Day 50 of 112: Pain...

another day of aches and pains, thats the bad thing about the weather change. the sore joints and muscles that we live with everyday get worse, more intense and not to mention stiff... the only thing you can really do is stretch more, warm up more, get sufficient rest, and push through the pain... youve got to remember that without pain there is no growth, you have to hurt the muscle to trigger the hormone release that tells the body to grow and get stronger... you work the muscle to complete failure, you force the body to grow and strengthen to adjust to the workload your forcing it to move everyday... then the rest comes into play, because the body needs the rest to heal... sleep, thats what we need the most, thats when our body works to heal all the damaged muscle cells...
although, good solid sleep has been avoiding me lately... towards the middle of the 16 weeks i start to get anxious, and it gets hard to sleep. i toss and turn all night, and come morning time when the clock goes off i dont want to budge, because i didnt get enough solid sleep... and i know if i could just get another hour of sleep, my knees and back probably wouldn't hurt so bad... plus my knuckles, this time of year some mornings, i cant close my fists, trust me its really lovely... but i still get up, make breakfast, get the boy ready and we head to the gym... gotta stay focused on the goal, no matter how bad the aches and pains are... hell some days i enjoy the pain, it lets me know im alive during this non stop routine. eat sleep train, thats how the week goes, but i cant complain i love this life style... i wouldnt trade it for anything, im living my dream, how about you?