Last night I had another one-on-one barbell technique with
my trainer; it went really well!! He seems to be really impressed with my
progress. He actually told me that I’m a
fast learner and that I’m “a natural.”
That seems so surreal to me. I've
never been a natural at anything athletic. I've been running for years, but even that has
never been easy for me. I've had to work
and labor for step, each mile, and each race.
After I got home last night I was talking to my Aunt about her taper for
her upcoming race and she’s all “Oh, I’m going to miss my long Sunday runs!”…and
by long Sunday runs she means 20 miles or so.
I've just never been to that point.
In high school I sucked at sports—I was considered as un-athletic and
uncoordinated as you can get. But now…now
here I am, being told I’m a natural at Olympic lifting. Something that’s not common, and definitely
not easy—I’m a natural at. Yes, I have
to work HARD—my form is by no means perfect and I can’t yet push a ton of
weight. But it feels so good to know that
I’m actually good at this, and that I have the potential to really excel! It’s incredibly nice to have a trainer that
believes in his clients as much as mine does. He really wants everyone in his
gym to succeed; and because of that, everyone is motivated to work that much
harder. *I* am that much more motivated to work harder, to eat cleaner, and to push myself beyond anywhere I ever thought I could go.
I can’t wait to see what my future holds in terms of lifting
and my personal fitness levels. I can’t wait to be able to deadlift or clean a
stupid amount of weight. But wait I will. And while I’m waiting, I will put in
the WORK to make my dreams come true!
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