Fitness and Faith

The last few weeks, ok well maybe the last couple months we particularly hard for me with regards to my wellness journey. I have been in a season on constant change, and am still in this season. My schedule was a bit on the extra crazy side with 4 hours of my day spent commuting. I have moved recently to be closer one of my jobs and am starting to get back into the rhythms I know are best for me. I made sure when I moved that I started at a new Crossfit  box as soon as possible. I started going in, and doing the workouts but since it has been so long since I was consistently attending my old Crossfit (the last couple months I was going 1x a week), my abilities have been dramatically reduced.  Last week I was doing a workout with squats which at one time was my weakest area and I had made fairly strong and it was like I was starting all over again. I could not get the depth, my knees kept tracking in and I was struggling with weight I knew I had been able to do before. I found myself so frustrated and irritated with myself because if I had prioritized my health and continued working out this would not be the issue. I expressed my frustration to the trainer and he just reminded me to not get frustrated and that it would come back over time and I would get stronger.

So I  began to think on what that would mean. What would I need to do to make the improvements that I want to see for myself. So I am making a plan of improvement. Since moving January 2, I have attended Crossfit 4 times, 2 times the first week and 2 times last week. I know that to make the improvements I want to see I need to be more consistent and push harder and go more often. This week my goal is to attend 3 days. Next week my goal is 4 days. Now I know that 4 days is going to be tough because my schedule is still a little crazy and I work 2 jobs. But I am going to make the priority to go and push myself 4 days.

Now if only I could say that all I did was Crossfit I would be pretty crazy to most but I also run. I have a half marathon this weekend and my training is less than ideal. I will still be running because it is part of the conquer LA series and I have already started. I have another half in a month, so starting next week I will begin to train for that as well while also really training for the LA Marathon in March. I have goals for myself for this year on my running times and I know that I am going to have to push myself hard to get where I want to be. So I will be writing more of this journey towards optimal health and  wellness.