Day 58

Week 7, Day 6 MMX done. I tried to push harder than last week on this. I still don't sprawl well. Those up and down movements are not the easiest for me, and yes jab/cross/sprawl/hook/uppercut/sprawl is still my nemesis. I have heard from some that the last move gladiator/sprawl/jab/cross is their nemesis but while very difficult to do correctly when you are not used to doing it, I feel that with only one sprawl component in it that move can only be 2nd on my least liked moves list.

I do enjoy the workout, well after it's done. I always dread it as I do with all the workouts. That isn't a good thing to say, but it is the truth. I love to workout. I dread to workout. I know that it's never going to be as bad as I fear it will be and I will feel ten times better after it's all done. You just have to accept that some days you will feel this way for whatever reason and soldier on. Push through the negative thoughts and illusions of how horrible it will be and accept that with this hard work you reach your goals. Remember, if it were easy, everyone including you would have already done it or be doing it.

It's silly to think of The Little Engine That Could as a way to push through our own problems or self doubts, but it still works. The reason it still works even though you are not 6 years old is easy. The lesson you start teaching your children and you were taught when you were a kid is that no matter what you can persevere. No matter the obstacle, you can over come it if you just keep putting one foot in front of the other. It's a great lesson to revisit every once and a while for us as adults and why not. Is it really so out of touch for us to think that what we were taught or teaching our own children can't be true for us as adults?

I think we need to step outside of our own heads sometimes and just accept that things are tough sometimes and you just have to be tougher. This is easier said than done, and this I truly know first hand. That is when you have to rely on your support network if you are having issues with something or can't get over some plateau or hurdle. No one has to go anything alone and the stoic hero is no hero here, he is a fool. Don't be that fool. It is ok to throw your hands up and say you can't do this alone. I have my network of people I can turn to when something is more than I can handle and you should have yours as well. Don't just have them, use them as well. Community is derived from the base word of common. Your community will have things in common with you and thus will be able to relate to your issues and help you with your problem, whatever that is. So if you don't have that communal support, seek it out with like minded people who have a common interest and can be that community you can rely on during tough times.