hydrate, squats, hydrate, curse squats ...

...how long do you repeat? No idea...my guess is when you no longer have to ask for help getting off the toilet..

Getting up this morning was good I think, alarm went off, I got up and it was on.
I was paired up with a fellow who I have found a little intimidating and difficult to approach and has been training for some years.
I don't think he was super thrilled by it, but he accepted this 'lump' and played the game.
I want to be clear and say that I have absolutely no negativity to my training partner today, I am sure that he is a nice person, I don't know him.
I was (and AM) super sore and I was super dead last finishing warm up laps* (cause I walked the last 1/4 mostly). *first lap total jog...second lap with 12 pounds in each hand...not too shabby if i do say so myself...
My super NOT competitive team mate was definitely the brawn for team "Dead"poets (probably most of the brain too) and I was his catalyst to take it easy on himself this morning (even thought I don't know him, I think he still rocked a good work-out in spite of himself and the grumbling he was doing.
It is really a lot about {{{WHO??? That's right! ME!!!}}} how i feel I treated my team mate on Monday, so I totally get it, I just need to figure out how to push past my sore EVERYTHING and give more in spite of my own self.
I got a good workout this morning and I am thankful for my trainer and the support I am getting.
It sounds silly in my head but it needs to be said...I am truly encouraged buy all of the encouragement.

Burpees still suck, but they suck a little less because I got a modification to help repair that relationship.  I can not help but feel like I am about to lose some type of battle with gravity when I start to do them and it is a fear of total arm failure, leading to face plants that is holding me back...I am anxiously working toward better Burpee form...put that one in my goal(s) column.

A nice little side effect of my focus on training, has been a clarity and focus that I have been missing for a looooo............nnnnngggg time. I don't think that I will ever be able to leave a room just once, but I am finding that I am able to prioritize, and move smarter.  My patience, ability to take a beat or a breath, step back and assess before just losing my mind over something, is a very unexpected yet very welcomed side effect! And the added energy I am feeling when out doing what are usually mundane tasks or errands.  For example, after finishing my walk through my favorite warehouse supply with a basket full of 'bulk' I found myself running behind the basket pushing it up an ever so slight incline (totally thrilling my giggling bird) to my car that I had parked in one of the farthest spots from the door...near a cart return. It Felt Fantastic!
 I feel like i should also mention that I had gotten a running start with the cart and giggling bird by running, jumping on and riding the cart down the ever so slight incline towards aforementioned warehouse store.
Bonus...my Big Bird was feeling the benefit of some of my work...Big Bonus!

-i