Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Rise and Shine...

The first EARLY a.m. workout is in the bag. After hitting snooze once from a 4:10 a.m. wake up call, I was dressed and working out by 4:30 a.m. When the alarm first started to buzz, I wasn't sure if I'd be able to get up. I immediately started making excuses and alternate plans...."If I hurry home from work then I can get half a workout in today...", "I'll just push the workout week back a day....", etc. etc. As I was contemplating my options during the 10-minute reprieve that is the snooze option, I realized if I want this badly enough, I will make it happen. There are no excuses, there are no alternatives. There is either "do" or "don't". I'm either making the commitment or not. No, it isn't going to be easy, and yes I will be tired and sore along the way. Anything worth committing to is going to take effort and mental toughness. So, when the alarm buzzed for the second time...I got up. I worked out.

No, it wasn't easy. Yes, I'm tired. Oh man, I'm already sore. But I did it. There's "do", and there's "don't". Which are you going to choose?

-D

2 comments:

  1. Nice dude!! I was at the gym by 5:10ish, trying to work my way to the 4:30 work out. Good thing for me is I don't need that annoying alarm clock, my entire life I have had an internal one...I tell myself the night before to wake up at 5 and I generally am up 5-15 minutes before.....Anyway, did 15 on the tread, 15 minute (core)circuit and 10 more on the tread to top it off. Hoping by feb or march to retry the p90x, but that will definitely require that I am up and going by 4:30.

    I like this blog thing, good idea.

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  2. I am impressed guys! Good job! I will never be a work out in the morning gal but I say stick with it! Not to you call you princesses but you can come to Disney and run with me :) Enjoy and keep it up!

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