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March 12, 2007
What Motivates You?
In response to the question: How do you stay motivated? Charlie Moody (boxer) wrote:
I look in the mirror: if I see any trace of the sad, exhausted, pale, weak, fat, whipped wage-slave desk-jockey I used to be, I'm ready to lift some weight. I'm reminded of my sister (nothing personal), who's spent her life doing all the stuff other people want her to do, and all the stuff she figures she should do. A couple of weeks ago, she asked me with tears in her eyes when would it be her turn to have a life and do what she wants? All I could tell her was, "It'll be your turn when you get off the hamster wheel and take a fucking turn." It's up to you. No one else. You'll find the time to work out when you DECIDE you're gonna work out. You'll eat and rest and take care of yourself because you decide you deserve it, you need it, you want it, and NO ONE is going to keep you from it. Not even you. I'm a beginner, too, and no-one's gonna watch what I eat for me, no-one's gonna lift an ounce of my weight. I can make up any story I want about it, but stories are bullshit: I can be a warrior, or I can be a victim. For the warrior, no excuses; for the victim, only excuses.
What motivates your date with a WOD?
Posted by Nicole Okumu at March 12, 2007 7:53 PM
Comments
It's all about the money and the women.
Right, Ann?
Posted by: Mike Minium at March 12, 2007 9:02 PM
ant strength, my children and the thought of snatching body weight.
Posted by: Nicole Okumu at March 12, 2007 9:15 PM
In all seriousness, the thing that's motivating me right now is to get a 200-kg total (snatch + c&j) by the end of 2007.
Posted by: Mike Minium at March 12, 2007 9:29 PM
Dude (Mike)!
I am motivated to workout because it's how I can take can of myself! All of my CFO friends are definitely a bonus:)
Posted by: Ann at March 12, 2007 10:06 PM
an obsession with self-actualization.
Posted by: Leo at March 12, 2007 11:55 PM
making everyday things easier, seeing what the human body is capable of, trying to better myself...
...and the chicks. that's the only reason ann hangs around, is cause i'm totally buff. just kidding. but seriously...
Posted by: Jonathan at March 13, 2007 8:44 AM
When I was doing the WOD today I had imaginary thoughts that I was going to DIE if I didn't finish this set- no really I mean it. Like a weird emergency fantasy. All I can say is that it worked. I summoned up the few life and death experiences and it was like I was right back there in my mind. I'll be darned- they were good for something (besides allowing me to continue living).
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at March 13, 2007 1:33 PM
What motivates me to get to CFO in the morning?
The hot trainers and the kick ass music.
;-)
Posted by: Maren Jacobsen at March 13, 2007 2:35 PM
Oh sure, now that I'm not working mornings the trainers are suddenly hot. I see how it works...
Posted by: Mike Minium at March 13, 2007 5:02 PM