My motherhood marathon continues and not much free time to write these days so I am quickly posting some of my favourite quotes that keep me going during my CrossFit training which I joined to get me ready to get back on the trucks after mat leave but seriously, has made me a better mother chasing after my kids..... If you have a CrossFit gym in your neighbourhood, really check it out....I don't flog a lot of things but this is one thing that I insist on.......
Only people willing to work to the point of discomfort on a regular basis using effective means to produce that discomfort will actually look like they have been other-than-comfortable most of the time.
— Coach Mark Rippetoe
Most of the problems with the bodies and minds of the folks occupying the current culture involve an unwillingness to do anything hard, or anything that they’d rather not do. I applaud your resolve, and I welcome you to the community of people who have decided that EASY will no longer suffice.
— Coach Mark Rippetoe
Stick to the basics and when you feel you’ve mastered them it’s time to start all over again, begin anew – again with the basics – this time paying closer attention.
— Coach Greg Glassman
There is never an absolute answer to everything, except of course that you have to do your squats.
— Coach Mark Rippetoe
Strong people are harder to kill than weak people, and more useful in general.
— Coach Mark Rippetoe
…we have not spent the last 65 million or so years finely honing our physiology to watch Oprah. Like it or not, we are the product of a very long process of adaptation to a harsh physical existence, and the past couple centuries of comparative ease and plenty are not enough time to change our genome. We humans are at our best when our existence mirrors, or at least simulates, the one we are still genetically adapted to live. And that is the purpose of exercise.
— Coach Mark Rippetoe
No, it doesn’t ever get any easier. You wouldn’t want it to either.
— Coach Greg Glassman
I agree with all the quotes except the last one. Please tell me motherhood gets easier. Please......
About Me
- firemama
- I am a professional firefighter in a busy metropolitan city who somehow made it to Acting Captain along the way. I am a mother and doing the best I can to balance these two very different worlds. I am a lover of red meat (cooked medium rare) and live in a funky loft with my 2 very loud and loveable kids. We manage to all get along despite the fact we only have one bathroom and zero privacy. I am a demon if I don't get in a daily workout or get out for some fresh air. I am a neat freak. My kids, of course, are not. I prefer shooting with my 35mm Nikon to any fancy digital camera out there.... only because I am hopelessly analog. My favourite sound in the world is hearing my children laugh. My second favourite sound in the world is silence. This is my blog on what it's like to be a chick in a man's world, a mother in these crazy times, and a woman who perhaps foolishly thinks she has found the meaning of life.
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