Tag Archives: motivation

External evaluation

Posted on June 19, 2018 by G

(Warning: very much body talk in here, feel free to scroll on past.) I don’t think I mentioned that last week I scheduled my first ever fitness evaluation at my work gym. I resisted this for a long time. I’m … Continue reading →

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What are your goals?

Posted on May 18, 2018 by G

I think I might be having a case of what the interweb lifter bros call "fuckarounditis". I need to let my back rest, but I keep running and stressing it, while my lifting workouts are just like "okay what do … Continue reading →

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My workout was bomb

Posted on March 29, 2018 by G

When I was young and slang-y, we used to say things were "the bomb" (and later, "the bomb dot com" but that was strictly ironically). Nowadays kids just say something is "bomb" and leave out the article. I feel old. … Continue reading →

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Confidence building

Posted on February 8, 2018 by G

tl;dr/BLUF: Bench is going up, life is good. Thanks to more work junk, I got to the gym late so my time there was significantly compressed. Today was squat/bench/row day, but after my warmup squat sets I decided that my … Continue reading →

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Feeling good about something

Posted on February 6, 2018 by G

When other parts of my life (ahem, work) are a wreck, at least I can go lift heavy things and feel like I’ve accomplished something. Actually, I have a couple workouts to write about today– playing catch-up again– so I … Continue reading →

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You can do more than you think you can

Posted on February 2, 2018 by G

A few weeks ago, my grandboss left for a new job. I was pretty sad about it– she really helped me to grow in my career. So at her going-away gathering, I stood up and shared how much I appreciated … Continue reading →

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I can see the top from here

Posted on January 30, 2018 by G

5x5B today: squats, OHP and deadlift. It was a tough workout today, and I suspect that I’m getting closer to the weights where I’ll start failing reps. I hate failing reps; I hate being close to failing. At that point … Continue reading →

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Evaluating goals

Posted on January 5, 2018 by G

Squats 2 days in a row! I was feeling good (not sore!) after yesterday’s 5x5B workout so I decided to follow it with an A today. The 5×5 program is supposed to be a 3-a-week, but I only have T-F … Continue reading →

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running up to Christmas

Posted on December 23, 2017 by G

We’re at my parents’ now, so naturally I’m taking advantage of the dusty treadmill in their basement to get some vacation runs in (and not run outside in the snowy cold). Yesterday I resolved to run as long as one … Continue reading →

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Beat up but faster

Posted on October 24, 2016 by G

I arranged my runs this week so I had the weekend off, which means 2 miles today, 3 miles tomorrow, 4 miles on Thursday, and a 15-minute benchmark on Friday. I don’t like this one bit! I’m feeling beat up … Continue reading →

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