Words to Live By

After a week of being emotionally turned upside down - I decided it was time to get back on the horse and get after it.  Funny I have fallen off of plenty of real horses, either by their will or my own klutziness and I have always gotten back on.  Never was I daunted or worried, I just did it, took control, learned from the experience and moved on.  Last weeks events made me question so many things about myself, life, marriage, etc that I felt very out of control, very lost, very emotionally bruised and battered.

One thing sports have taught me, but Crossfit has hammered home, is that you can have all the skill in the world but if you don't have the emotional or mental metal - you lose.  I will often look at parallels in life to help me figure out things-- I am very much a tactile visual learner.
I feel like both are a daily emotional workout:  both comfortable and uncomfortable emotions arise, neither being bad but each teaching you something as you go along.  Both are a constant work in progress-- you have to be vigilant to work towards your marital goals as well as your life, health or other goals.
So when I woke up this morning with a list in my head of words that come to mind in life/marriage and my Crossfit/Physical Health I quickly rolled over and typed them into the phone.  Here's the list I conjured while sleeping:

Ability

Balance

Courage

Dedication

Dignity

Empathy

Enjoyment

Fastidious

Fearlessness

Forever

Forgivness

Giving

Grace

Honesty

Honor

Hope

Inspiration

Intensity

Knowledge Love

Optimisim

Promise

Renewal

Respect

Sacrifice

Unselfish

I am sure one could come up with many more words but at 5 am this seemed like a pretty good start.  Each one I could pontificate on but I really don't think its needed, they are just words that I can use during workouts or counseling to help me through the moment, no matter if it is a comfortable or uncomfortable moment.

Mondays WOD  (8/6/12)

Warm-up:

500 M Row

Inchworms

Lunges             } X3

Pass Throughs

A1:  Air Squat 10

A2:  PUll ups: Green R1; Green/Red R2 & 3          }3 Rounds

A3:  Push-ups from knee

B1:  1 min Row Rest 1 min                     }3 Rounds

B2:  1 min AD Rest 1 min

C1:  Plank 

          Elbow-Toe: 45 Sec  - 3 Rounds

          Side Right:  30 sec x2  25 sec x1

          Side Left :  30 sec x2  25 sec x1

C2: K2E:  10, 6 

(Today's uncomfortable moment was during planks- my words were  "Don't vomit")

Stretch and Rolled 

Overall the workout was fine -- Little sluggish on B section due to week off.  Need to work on daily WOD.  Note:  WOD was at 1:00 - end up with lunch being at 12:00 (salad) - needed more time to digest- I think this kinda added to my sluggishness on the bike and the plank where lunch felt like it was ready to let fly.

Tuesday WOD (8/7/12)

Tuesday AM upper inner thigh numbness on walk, ended up shortening walk because of the amount of numbness.  This is new so I was being fairly sensitive to it.  Will work on Stretch and more core strengthening today.  Wednesday is a planned pool day.