What did you do this weekend?

Usually my weekends are for rest, recovery, and spending time with my family.  However, this weekend was a working weekend.  I spent about 13 hours with a pitch fork, rake, and wheel barrow, spreading mulch.  No, I’m not trying to brag.  This work had to be done, plus yard work and landscaping is therapeutic for me.

Moving as much mulch as I needed to, took it’s toll.  My whole body was on fire Saturday and Sunday night.  So what’s the point you of this post you ask?

Well, today I woke up at 4:45am for my first training group.  After that, I usually train and combined with all the lifting and moving I did this weekend it would’ve been easy for me to just say forget it!

My whole body was tired and I could barely keep my eyes open as I began warming up.  I decided to push forward.  Hell, nobody said getting stronger was easy.

I went from almost bagging my training session to having one of the best I’ve had in a while.

You see I have training goals (hopefully you do too) and I wasn’t about to let a few sore and tired muscles to stand in my way.

It’s the no excuses creed for me and I encourage you to follow it as well.  Once you adopt this mindset all of your training goals will be within reach.

Below is the training session I hit this morning.  As you’ll see, it was pretty much a continuation of this weekend’s activity.

Full Body Training Log:  Wk 2 – Day 1

1 – Deadlift 5×5,5,5,3,3

2a – Zercher Squat 3×6

2b – DB Snatch 3x8ea.

3a – Ring Pushups 3xsubmax

3b – Nuetral Grip Pullups 3xsubmax

3c – Dbl KB Swings 3×20

It’s the same as last week but I’m aiming for consistency and adding strength with this training cycle.  For the most part, all of my numbers went up which really surprised me.  Once I got going, I was in a training zone, focused and determined to out do last week’s session.

Like I said, NO EXCUSES!