It's not what you think you can do, it's what you know you can do, and knowing what you can't do, and striving to be above that.
Yesterday during lacrosse practice, I hadn't run since maybe late November. I was out of shape. I really thought that i was going to be a person who fell behind the pact whilst running. But I never said I wouldn't do my best ot be up there. I approached the hallway we were running on, looked down it, and made an effort to keep up with out conditioning coach, Coach Mal. Turns out, i kept up with him and finished my laps with everyone. I was breathing hard though, and boy my side was hurting. But it felt good.
Later in the practice, we hit the weight room. Now, this is one thing I hate about the weight room is that, Hell, I never lift weights. Why? I never got into it. I would always end up hurting myself, instead of feelign good after the work out. So beginning of October, everyone is surprised I'm as weak and slow as the worst conditioned person on the team. So i decided to try my best in practice and in the weight room. Around late november i see results, I get more defined, I'm stronger than ever, and feeling even better about myself. Today i was worried. I don't lift a lot. But when I did today, I knocked everything out. 40 sit ups, 4 sets of 8 reps for 225 Deadlift, 110 T-bar, 70 Supermans, and 45 Squats with a dumbell. This is a good accomplishment for me, and im glad I could do it. So again:
It's not what you think you can do, it's what you know you can do, and knowing what you can't do, and striving to be above that.
Right on. A good 'you can do whatever you set your mind to' story. These are what keeps me going towards my goals.
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