On Saturday I will be two weeks out from my first competition of the fall season. These last two weeks have been really rough on me and I can tell that my muscles from head to toe are inflamed. My training is still the same (4 days weight training & 3 sessions of 30 min cardio/week), the only difference is HIIT cardio for 30 mins once a week. I feel that maybe the fact my body is running on less calories has caused my body to take a lot longer in repairing itself after each training session.
Next week is the start of my shorter work days, and I am so glad, because I was having an extremely hard time getting through my work days. At the end of each day I was very shakey and weak, so I am very thankful that tomorrow is friday.
I can not wait to step on stage. I am hungry and tired, but I have never been this lean in my life. Competing, is all about being better than you were last time. No matter the outcome, I know I have won already.
Lately I have been feeling overwhelmed by the amount of goals I have set for myself. Every December I sit down and create a list of goals that I want to attain for the year ahead. This is a great way to keep yourself on track, especially if you place the list on your fridge in plain view. My original plan was to take a trip to the rocky mountains and compete in two competitions. I did accomplish all three goals, but at the end of my last competition, I thought to myself, "Now what?"
Post competition blues are common amongst competitors and this can be very dangerous territory. [I will elaborate on the dark side of competing in another post]. I had suffered from the post comp. blues, however never to the point of depression. I felt like I needed to strive for a little more than what I had accomplished so I have set out to compete in three more competitons this fall.
I know this was a choice that I had made, but I do feel like I bit off more than I can chew at the moment. This past two weeks, I have not been getting good, quality sleeps. I feel myself falling asleep around one or two in the afternoon, and I have not been excited to go to the gym each morning like I usually am. I am going to push through this and get a lot of rest this labor day weekend in hopes that my batteries are recharged enough to take on next week.
I like to set the bar very high for myself, but I think 2015 is going to be a year of me, myself, and I, travelling, and learning to go with the flow. This might be my biggest challenge yet!
Currently 5 weeks out from my first fall show
