January 2020 – MSMAMACHIC

𝙶𝚁𝙸𝚃

January 27, 2020

𝙶𝚁𝙸𝚃 𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚍—𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝’𝚜 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚒𝚝. . 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚗𝚘 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚌𝚞𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚎𝚡𝚌𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎. 𝙳𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚘𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚜𝚎, 𝚏𝚒𝚐𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚖𝚜, 𝚒𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 – 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚎. 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗, 𝚢𝚘𝚞’𝚟𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚜𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍𝚜 𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚒𝚌𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚟𝚊𝚕𝚞𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎. 𝚁𝚘𝚖𝚎 … More 𝙶𝚁𝙸𝚃

Hᴏᴡ Tᴏ Hᴀɴᴅʟᴇ Bᴇᴛʀᴀʏᴀʟ

January 24, 2020

Yᴏᴜ ɴᴇᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀsᴛᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴀʟᴇᴠᴏʟᴇɴᴄᴇ ᴇxɪsᴛs ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ – ɪᴛ’s ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ɪɴ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀɴᴅ ɪᴛ·s ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ɪɴ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀs. Yᴏᴜ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴛᴏ ʟᴇᴀʀɴ ᴛᴏ ᴀᴄᴄᴇᴘᴛ ɪᴛ ᴀs ᴀ ʀᴇᴀʟɪᴛʏ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴇᴄɪᴅᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʀᴇ ɢᴏɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇɢɪɴ ᴛᴏ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴇɴᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ɪᴛ. Tʜᴀᴛ’s ᴀ ᴡᴀʏ ᴏᴜᴛ. Tʜᴇ ᴘᴏʟᴀʀɪᴛʏ ᴏғ ʙᴇɴᴇᴠᴏʟᴇɴᴄᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴀʟᴇᴠᴏʟᴇɴᴄᴇ ɪs ʙᴜɪʟᴛ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ … More Hᴏᴡ Tᴏ Hᴀɴᴅʟᴇ Bᴇᴛʀᴀʏᴀʟ

Resistance & Recovery

January 17, 2020

In the last couple weeks, I haven’t been recovering as well as usual. Likely due to the stress of the holidays coupled with increasing volume and suboptimal sleep. – Resistance to adaptation has happened a couple times in my training and each time it generates some fear and frustration. I ask @ernievo2max “What can I … More Resistance & Recovery

“𝕊𝕋ℝ𝕆ℕ𝔾 𝕃𝕀𝕂𝔼 𝕄𝕆𝕄𝕄𝕐”

January 10, 2020

I train 6 days a week. The words “gym” and “workout” are commonplace in our home. – For a while, my conscience struggled to guiltlessly embrace time in the #gym because it also meant time away from my children and it occasionally felt “selfish.” I have worked on and curtailed those feelings by clearly defining … More “𝕊𝕋ℝ𝕆ℕ𝔾 𝕃𝕀𝕂𝔼 𝕄𝕆𝕄𝕄𝕐”