For most of this month leading up to Thanksgiving, I will try to write something that relates to me giving thanks.
I think this subject is very often overlooked and even though I have written on it before, let's take a look at thanksgiving from a little different angle.
Today I am thankful for - Resistance.
OK, you say, this topic already makes no sense. Hold on, I will try to explain. When I was in high school, I liked to lift weights. In fact, I still work out quite a bit today but I am not near as strong as I was back then.
Let's look a little closer at weight lifting for a minute. One of the most important exercises for us in high school athletics was the bench press. I had a pretty good bench press but was by no means the best.
For those of you who don't know the bench press works like this. You lay flat on your back on a narrow bench (hence the bench press). There are stands on either side of that bench that hold up a metal bar. The ends of the bar were slightly larger than the middle it that's where you put the additional weight. So while laying on your back, you extend your arms until both are gripping the bar and you move the weight off the stands. Now the bar is above you. You lower the bar until it touches your chest and then you push the bar until your arms are straight. Back then I could max at about 300 pounds. But as you can imagine, if I had dropped that weight on my chest it would have done substantial damage.
Also, every time I did a repetition, it would break down my muscles slightly. This doesn't make much sense right? Well, you have to throw in one more element to see the benefit - time. It would take some time but my muscles would heal and when they did, I would be stronger than before. The total amount I could lift would actually increase.
Most of you can probably see where I am headed right. Many times in life there are things we come up against that don't want to move or worse yet we come up against things that would do us substantial damage like the bench press bar would have done to me. However, don't get so upset with the setbacks in life because many times they will help you grow stronger. I am not saying that any of them are fun but sometimes we have to be torn down a little to grow beyond our current limitations.
Now I want you to notice one more thing and it is one of the hardest things for me to deal with. After my muscles were torn down, what did it take for them to grow stronger? Time. Don't be upset if your growth or what you need to overcome a situation doesn't happen over night. Just know that you will grow stronger.
And that's another Opinion of the Minion
I think this subject is very often overlooked and even though I have written on it before, let's take a look at thanksgiving from a little different angle.
Today I am thankful for - Resistance.
OK, you say, this topic already makes no sense. Hold on, I will try to explain. When I was in high school, I liked to lift weights. In fact, I still work out quite a bit today but I am not near as strong as I was back then.
Let's look a little closer at weight lifting for a minute. One of the most important exercises for us in high school athletics was the bench press. I had a pretty good bench press but was by no means the best.
For those of you who don't know the bench press works like this. You lay flat on your back on a narrow bench (hence the bench press). There are stands on either side of that bench that hold up a metal bar. The ends of the bar were slightly larger than the middle it that's where you put the additional weight. So while laying on your back, you extend your arms until both are gripping the bar and you move the weight off the stands. Now the bar is above you. You lower the bar until it touches your chest and then you push the bar until your arms are straight. Back then I could max at about 300 pounds. But as you can imagine, if I had dropped that weight on my chest it would have done substantial damage.
Also, every time I did a repetition, it would break down my muscles slightly. This doesn't make much sense right? Well, you have to throw in one more element to see the benefit - time. It would take some time but my muscles would heal and when they did, I would be stronger than before. The total amount I could lift would actually increase.
Most of you can probably see where I am headed right. Many times in life there are things we come up against that don't want to move or worse yet we come up against things that would do us substantial damage like the bench press bar would have done to me. However, don't get so upset with the setbacks in life because many times they will help you grow stronger. I am not saying that any of them are fun but sometimes we have to be torn down a little to grow beyond our current limitations.
Now I want you to notice one more thing and it is one of the hardest things for me to deal with. After my muscles were torn down, what did it take for them to grow stronger? Time. Don't be upset if your growth or what you need to overcome a situation doesn't happen over night. Just know that you will grow stronger.
And that's another Opinion of the Minion
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