Warm greetings to everyone.
Despite sleeping through today's workout, I managed to work out three times this week. My legs have put on a bit of mass, and consequently, I no longer fit in the one old work dress I have with me at the moment (it's gone from slightly small to too small). While I'm upset about the dress not fitting, I've accepted the change because of how great I feel with my lifts at the moment.
Earlier this week, Angie praised the virtue of patience in somebody's thread with regard to waiting for the right item. At the time, I recall thinking that while patience might pay off for shopping, there is always the chance that your exact HEWI might never appear. Accordingly, you might decide to compromise because you're tired of waiting and because you have a wardrobe hole that needs to be filled in the interim. There aren't any guarantees of finding your HEWI, only calculated risks and probabilities of compromising today or waiting for a potential future reward tomorrow.
For some reason, Angie's comment made me think about the role of patience in fitness and rehab, and the ways in which patience and impatience shape health outcomes. Whereas patience doesn't guarantee finding a HEWI, it does guarantee optimal recovery and growth. If you're impatient with your progress and respond accordingly by adding extra minutes, miles, or pounds when you shouldn't, you are likely jeopardizing the health of your future self, and risking a further setback. The impatience of the present comes with an immediate cost. So, as we craft our New Year's resolutions, however ambitious, let's honour our bodies by implementing a slow-and-steady approach, and being patient with ourselves and with others.
Leaving the platitudes behind us, my fitness highlights of the week include benching 8 sets of 4 reps @ 110lbs in under 30 minutes (a personal record, in terms of volume at that weight) and doing five deadlift triples @ 240lb without a belt or chalk.
I tried tracking/weighing food using MFP this week and it lasted about 1.5 days. Everything has been relatively low carb, including the chocolate cupcakes with bourbon salted caramel frosting.
How was your week?
