Accountability
I'm succeeding at going through the motions of my plan, I'm not sure my heart is always as in it as it should be though. I think to an extent this is to be expected at times and I'll take going through the motions over outright neglect.
I do have to say I loved my workout this morning. Using the rest-pause technique feels very efficient and challenging. For push-ups I did 43, followed by 9 and then 6 each with around 30 seconds rest between. These were trues sets to failure where an attempt for the rep after the last one counted could not be completed. I felt the work in my chest for sure. Then I had lateral raises where I ended up doing 20 +9 +6 with 20 pounds in each hand, followed by 30 triceps kick backs with the same weights - I opted for kick backs to get the extra work for the posterior deltoids even though other triceps exercises would be better options for the triceps themselves. After doing 30 though and having my shoulders give out before my triceps I switched over to lying triceps extensions (skull crushers) where I managed to something like 18 +6+4 but I'm a little sure I'm remembering that count perfectly as I didn't write it down. I felt the blood rushing through my muscles and felt the speed of the workout accelerate for what I could accomplish and thought it was great.
Ponderings
Sometimes I really don't appreciate my life. I feel like I've made bad decisions and have set myself up in a bad position and the worst part is my kids suffer as a result. Thinking of the Savior going through with His life's mission that wasn't all rainbows and butterflies wasn't because He messed up, but because He followed His Father's will and He went through with it. This gives me strength to keep pushing through my own mess as well in the hope that I still have a higher mission and calling from God to be helpful in my own much smaller capacity than the Lord in bringing souls closer to God and helping with His work and glory of bringing about immortality and eternal life to all of us.
Be strong!
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I can do all things through Christ. That’s a good thought to come back to every day. The main thing is that you are making a systematic and diligent effort to come closer to God. Every day you are adding oil to your lamp in this effort and to this extent you a resounding success. To the world you may be one person but to four people you are the world. Every once in awhile I look up Give me One More Shot by Alabama. It helps. “Give me one more shot I’ll give it all I’ve got let me open my eyes to a new sunrise I pray.” I need to up my workout game and report some improvement to you. I’m just doing basic minimal temple maintenance which is better than nothing.