Adam R Mundorf
Level 6 Valued Member
- Age
- 29
- Gender
- Male
- Program
- Simple and Sinister to Timed Simple Standard
- What I've been Up To and the Reason for a New Log
- Just got done Phase 1 of Al and Danny Kavadlos 'Get Strong' Program. I wanted to do Phase 1 to give myself a break from the bells and to really determine where I wanted to go with my training. Phase 1 taught me a lot about finding the time to do what is necessary and quite frankly the challenge of just basic calisthenics. Nothing more than your bodyweight is needed to get a fantastic workout.
- Now, the two reasons for a new log.
- Reason Number One
- I've been doing a lot of introspection about what I want from training. I have a living room full of bells in doubles going from 16kg to 48kg. I want to use them and actually have them be more than door stops. I like lifting weights and I see no reason not to. Get Strong taught me that I have the time to exercise but I just lacked focus.
- Reason Number Two
- I've done a deep dive over the last month or so on my mental health. Mental health problems run in my family and I'm beginning to think maybe I should take stock of what's going on up there. There are two issues that repeatedly come up : unhealthy focus on virtue and living in my head. I had this idea in my head for at least a decade that if I failed in one aspect of my life, I might as well wipe the board clean and start over. For me this meant changing exercise modalities or programs. I attached my quest for virtue or morality for some odd reason to my exercise modality. Weird I know. Some of the standards I have for myself (which are deeply personal/religious) are quite frankly unsustainable. That is why my new training log will be named : Relax. Relax and enjoy the journey.
- Reason Number One
