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March 7, 2017

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

Everyone has their own path to walk and only they can know the true one to take. Even when uncertain their instinct will know; it will "direct" them towards what is "right" for them. Look inside your soul for the answers you seek, for they often rest quietly, waiting for you to be ready to listen. Ignore others' paths. Focus on your own and do it for you. If yours crosses anothers, very well, but remember that you have your own mission, vision and purpose. Be that. Live that. Be YOU.

January 16, 2015

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

GRACE

None of us is perfect; nor will we ever be. Even so, that does mean we cannot STRIVE for perfection; our definition of it.

So, as I strive to be the BEST that I can possibly be, the STANDARD I hold myself to is one not of perfection (been there; done that, and it only sets one up for a lot of heartache and disappointment and self-hatred), but of GRACE, because I know that whilst my intentions are always for the best, I AM human, with “off” days and “mistakes” along the way. I can now acknowledge that it is OK to be HUMAN, instead of beating myself up for any “shortcomings” (that does nothing positive for the psyche and can be detrimental to anything being done or progress being made).

This does not mean that one gives permission to fail or not try, because neither is acceptable; instead it accepts that we are but human and there WILL be times when we need to “readjust” our timelines to make allowances for those “off” moments or things beyond our control. Striving for and standards held are two different things and one is not always the other, even though we should have them both set to the UTMOST possible.

So never stop aiming for the STARS and the very HIGHEST pinnacle you want to reach, for our dreams and goals ARE attainable. Just remember, as Vince Lombardi said, “Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.”

© 2015 Rosie Chee

November 12, 2010

Day 314: At what cost?

Quote of the Day

"A burning desire to excel is an indication that you are spiritually ready to accept obstacles and overcome objections." - Steve Putnam

Training

HIIT Run:
a. 4 min jogging
b. 8 x 20 sec effort/10 sec easy
c. 12 min jogging

Stretch 10 min.

Gym - Full-Body:
Superset A (3 min recovery) -
1. Close-Grip Pull-Ups 2 x 8, 6
2. Single-Leg Deadlifts 2 x 10 per leg
Superset B (1 min recovery) -
3. Behind-the-neck BB Military Press 2 x 8, 6
4. Hammer Raises 2 x 10
Superset C (1 min recovery) -
5. EZ-Bar Bicep Curls 2 x 21s
6. Flat Close-Grip BB Bench Press 2 x 8
Superset D (1 min recovery) -
7. Incline BB Bench Press 2 x 8
8. Alternate Backward Lunges 2 x 10
Superset E (1 min recovery) -
9. Weighted Deadbugs 2 x 10
10. Plank 2 x 1 min

Stretch 11 min.

Comments

Sleep - Time and Quality: ~5 hours - let's hope that it STAYS normal from now on!

Energy: I have none.

Mental Focus and Clarity: Actually getting into my assessment now - once on a roll, focus is CONCENTRATED.

Stress: Might have to do something about this VERY soon.

Joints: Left elbow still clicking. Mid back aching a little.

Endurance: Ok.

Strength: Good.

Quality of Training: HIIT Run was slow - the slowest ever. I just had no energy. Even my efforts were pitiful . . . Resistance training was heavier weights, less reps, less sets to make for less overall duration than usual . . .

Recovery: Noticing that the heavier weights are definitely taking more out of me.

Body Composition and Look: Seeing upper abs better than I was at the start of the week. Obliques as well.

Question of the Day

Do we ever truly know what we are capable of? So many people become and are what others want them to be, trying to please others, that I wonder if they ever really know who and what they are, or whether they are even capable of knowing . . .

November 1, 2010

Day 303: Mustering the Troops

Quote of the Day

"Desire is the key to motivation, but it's the determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek." - Mario Andrett

Music Video of the Day

Linkin Park - PTS.OF.ATHRTY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60lmDCGgW9k

Training

HIIT Cardio:
a. 4 min jogging
b. 8 x 20 sec effort/10 sec easy
c. 14 min jogging

Gym - Shoulders (1 min recovery between supersets):
Superset A -
1. Behind-the-neck BB Military Press 4 x 6
2. Lateral Raises 4 x 12
Superset B -
3. Clean and Press 4 x 8
4. Hammer Raises 4 x 8

Post-Weights Cardio 20 min.

Stretch 24 min.

Comments

Mood/Aggression: NO-GO zone if you want to keep your head!

Energy: Nothing. Took forever to even get myself ready for training, and throughout it I felt like I was just dragging my body through the motions.

Libido: It's ON!

Joints: A few niggles here and there - elbows clicking, knees aching, hips popping.

Endurance: Fine.

Strength: Same weight as last week for less reps.

Pump: Decent, but nothing spectacular.

Vascularity: Spectacular.

Quality of Training: HIIT felt like my body was a heavy mechanical object podding along at the only pace it could go. Efforts were lacklustre compared to usual and I didn't have the energy to push harder . . . Resistance training was only 20 minutes, and definitely felt 'off' today . . .

Favourite Quotes

"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." - Philippians 4:13

"TRUST in HIM, who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think." - Ephesians 3:20

"Look back and thank God. Look forward and trust God. Look within and find God! God closes doors no man can open and God opens doors no man can close!" - Unknown

"'For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.'" - Jeremiah 29:11-13

"Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. IMPOSSIBLE is nothing. How are you going to live your life?" - U.S. Army

"I succeed because I am willing to do the things you are not. I will fight against the odds. I will sacrifice. I am not shacked by fear, insecurity or doubt. I feel those emotions but I drink them in and swallow them away to the blackness of hell. I am motivated by accomplishment, not pride. Pride consumes the weak and kills their heart from inside. If I fall... I will get up. If I am beaten... I will return. I will never give up... EVER." - Nike

"The biggest risk in life is to risk nothing at all." - Anonymous

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light not our darkness that frightens us. Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn’t serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give others permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence actually liberates others." - Marianne Williamson

"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat." - Theodore Roosevelt

"It’s not about what you’ve got; it’s about what you DO with what you’ve got.” – Andie West, Step Up 2: The Streets

"To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift." – Steve Prefontaine

"Never, never, never, never give up." - Winston Churchill

"Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place, and I don't care how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard you hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward; how much you can take and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done! Now, if you know what you're worth, then go out and get what you're worth. But you gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain't where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody. Cowards do that and that ain't you. You're better than that!...until you start believing in yourself, you ain't gonna have a life...Cause if you're willing to go through all the battling you got to go through to get where you want to get, who's got the right to stop you? I mean maybe some of you guys got something you never finished, something you really want to do, something you never said to someone, something...and you're told no, even after you paid your dues? Who's got the right to tell you that, who? Nobody! It's your right to listen to your gut, it ain't nobody's right to say no after you earned the right to be where you want to be and do what you want to do!...You know, the older I get the more things I gotta leave behind, that's life. The only thing I'm asking you guys to leave on the table...is what's right." - Rocky Balboa

"Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength." - Arnold Schwarzenegger

"Nothing in the world is permanent and we are foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we are still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it." – William Somerset Maughan

"There comes a time when you have to stand up and shout: This is me damn it! I look the way I look, think the way I think, feel the way I feel, love the way I love! I am a whole complex package. Take me... or leave me. Accept me - or walk away! Do not try to make me feel like less of a person, just because I don't fit your idea of who I should be and don't try to change me to fit your mold. If I need to change, I alone will make that decision. When you are strong enough to love yourself 100%, good and bad - you will be amazed at the opportunities that life presents you." - Stacey Charter

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Day 314: At what cost?

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Day 303: Mustering the Troops

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