Stairs...I used to hate them, they'd hurt my knees and my legs would be like noodles when I got to the top, then once I started boot camp I began to enjoy our workouts along the few sets of stairs in Stillwater. Today's boot camp workout was PURE HELL...I am pretty sure it was the hardest workout of my life. We did some army crawling up a hill, jogging laps, high knees, and of course the fricken stairs. We did five sprint sets up the stairs, three sets of every stair, and two sets of every other step. By the end of each set I felt like I could either die or cry. Sara, my trainer, was shouting out times from the top of the stairs each set and we were supposed to beat the time every set...I didn't beat my time for a single set. By the second set I was on the verge of tears, simply because I was not achieving my goal. Sara really helped me clear my head and focus on what I was accomplishing by simply running up those stairs. I was one stair closer to fitting into a new jean size, I was one stair closer to going back to college and my friends, I was one stair closer to THE NEW ME! So although I didn't break my time record every flight of stairs my heavy breathing and the waterfall of sweat coming from my head told me that I was working past my limit.
http://stillwater.patch.com/groups/sara-jespersens-blog/p/bp--stillwater-stairs-the-lovehate-relationship
To top it off even more I got an e-mail from Sara later this morning and she wrote:
"Girl you totally killed it today! Seriously I saw you literally push past your Limits - so awesome"
It is the little things that are going to change your weight loss journey the most, breaking barriers and pushing your limits may be one of the most important things.
My challenge for you tomorrow is to workout for 1 hour harder then you ever thought possible, even if it is cutting :10 seconds off of your mile or switching the 8 pound dumbbell for a 10. Make the change to see the change, YOU are in control of your workout, no one else.
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