Satisfaction Leads To Failure!

I went to bed a little hungry last night so I will increase my calories a little bit today. Progessive overload is the key!! I plan on consuming two high carb days and one high protein day and rotating that for a week or so. I worked light legs this morning at the gym. I have not been to the Chiropractor in about two weeks. I felt no pain and everything seemed to be fine. I listened to some new music while I trained today! There is nothing like new music to motivate you while you workout! My three favs right now are "Let Me Love You" by Mario, "Only You" by Ashanti and "I Don't Care" by Silver feat. Milk Inc. These are kinda slow but hey....it was a light day.

Leg Workout:
Walking Lunges with 15# dumbbells 2 laps around floor
Smith Machine Squats 95# 2x20, 105# 1x15
1-Legged Lying Leg Curls 15# 1x12
Leg Extentions 80# 2x15
Romanian Deadlifts 35# 1x20
1-Legged Leg Press 135# 1x20, 1x15
ABD Machine (outer Thigh) 70# 1x30
ADD Machine (Inner Thigh) 60# 1x25
Standing Calf Raises 100# 1x20, 125# 1x15

Stretching 4 minutes. I stretched in between sets and rested no longer than 1 minute between exercises. My hamstrings stay so sore! My bands are so short that I have to really stretch a lot to keep them from locking up and losing flexibility. I hurt my left hamstring when I was doing Fitness competitions. I remember chewing up an antinflamatory backstage before going on to do my routine at Nationals. That HURT! I felt pretty good after this workout. Depending on how I feel and how well I recover, I will increase my weight next week.

I accumulated 4.8 miles of walking today. I would like to increase that to 5 miles a day if I don't do any cardio. I didn't do cardio on purpose today because I did not want to overload my legs too much . Eventually, I will be doing cardio on leg days to. Exercise is a stress on the body. It's a good stress, Eustress, but needs to be accumulated progressively to make permanent changes and prevent injury or burnout.

Diet:
4 egg whites, 1 bowl of grits, 1 1/2 cups of skim milk
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Protein Drink with 1/3 cup of strawberries from gym
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5 egg whites, 1/2 yolk, 1 bowl of grits, 1 cup of sugar-free Lemonade
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Today, I named the title of my blog after Travis's one liner. Thanks for the quote! It really hit home! "SATISFACTION LEADS TO FAILURE!" That is so true. It seems that when people get satisfied with things....whether it's working out, a job, relationship.....they stop trying so hard and become settled with themselves never achieving their full potential. I don't want to fit into this category! I will NEVER GIVE UP!!!