Training Log

Monday was Day 1, Week 2 of inverted Juggernaut Method:


Squat - 10x3 @ 200 lbs., 90 seconds b/w sets
Clean Pull from blocks below knee - worked up to heavy triple at 275
Ab wheel - 2x10

I’ve often said that your success or failure in most endeavors is NOT based on the “big” decisions. Those choices are so few and far between that waiting to make them or expecting them to make or break you is futile. The fact of the matter is that your success will be made with your day-to-day, hour-to-hour, minute-to-minute decisions. Those decisions end up adding up to far more than you could ever hope your big decisions add up to. The most obvious example, to me, is in the weight loss arena. So many people want to make one big decision, work hard on that for a little bit, and reap the rewards. The problem is, very little generally will come of it. Or, even if something does, it is short-lived. It’s nothing more than a daily grind. The willingness to do what is needed to reach the goal, as opposed to what you want to do. It’s easy to do at first, because the motivation to achieve is there. But that will wear off, and you will have to actually force yourself to do things you don’t feel like doing. In closing, I’ll leave it to someone who has said it better (as is usually the case), Jim Wendler:

I hear a lot of things from different people who are just miserable in their lives and I want to shake them and let them know they have a choice; sometimes it takes awhile to make a change.  But ultimately, YOU have a choice in your life.  It is easy to be miserable and accept things as they are.  It is hard to be happy.  It takes sacrifice.  It takes some pain. But it is up to you to make a change and morph yourself into the person with the life you want.  You have one go-around on this planet – don’t waste it.  You don’t have to make a million dollars or be the greatest – sometimes “success” is simply following the path your heart takes you.