training is going well. after my body adapting to the initial shock of the new training style i havent seemed to lose any more weight. i am staying fairly consistent between 219lbs-223lbs which is fine because i am still seeing some changes. last weeks training did not go quite as planned i had a lot of things on my mind and a lot of external things that were distracting me from my training. the time i did spend in the gym seemed to go well but i could tell my focus was sort of off compared to other weeks. last week was probably the worst week i have had of training in quite a while. unfortunately my diet also followed suit to my training. i had some decent days of diet but from friday-sunday i didnt eat the way i had intended. but this is a new week and i will spend a lot of time today clearing my mind of the stuff that hindered me last week. i still got my training in but the intensity was not where it needed to be and i felt like i was exhausted mentally not physically. the hardest thing for me right now is not getting discouraged about the way last week went. i am my own worst critic and it sucks to feel like i am taking a step backwards and then feeling like i have to play catch up. not the message i like giving people but it is what it is. i am human, i have bad days, i have bad weeks, yes i cheat on my diet, and yes i dont always have the mindset i talk about. but that what makes us stronger and that what makes this sport fun and interesting. you only get back what you put in. in a sense its fight or fall. if you cant push through the bad times there wont be any awesome times. its so often i hear people talk about "iam just not feeling it today" or "my heads not in it" well those are the days that in my mind you need to train even more! if you cant push through those days you wont make it to the good days and beyond.
so heres my new thing i am going to try. setting short term goals. we all know that my long term goal is to be ready for my first bodybuilding show in march of 2015. but in that goal its easy to lose sight of it and to always think "ive got plenty of time" but in actuality that mind set is already putting me behind. so short term goals have been set. they are not anything huge but they are goals that are achievable in the next month and will keep me pushing through the next couple weeks.
goal #1 get down to 215lbs
goal #2 MORE CARDIO.... :( never gets easier and its never fun but it must be done
goal #3 develop more side deltoids, triceps, and calves
goal #4 clear my head before walking into the gym. leave the b.s at the door and focus on training,
goal #5 raise intensity i have to keep a certain intesity while i am training or by the 10th set i feel like i am done. (this is a very short term goal it needs to happen tonight!) lol
setting short term goals for yourself will really help you stay focused and not lose sight of a long term goal. also in setting these goals have someone or multiple people that know of these goals to keep you accountable. its easy to set a goal and have it in your head and if you dont hit those goals just brush it off and keep going. but if you have someone who keeps you accountable it will make it so you dont have the option to fail. its hard to fail when someone else is watching and motivating you. the people you surround yourself with will play a big factor in achieving goals. if i am ever around a negative person i don't stay around them long and thats actually in life as well not just in the gym. i cant stand negativity or people that look for the negative in everything.
i go back to a line a movie "so i control the out come?" "you always have" that line was in never back down but it has stuck with me since i heard it. the base line of the movie is about a guy who has a rough home life and a rough temper. and he gets into fighting and finds a great coach. and the coach is always talking about controlling the outcome of a fight and how he can always change his position in the fight. i took that saying and ran with it because i truly believe that whatever spot your in with your training you can take it further and you can control the outcome. so it doesn't matter if its mood, attitude, exhaustion, a plateau, or a body part that is having trouble growing. you ultimately control the outcome and you decide your our fate. if you do nothing about it you will achieve nothing. if you try your hardest and put everything you have into that situation there is no limit to the success.
*wolfman*