Muscles McGee

Different people track their progress in different ways. Some people can get really obsessed with making short-term progress without thinking about the longer and more sustainable methods of development. Some people witness short-term change and become disinterested with progressing further.  Ultimately, you have to find a way of tracking your progression that suits you and your lifestyle. Comparing your development to others never works. Some people will always be in front of you and some people will always be behind you. The best example I can think of to explain this is when I am training, I watch how some girls can clean 45kg so easily. Yet when I go to lift 45kg, it is the heaviest thing I've ever held. Yet those girls are twice the size of me and have been weightlifting for much longer, so of course they are going to lift heavier than me. It is hard sometimes to not get caught up in the amount of progress everyone else is making without realising how far you've com...

You know those days when nothing goes your way and you feel like there must be someone out there trying to mug you off? For some reason that happened to me yesterday. Things were snowballing at work and 5:30pm couldn't come quick enough. I felt knackered and proper down in the dumps. I got to the gym and my mood didn't improve. After a hard and long test week last week (in which I got PBs in most things, may I add haha) my body is still recovering and the WOD yesterday showed that. I have never been in the position before, that half way through, I have nothing more to give. I was exhausted and my body was aching. It made me realise that I need my sleep and I need my rest. Rest days are so important and even though you may be DYING to get to the gym, listen to your body. I did six sessions last week with only Sunday to recover and back on it on Monday. So no wonder my body was screaming at me to have a rest (with a brew and a biscuit). It also made...