend of mine approached me about my goal. This was our conversation:
Friend: "Let's do the race together and sign up for the 10k."
Me: "I don't know... I don't know if I'll be able to hack out 6.2 miles by the time of the race! I don't know if this is a reasonable goal to make!"
Friend:(with much emotion and tears welling up) "Colby, the only thing I've ever done that I consider 'cool' in my life, has been giving natural child birth. I need to accomplish something else that is 'cool' and for me this is it. I want to prove to myself that I can accomplish things that seem impossible. Not just child birth."
Me: "Well, first of all giving natural child birth is most definitely not the only thing you have done, that is 'cool,' but I don't know how to say no to that, so I'll do it, but you are gonna have to help me and motivate me every step of the way."
So that's what we did. We helped each other. We inspired each other. We pushed each other. And when race day came, neither of us had run 6.2 miles non stop yet, but that was our one and only goal. We didn't care about our time, we only cared about running the whole thing, and finishing.
On race day, we stayed close to each other the whole time. Sometimes she'd be ahead of me, and sometimes I'd be ahead of her, but we kept eyes on each other and set little milestones along the way and always ended up side by side, offering words of encouragement.
At several points in the race we wanted to stop. Our mind was telling us to just take a break for a minute, but then a sign on the side of the trail with a picture of a little child with cancer would pop up next to us and we both had the thought that, "At least my body is even healthy enough to do this. Some people don't even have a body that is strong enough to run, so I'm gonna make the most out of this healthy body and keep going. How can I quit when I know there are people out there who would give anything to do what I'm doing?"
It was an emotional experience. I never fully understood the magnitude of charity races until I raced one. It is an incredible experience to say the least.
After crossing that finish line I was on a proud-high the rest of the day. And it felt good to be proud of myself because to be honest, it had been a while.
If I can offer any motivation, or inspiration to those who think you can't do something hard. I'm telling you, YOU CAN. Not only will you feel proud and happy with yourself. Your attitude on life will change forever. If you have never participated in a race, I urge you to do so, not just to improve your cardio, but to improve your mind, your emotions, your spirit, your attitude, and to improve YOU!
Reach for the impossible and then when you reach it, keep going.
My support group: my sister Emma, my son Ryder, and my daughter Lainey
Monday, February 7, 2011
First Night of Boot Camp...Check!
So we started our first night tonight. Good job to all you ladies and thank you so much for coming! A few things I would like to mention, that I didn't have the chance to tonight:
1.) Remember our theme: Everyone can do something easy, but not everyone can do something hard. Choose to do the hard stuff. Be the minority. Be different than everyone.
2.) Focus on your efforts, not your image. Stop focusing on your image. Stop focusing on how you look on the outside for now. Especially when you're working out! Don't think about how ridiculous you might look to everyone and how you probably look weak, or like you are struggling. Just get in a zone and focus on what is best for you. Once you start focusing on your efforts instead of your image, you'll begin to love your image more.
3.) Journal. Please journal your progress. If you want to do it privately in a notebook, or publicly on facebook; I don't care! But don't just journal your weight loss, journal your accomplishments in strength, endurance, flexibility, and mental capability. If you couldn't do a single push-up at the beginning, but in two weeks you can... JOURNAL THAT MILESTONE! If you couldn't run a mile because your mind told you it was too hard, but in 3 weeks you can because you ignored that quitter attitude... JOURNAL THAT MILESTONE! I really want you to see your growth both mentally and physically. If you stick with this, you will also see an attitude change in yourself, so journal it so you don't forget!
4.) Nutrition, nutrition, nutrition! Water, water, water! You will have much better results if you are eating the right things! I will give you a list of things to eat a lot of, and things to have very little of. If you do not change your eating habits, you will not have the strength, and body that you want to have.
5.) Commit and conquer! Decide right now to finish the six weeks, come rain or shine. Make the decision right now, that this is something you are going to do three times a week no matter what. Excuses and reasons not to come need to not be an option. Try to convince your mind that there is no decision, or option on whether or not you should exercise tonight. Just go and do without thinking about it.
6.) Do cardio on the no boot camp days!! I can't stress this one enough. You need to apply cardio in your life 5 days a week. Go for a run, or whatever it takes to get your heart rate going for at least 20 minutes on Wednesdays and Fridays.
1.) Remember our theme: Everyone can do something easy, but not everyone can do something hard. Choose to do the hard stuff. Be the minority. Be different than everyone.
2.) Focus on your efforts, not your image. Stop focusing on your image. Stop focusing on how you look on the outside for now. Especially when you're working out! Don't think about how ridiculous you might look to everyone and how you probably look weak, or like you are struggling. Just get in a zone and focus on what is best for you. Once you start focusing on your efforts instead of your image, you'll begin to love your image more.
3.) Journal. Please journal your progress. If you want to do it privately in a notebook, or publicly on facebook; I don't care! But don't just journal your weight loss, journal your accomplishments in strength, endurance, flexibility, and mental capability. If you couldn't do a single push-up at the beginning, but in two weeks you can... JOURNAL THAT MILESTONE! If you couldn't run a mile because your mind told you it was too hard, but in 3 weeks you can because you ignored that quitter attitude... JOURNAL THAT MILESTONE! I really want you to see your growth both mentally and physically. If you stick with this, you will also see an attitude change in yourself, so journal it so you don't forget!
4.) Nutrition, nutrition, nutrition! Water, water, water! You will have much better results if you are eating the right things! I will give you a list of things to eat a lot of, and things to have very little of. If you do not change your eating habits, you will not have the strength, and body that you want to have.
5.) Commit and conquer! Decide right now to finish the six weeks, come rain or shine. Make the decision right now, that this is something you are going to do three times a week no matter what. Excuses and reasons not to come need to not be an option. Try to convince your mind that there is no decision, or option on whether or not you should exercise tonight. Just go and do without thinking about it.
6.) Do cardio on the no boot camp days!! I can't stress this one enough. You need to apply cardio in your life 5 days a week. Go for a run, or whatever it takes to get your heart rate going for at least 20 minutes on Wednesdays and Fridays.
Trainer Momma
I have a friend who has been telling me to look at this blog for a while, so I've been looking at it a lot lately. This lady is awesome and stands for every bit of what I do and more. Check it out. She has great tips on eating, working out, and just being a better you.
http://www.trainermomma.com/
http://www.trainermomma.com/
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