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Happy Thanksgiving

I am Truly Gratful for all of you.

Your smiles bring me a sense of satisfaction in a job that I find myself very passionate about.

I love this sport. The Industry takes us to great heigths, and even greater depths.

We learn A.L.O.T. about ourselves, and find strength in becoming champions of the stage. It doesn't matter if we get a trophy, get dead last, or win an overall title. We all Learn incredible life lessons.

This is a Selfish, ego driven sport that some ridicule, give their own "opinions" on how you should compete, cry foul when you take time to do extra cardio instead of cleaning up the house or make dinner for the family, and others just plain drop you as friends.

We, as women, give and give and give until we have given all of ourselves. More times that not, we sacrifice our own health, happiness and dreams. Families come first. Husbands or Boyfriends and the family unit can sometimes dictate our future.

Then, you find yourself alone, with yourself at the end of the day, not even knowing who you are anymore, and are shocked by what you become. A product of your own environment.

That's why I love our sport.

We become HEALTHY. We become physically STRONG. We become mentally TOUGHER to handle all sorts of INTERNAL struggle and EXTERNAL strife.

Our families are not our biggest obstacle.

We are.

How we choose to interact, prioritize, and RE-act to our lives.

I am so excited that with all of you ladies, we have the support, the guidance, and the enthusiasm to make each successful & Victorious! Draw upon the veteran's experiences for insight knowledge, call upon me to answer questions that boggle the mind, and use the nutrition & training that Mike Davies has set out for you to follow.....And there is always progress.

Mike said to me a few months ago, " They don't hand out trophies for progress".... so with that...Strive for much MORE than progress...strive for that coveted top 10 placement!

I also like what our friend Emily in spokane wrote on her blog:
"Eat how your fellow competitors are, but eat cleaner"
"Do what your fellow competitors are doing, but do it better"
"Never miss a workout, and train like your fellow competitors, but train harder & smarter"

Feel this Statement that's on T-shirts already:

"I'm the Competitor your trainer warned you about"

"Right now, you wish you would have trained harder"

And my FAV is,

"No one ever drowned in sweat. Keep going"

&

"No excuses. Only choices"

So, as we head into the first HOLIDAY WEEKEND (halloween doesn't count!)....

Take the time to reconnect with your family. really let them know what you need, and how it can be integrated together. Just because you're going to compete, doesn't give you the free range to be a meannie, skip on your responsibilites and just forget to pay your power bill. Get your head in the right spot....get your team behind you, and envision yourself doing it all! We all can. Don't fool yourself...it's not that hard.

And beshides, you will have me there for you 100% of the way!

Cardio
Nutrition
Training
2nd Cardio
Sleep
Water
Practice
& Budget wisely

Happy Thanksgiving Ladies.

NO Bootcamp friday 11/27
NO Practice sunday 11/29 (sabrina - you're still on schedule)

REGULAR PRACTICE
12/6 at 11am
Holiday Party 12/12/09 4pm shannon's House

Enjoy ladies!

Love,
Trainer Shannon

Posted by Trainer Shannon at November 30, 2009 10:07 AM