DOG MENTALITY.

Today I realized that I'm not actually human, and that I am an actual pack animal, a sport dog of some sort.  Not sure.  People say why do you train so hard all the time.  What are you proving.  Then I hear people say screw this, screw that, I'm too old for this or that.  Like a dog, I got nothing to prove and have no excuses.  My mind is more like a dogs and is cued up on doing.  For all you dog owners, you know what i'm talking about.  A dog could be in a complete exhaustive state passed out and if you woke them up and asked them to go play, hike, wrestle, or swim.  They are always game.  To be a part of something and make their owner/pack leader happy, and to prove themselves till their last breath is what they live, are born, and bred to do.  On a dogs last breath, they will still go for that long walk with you no matter how old or painful it may be.  Because its their life quest in being happy.

I believe I have similar DNA.  I'm not forced to do anything.  I choose to do them.  I choose to do all the things I do,  no matter how crazy it may seem to most, because it is bred into my personality or DNA.  For me, its just a thing that keeps me living.  Take these things from me and I cease to exist as a person.  I punish and push my body to limits cause I enjoy finding out things about me I didn't know before I put myself under such stresses.  It forces me to be a better person in all aspects of my life.  I'm not a thrillseeker, its just about me knowing everything about me, my limitations physically and mentally, and enjoying my entire life.  Learning, and knowing yourelf completely frees you and allows nothing but growth.  Hold yourself back from things and you widdle away.

Since opening up the box a short time ago.  Last September to be exact.  I've met clients that I see as friends and seen them grow mentally in a way that they may not see yet!  Pushing themselves harder in a single workout than they have their entire life.  I've seen people hit their mental limit and think about stopping and then someone tells them they can do and then they continue to push with everything within them.  Its hard to imagine but I've seen it.   If you happen to know me when I'm beyond ripe and just a wrinkled, old  and grouchy man telling stories.  Ask me if I want to go ride, hike, swim, skydive, board, surf, or do a WOD.  You'll probably see a grin on my face as I get up to lace my shoes and say lets do it.

WOD:

7X3 Back Squat

1. 205

2. 225

3. 225

4. 225

5. 245 X 2

6. 245 X 2

7. 245 X 1

Dead Lift

135 X 10

225 X 10

245 X 10

275 X 5

305 X 1