The Motivation Behind the Goal

Summer Vacation

Pop Quiz

Question:  You and your significant other take a four-day vacation to NYC during your birthday weekend. Do you


A. Relax, enjoy, and imbibe without guilt.  Heck. Have a slice of cake or two.
B. Enjoy and imbibe while mindful of your fitness and nutrition goals.
C. Take in the sights and wonder what workouts you are missing at your gym. Fret that you might be falling behind.  "Is this trip setting you back fitness-wise?"
D. Find a Crossfit gym in NYC.  All sight seeing and strictly Paleo meals will have to fit in the parameters of your workout schedule.


If you're like me, bless your heart, because we answered B and C, and it's the inclination towards C that bothers me.  If you answered D, don't worry because I'm here for you as well.  I seriously considered finding a NYC-area Crossfit gym out of curiosity more than anything.

I did a little self-talk while on vacation and decided that for me the pull-up goal is pushing me toward a fitness milestone, which helps me achieve my ultimate mission in life.

 I WANT TO LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST SAVORING EACH DAY AS I TRAVEL, TEACH, AND WORK TO BE A VIBRANT, ENGAGED MOM and WIFE.

I can't do all of this nifty stuff if I'm not healthy.

I was exactly where I wanted to be in NYC, and in some ways, it was my pull-up goal that got me there.  I was energetically traipsing through the City, through Central Park to The Guggenheim to Lincoln Center along the winding streets of Little Italy, SoHo, Greenwich Village, and Tribeca.  Heck. I even stopped at an Egyptian street festival and somewhat timidly danced in a throng of festival goers.


I do have another vacation on the horizon, and I will go answer B all the way.  I will enjoy and imbibe while mindful of my fitness and nutrition goals, and I will swim, do yoga, paddle my canoe, and hike with my family in the beautiful Boundary Waters Canoe Area because THAT is why I workout and eat right all those other days during the year.


Plus, I know that I've got inspirational, loving, hard-ass coaches at BCF will hold my feet to the fire when I get back to it in August.


Ain't no one gonna let me get away without doing a pull up by 12.31.11.


xoxoxo,
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