Lifting and I have always had a love hate relationship. In
one overly motivated attempt to befriend weight routines I have been using my
little 5 pounders on a daily basis and have even been noticing subtle progress
and I mean subtle. What is even more
ridiculous is that I leave the weights out near my bed like being able to
constantly see them will tempt me to actually pick them up once in a while.
Last night I was getting out of bed in the dark to plug in my
dying phone. It was so cold that I half ran to and from the outlet and ended up crashing my foot more precisely my right ring toe
into the damn weights causing a faint crack and throbbing pain. There was
the wince and I walked it off like nothing happened naturally...first step, denial. All night long I
felt the little thing throbbing and sure enough when I woke up it was the exact
size and color of a purple grape, sweet happy Monday morning.
After taping and icing this pathetic little thing all day it
was feeling okay and non-functional as it usually does, so I figured a workout
was still in the cards.
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| spared you the horror of the toe and gave you a picture of public enemy number one instead |
Me doing Zumba
is the equivalent of those cute videos of toddlers dancing spastically in the
backseat of the car to the radio; except minus the cuteness and add a broken toe
with two left feet. This was going to be good.
I feel like these things are a fact of life whether it is
affecting your ability to workout, or things in your general life. Things don’t
go according to plan and we resort to being overwhelmed and defeated. As much
as I hate shit like this, it is literally constantly
happening so why not learn how to deal with it.
Make a new plan: toe’s broke now what? Shockingly enough,
once that little baby got warmed up it really felt fine during the workout. I still had no ability to "body roll"so nothing was lost from the experience. I
mainly can’t run which means adjustments will be made. If things veer from your
path, have the wherewithal to make a new plan it won’t kill you I promise.
Get off the merry go round: When something is a routine or
anticipated, the disappointment factor is higher than ever. There was nothing
more earth shattering than when your favorite ride slowed to a stop, but
sometimes you need to get off and try a new ride.
Adjust: Sometimes being minorly obsessed (okay maybe majorly
in this case) with something can leave you feeling like that bird that
continually tries to fly through your closed window. Instead of forcing what
clearly isn’t working out, readjust and move on. Running was getting old
anyways. This is an awesome opportunity to work on abs, or stationary lifting.
I’m taking it as a sign to back off cardio.
Loosen up: No one is going to come arrest you for not
completing your to-do list. It is easy to pressure yourself to do it all with
time to spare. Instead of acting like a frantic zombie take the issues with
stride and go with the flow.
Relax: This isn’t how things will always be. This isn’t even
how they will be tomorrow so relax and remind yourself that they will work out,
even if your toe feels like it is going to fall off.
Here’s to hoping these little messages will be to be enough
to stay positive about even the tiniest road blocks in life. And as for the toe…it
will serve as a constant reminder to never leave the weights out in the open...such
a rookie mistake.
RV
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