But before talking about a non end end, let's just first realize that the project in itself is not finished. Like a few of us have mentioned by mail, I am clearly HUNGRY! It is probably due to the workout but for some reason I don't even ask myself whether the workouts are hard or not anymore. I just get them done. So it's like I do not realize what we really ask to our bodies. And well the final week schedule is still to come and I am sure that it is not going to be a piece of cake. I realized, a bit disappointed, that I am not doing perfectly well some of the workouts. The pull ups are still inclined for me, the push ups end up on the knees. The shoulder press get a bit cheaty after a couple of series, same for the double katana. That's what make me think that there is still a lot to go and I will do my best to not simply end things next Thursday evening!
I feel still a bit weak sometimes in a sense that I won't have this or that (food wise) because it is not PCP compliant. Not because I don't want it but because I shouldn't have it. So I am now slowly trying to shift my mind and think that I am not having this or that because my body doesn't need it instead of thinking that it is because it is not PCP compliant. One more thing: it seems, like a couple of weeks ago, that my body is going through this steady stage again on the scale,... GRRRRR, I just hate that moment. Especially towards the last week. I wish I could just drop by another few kg by next Friday. Then again, next Friday is not really where PCP should end!
I went to the gym the other day, the homework. Not a real gym because I don't like it when it is too crowdy. Some kind of a private gym. And I observed,... First thing I was thinking was, no matter what you think, do not judge. Have an opinion but do not judge. Just a few months ago, I was not doing any better than any of these guys. Well basically there are different types. The ones that are not fit and lift super heavy weight (these are the ones I do not understand). The ones that are putting so much will in that precise moment to get their abs done. The ones that come for a regular routine with a book. The ones that are going through all the machines for 1 min each and that are doing quick and painless movements. There's a bit of everything to be honest. One similarity on all of these, in my taste: none of them keep it SIMPLE. When I had a global picture of the gym it made me think of an ITALIAN PASTA DISH (nice reference to the PCP food by the way,...). Why?
Because what makes Italian Pastas so good (please just consider this as a 100g cooked Wholewheat Italian Pasta :))? It's the fact that it is simple. Simply well cooked, add to it a bit of tomato sauce, or pesto sauce. But don't do it in a foreigner way where they add up a bit of everything to make it look and taste like something! If anything that gyn looked like a Minestrone :)
I thought about it and realized that all we bought since the beginning of the PCP is a resistance band and maybe some handles for the push ups. But no Medicine Ball (or however you call it), no Gym machine, no all of this. Somehow these guys had all something more in the hands or to carry or... ... And their movements were not two sided clear movements (like up and down, right left,...)... Their breathing had nothing to do with breathing in and out (they were breathing in in in in out in out out out in out ... ...). All these details. It looks silly to pay attention to those details but if I have to say one thing about this homework is this: IT IS HARD TO KEEP THINGS SIMPLE, HOWEVER SIMPLE IS THE BEST, THE MOST EFFICIENT AND THE HARDEST TO ACHIEVE. I believe it is true for life in general. And as weird as it may sound, as pre PCP I always thought that this project was complicated, PCP taught us, with proven results, to keep things simple and efficient. THanks PAtrick.
One last comment, where I must say I kind of disagree with Patrick. I am always happy when I get to the abs part of the workout. First because it is close to the end, and second because it feels good. It's not easy, but it just feels good to work on the abs because you feel them right away. Your body expression is also quite strong with the abs. You are not used to it and you do one sit up, your whole body is shaking, how is that. It's like they were the center house of our body. So yes the burn is tough but the feeling is good.
Well that will be it for me today. So one tip for the 60 or more guys that just signed in for the program (what a success!!), keep it simple!
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