I’M NOT GOING ANYWHERE!

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Life has a funny way of testing your ability to bounce back after adversity. Life loves asking you to make something beautiful with the adversity that it gives you. This year I have been in two car accidents and I was hurt in both of them. So I guess it is safe to say that this my year to be tested by life…

Life is a violent SOB because he keeps hitting and knocking me down…What life doesn’t know is that I’m tough SOB and every time he knocks me down, I get up, dust dirt on my back, wipe the blood from my face, smile and say is that all you got life?  I am invictus…I am the unconquered… Here’s why:

Tuesday, I went to CrossFit for the first time since my second car accident. I knew the WOD was going to be tough because the previous class was still there working out when I got to the gym for my 6:30 class. I saw a couple of members struggling with the WOD. So I went over to them and gave some encouraging words.  “Hard work, easy work!” “You got this!” “Unleash the beast!” “Keep good form… 3 more….2 more….1 more. OK next exercise you’re almost done”. As they finished the WOD, I gave them a high-five and started to warm up.

During the warm up and mobility workout I had the realization that I probably would need the same encouraging words for my workout…I guess I was paying it forward…

The WOD consisted of 21 deadlifts, 21 power cleans, 21 front squats, 21 hang cleans, 21 burpees, 21 hang cleans, 21 front squats, 21 power cleans, and 21 deadliftsWOD

With the barbell at my feet, I stared at the clock as the 10-second count down began. “Here goes nothing,” I said to myself as the clock ticked 3…2…1… The buzzer sounded. As everyone beside me rushed off to their first exercise, I said to myself, “Take it easy you just got back.”

Being cognizant of my previous injuries, I started slow. I powered through the deadlifts, power cleans, and front squats. After I finished the front squats, I could feel my stamina starting to diminish.

As I took a second (OK, maybe it was a couple minutes) to catch my breath, my mind was looking for solutions on how in the hell I was going to finish this WOD. Thinking through the number of reps that I had to do for each exercise, I decided that it‘d be best to chunk it up so that I would do 7 sets of 3 reps for the rest of workout.

“3 more… 2 more… 1 more… Take a break,” is what I told myself going through the set. When I got to burpees all of the class was finished with the WOD… By the time I got to hang cleans, everyone had put away their weights and cleaned up the box (box is CrossFit lingo for gym). However, I was still there powering through the workout… “3 more… 2 more… 1 more… Take a break.” With my hand on my hip and gasping for I look at the coach, with this I don’t know if I’m going to make it look on my face. She smiled and yelled, “Keep it up Martinus! We’re not leaving until you finish this WOD.”

As I set up for the next exercise, which were front, squats, a circle starts to form around me. To the left of me I heard, “You got this!” To the right of me I heard, “Hard work, easy work.” Behind me I heard, “Crush goals big man!” In front of me I heard, “Keep the same pace.” Boom! Front squats finished! Then the power cleans… When I got to deadlifts, the cheering intensified. Breathing heavily, I took 3 deep breaths…As I squat down to get into position for the deadlift I said to myself, “I got this, I got this.” I grabbed the barbell and stood straight up then squatted back down, the weights making a loud boom as they met the ground.  “19 more… I will not be broken,” I said to myself before I stood up and squatted back down. Then I proceeded with, “18 more…. I’m an overcomer… 17 more… I’m a goal crusher…. 16 more… I endure what life sends my way… 15 more…. I‘m a beast… 14 more…I’m capable of doing this… 13 more…I’m an overcomer… 12 more…I rise above adversity… 11 more… I crush goals… 10 more…I’m the master fate… 9 more… I got this… 8 more….I got this… 7 more… This is nothing… 6 more… This is light weight… 5 more…No struggle… 4 more…No progress… 3 more…No struggle… 2 more…No progress…1 more… I crush goals. When I finished the last rep, I fell to one knee and bowed my head. While everyone was clapping and telling me good job, a single tear came from my right eye…

This has been a very long year… from getting off of the couch and getting into marathon shape, to having a car accident and getting knocked back on the couch, to going through the rebuilding process to get off the couch again and back into marathon shape, to having another car accident and getting knock back on the couch again… Life has a funny way of testing the faith within yourself. Once you feel like you got it together, there goes life punching you in the face. I doesn’t matter how times you get knocked down, it only matters how many times you get back up…

To those of you who maybe going through your own “accidents,” and you fell off of the wagon… Maybe you haven’t workout in a while or your eating has been crap lately and you’ve lost hope in your journey. I am here to tell you that, I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE GOING THROUGH! It feels like a like cloud is following you and you cannot shake it. I am here to tell you to DON’T GIVE UP! Weather the storm…You are an overcomer… You are a warrior… You are a Goal Crusher!!! I want you to look deep within yourself and find that one flickering ember … Protect it! Don’t let it die… Because all you need to start a raging fire is one ember and together we are going to set a blaze that know no one has ever seen before. I want you start to today…This moment take action!! If you haven’t been active in a while, do something today… Whether it’s 30 minutes, 20 minutes, 10 minutes, or even 5 minutes. It’s more than what you would have done sitting on the couch… If you are eating crap, it’s time to dump the junk food and the soda! You can do this!  You can bounce back! Just remember that a setback is a setup for a comeback…

Before I sign off I want to say one more thing…Nobody matter what life throws my way, no matter how many times life knocks me down… I’M NOT GOING ANYWHERE…That’s what 300 Pounds and Running is all about… Enduring and overcoming adversity regardless of your weight, size, or fitness level. We all have the ability for greatness. Take action to today.

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