I had a rough weekend mentally and combined with a bug or something, I could not physically get out of bed yesterday and it was even harder to get out of bed this morning. So I skipped my 6A workout — and got up to get the kids off to school. I battled internally with whether to go to a later class, and ultimately did. And you know what? I am so happy I did. I needed it so bad and I felt so much better afterwards. It’s amazing how doing some lifting and an all out metabolic conditioning workout can lift your spirits. I feet worlds better! It’s true what they say that when you don’t feel like working out –go anyway. Trust me on that one!

Saturday, during my workout I did 5×5 of weighted pull ups. I wore a 5# plate off off of a belt and did strict pull ups. I am definitely so much stronger now and got through almost all of them without any assistance from Liz, my workout buddy.

Strength:
Full Clean 5×2 105#

WOD
6min
3 Rounds
5 DB Hang squat cleans
10 DB Push Press
15 Slam Balls
remainder of time: manmakers
–rest 2 min–
Repeat for 6 mins.

I am still thinking about this post How to Overcome the Perils of Caring Deeply — Scotty and I talked about it this weekend and he asked me what my thoughts about it were and the key points. I am glad he did because it forced me to really think about it and I had one of those infamous light bulb moments. I didn’t necessarily fit the entire profile but I definitely find that some people around me perceive my style as rude and that I don’t play well with others. I don’t agree with that, but I can understand how others with a different style could read that about me. I need to work on tempering/directing my passion in a way that doesn’t automatically put people on the defensive. It really was one of the first times, after reading this, that I began to ‘understand’ the reactions of some of the people around me. So much to learn — and so many ways to grow…