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| Bren |
| Time to Focus |
| 03.01.2010 13:13:55 | |
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It's time to focus! For all the competitors that are doing the Vancouver show in 4 weeks, you should be very focused right now. You should be dialed in on your training and nutrition. Eating, sleeping, working out and repeating...each day. I'm excited for all the competitors. I'll be helping my friend Kathy with her first bodybuilding show and I can hardly wait until the day of the show. The Vancouver show will be even more special to me, since later in the year I'm actually going to be stepping onstage myself. The title of my blog "Focus" has more to do with my last month of training than anything else. I have my trainer do a body comp on me each month to see how much fat I'm losing. Well, let's just say this wasn't the best month. As I mentioned in my last blog, I had a business trip I had to go on and wasn't able to eat exactly how I normally do. I still ate pretty good and worked out while I was there, but my foods were not the same as what I would eat at home. When I got back from my trip, I came down with a really bad cold that left me not able to work out for a week. Two weeks in a row of not following the plan. Not good. I also started a new relationship, which I allowed to take some of my focus away. We all know about the first stages of a new relationship. We want to be with the person as much as possible right? Well, I still got my workouts in most days, but they were not like before the relationship started. I would run into gym and get my workout done in as little time as possible. 45 min of cardio instead of an hour and.not as many sets of my workout exercises. I told myself I have plenty of time before the Ironman, so a few sessions at the gym that are shorter and less intense won't matter this far out. Wrong!
What I learned is that EVERY DAY counts! What I eat, or don't eat...matters. The number of reps....matters. The total number of sets...matters! It all either takes me closer to my goal, or farther away. I had to learn the hard way. I lost a pound of muscle, where the previous month I had gained a pound of muscle. Yes, I was sick and I was away on business, which were out of my control. However, I chose to cut workouts short, or eat or not eat something that was on my plan. I take full responsibility.
So, I learned from this experience, and am thankful that I have time to make amends. Time to focus! Bodybuilding is a priority to me and it requires sacrifice and some amount of suffering. It's what I want to do and nothing is going to stand in the way of my goals.
So...I am focused...are you?
Think On It
The choices you make everyday about foods and training either bring you closer to your goals, or farther away.
Bren
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