Going there ... not easy

Today I arrived a bit late to the gym, having come from work. Upon arriving, I found out I will have to do 20 burpees for every minute I'm late. I got pretty bummed about that for a while--well into the workout, which I didn't finish. Of course, I could have taken the motivated perspective, doing my best to be on-time, or else having another opportunity to become more fit.

Anyways, this sounds pretty depressing. And depressed I felt. However, awesome I now feel :)

Yesterday, I wrote about mentally going there in a workout. Today, arriving late didn't give me time to get in the right mindset. I suppose one day I can just turn on the switch and be ready to workout at max intensity. It definitely isn't easy to go there, and it will take some work.

My time at the gym ended with a failed-but-closer-than-before muscle-up attempt. I was pretty happy, despite my arms feeling like jelly. And right now I feel awesome because my post-WOD protein shake is much better than my pre-WOD Iced Cappuccino :)

Today's protein shake looked something like this:
- Cookies & cream protein powder
- Some milk
- Some natural peanut butter
... and the ingredient of awesome ...
- A generous scoop of mint chocolate chip ice-cream! 

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