What Is Comfort?

Rest day today for me. It sucks. Special WOD for Kara's birthday and breaking in of the new pull up rig. And of course here I am sitting at home, wishing I could go. But in the mean time, it is time to put some TLC into my bike. She is getting new ball bearings packed in red grease, new tires, cork grip and a bath! She better be ready for some tough riding tomorrow!

Topic for today! Whenever you are lifting weights, how can you tell if you are utilizing yourself to the fullest extent? Often times it can be hard to tell. It makes me thing of this common weight lifting slogan "No pain no gain". Now is this true? Well yes and no. Pain while lifting usually is not a very good thing. So that part is totally wrong. But should it be comfortable? Not at all! What is comfortable about having 165lbs above your head? What is comfortable about having 315lbs hanging from your arms? Nothing!!!

If you are comfortable while you are lifting weights, then you are not leaving your comfort zone to gather all that you have. If you are doing a set of 10 reps, that tenth rep should be the death of you. You should be trying with everything you have to get it up. If it goes up easy, then you are just cheating yourself.



With that being said, when you are doing your next WOD and are scaling or picking weights in a strength training session, keep that in mind. You want to struggle, if you arn't pushing yourself to the limit, you are cheating yourself.

I apologize for the lack of intense lifting knowledge and fun in this post. Rest days are hard to blog on because I usually pick my topic from each day's workout. SO just wait until tomorrow for some juicy blogging!

Workout

Repair bike for time :)