Whatta Monday

Luke 9:25

For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?

Michael Jordan

I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost 

almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the 

game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and 

over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

Arnold  Schwarzenegger

Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop

your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide 

not to surrender, that is strength.

Vince Lombardi

Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all time thing. You 

don't win once in a while, you don't do things right once in a 

while, you do them right all the time. Winning is habit. 

Unfortunately, so is losing.

William Rudolph

Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do 

something in life, the secret is learning how to lose. Nobody 

goes undefeated all the time. If you can pick up after a 

crushing defeat, and go on to win again, you are going to be a

champion someday.

Vince Lombardi

Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is.

Alyssa Milano

First, accept sadness. Realize that without losing, winning 

isn't so great.


Colin Powell

I think whether you're having setbacks or not, the role of a 

leader is to always display a winning attitude.

Billie Jean King

A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.


 How is everyone doing on this fine Monday? Well it's finally over thank god! I had my competition this weekend and lets just say it didn't go as well as I hoped but probably better than expected.

  We had a 3 event competition (4 events if you made top 5) Saturday at an awesome gym called Crossfit Lorton. The crew was great there, very hospitable and they had some great athletes! I think I have a crush on one of them to but thats another story and I love everybody :O)

  Anyway the 3 events were:

                          1.  row 2,000 meters for time

                          2. 50 burpees, 30 squats (95lbs for                                                      intermediate men) and 10 toes to bar.
                               You had to do as many rounds as you could                                  for 10 minutes. Of course I didn't know that                                  until the event started!!

                         3. 5 rep deadlift - You had 6 minutes to find                                      max weight for 5 reps.

Sooooo, I had really no clue where my times would be or 

what I was capable of doing. All I knew is I couldn't wait for 

it to all be over. So on the first event I rowed 2,000 meters in 

7:17. The guy who won rowed in 6:42 (Christian who goes to 

my gym. He's a professional but you can't tell anyone). I was 

apparently more nervous than I realized because I started 

way to fast :O) I stopped 7-10 times because I had to catch 

my breathe. When it was finally over I almost crawled out. So 

I took 15th on that one.


Then came the burpees, squats and toes to bar. I thought I 

was good until I realized you had to keep going as many 

times as you could for 10 min. There is no mercy in crossfit 

for people who are fat! I'm 265-270lbs and cardio for me is 

seeing how many trips I can take to the buffet bar before the 

Asians kick me out! So after 10 minutes of absolute pain and 

torture I did 133 reps. First place guy (Tony who is 

new lol) was another guy from my gym who did 202 reps. 

I took 26th place in this event and 21st overall. Oh well...


Next was deadlift. By the time my heat started (there was 9 

heats throughout the day and I was in the 8th heat) the 

heaviest lift was 475lbs for 5 reps by a guy from my gym 

(Stephen). My 2nd goal for the day, first goal which was 

make top 3, was to beat Stephen Rombado at every event! 

For people who don't know Steve, he's between 50 and 80 

years old, been crossfitting for years, bodybuilding and has 

nipple rings. So by default he's the coolest dude in the gym 

and closest to my weight. So I opened with 480lbs for 5 reps 

just to beat him, then did 500lbs, 510lbs and finished at 

520lbs for 5 reps. I won that event moving me into 9th place. 


In order to make finals you had to be in the top 5 so my day 

was done (thank god and I survived barely). We had almost 

20 competitors there who did amazing and I'm proud to say 

I train at Crossfit Forward. Owners were both there to 

support, we cheered each other on, ate together, laughed 

together, cried in pain together and there might have been 

some alcohol but just in case, I do not recall officer. The men 

took 1st, 2nd, 5th, 9th, 11th, 13th, 15th, 36th out of 39 people 

and I know I missed a 1 or 2 sorry. The women did 

phenomenal as well. 

  All I can say is some of us didn't win but we came out to 

battle and now we know where we are at. Honestly I was very

disappointed with my performance but I really can't 

complain. I've lost 30lbs (on a non cheat day), I'm stronger, I 

can run again and I'm almost cute again. I've made awesome 

friends and because of them I don't mind getting up at 4:30 

every morning to go do a shitty workout. The athletes at 

Crossfit forward are phenomenal and you will only get 

better. Shout out to Corina who went to Philly and won a 

crossfit event up there! Shout out to Megan who dominates 

the volleyball court with her amazing ass-ests. And can't 

forget Kent Ingalls who always wins and Herb for letting me 

win sometimes!

The aftermath!!

 I don't know what to tell you people. No more excuses, no 

more putting things off, its time to get it done. Tomorrow 

isn't promised and you will never get this time back. Go be a 

better you starting today. Have a great week people. I look 

forward to sharing with you more accomplishments in the 

near future and the great people that helped me get there. 

Why don't you be part of the story?


Oh side note I actually got the best deadlift so far in the 

country for the festivus games, wow. 

Now we here!