I am excited today! I had an awesome workout. The kind of workout where you are pushing yourself to the max and are super tired but feel like you can go forever. I call it a breakthrough workout because I can remember moments from my past when I had a workout like this and everything started flowing in the right direction.
It happened to me on The Biggest Loser, it has happened to me in my wrestling career, and it happened again today. There is an excitement to experiencing these types of moments. It is a moment where you get a glimpse at what you can become.
Many of us who workout tend to get stuck in a rut. We feel like we are doing the same thing workout after workout without seeing any results. In fact, I would venture that many who read this blog gauge the success or failure of a workout based on the scale. If the scale number isn’t dropping, our workouts must not be good.
That’s wrong! We need to base our workouts on how much we are improving. We need to be excited about getting stronger and being able to go longer. We need to get excited about feeling like we could do even more after our workout is over. I have been doing my workouts consistently for three weeks now and exercises that seemed like torture when I first started have gotten significantly easier.
When I was on the show we had to do the same workout that we did on the first day at the ranch. On my first day at the ranch I was cramping up, crying, and vomiting during my first workout. I thought I was going to die. After being at the ranch and doing my workouts for three months, I was able to do the same workout I did on the first day with ease. In fact, that workout was more like what I did for a warm-up after three months.
Strive for that breakthrough. Just because you have never had one, or maybe you have, doesn’t mean that you can’t experience it over and over again. Let’s stop worrying about that number on the scale. It will take care of itself with exercise and good nutrition. Instead, lets focus on the good things that are happening each time we workout.
Today was a great day. I can’t wait to come back tonight and do it again. Focus on the positives!
See you tomorrow!
#1 by Teresa Moffatt - February 27th, 2010 at 10:24
Wow, interesting that I read this post today…I had a breakthrough workout on Thursday! I am working with a personal trainer for the first time in my life (Karen from RTB) and it has been amazing! Thrusday was my third week with her and she pushed me HONESTLY; farther than I thought I could go. During the workout I felt worried that it was doing too much – breathing was so hard and I thought my legs and arms would give out on me when I was stepping up on the weight bench and doing bicep curls up there. But they didn’t give out and I kept breathing and I felt AMAZING the rest of the day. I am still really sore today though as a friendly reminder of my breakthrough workout