Failure is a GIFt
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jennacole12 wrote: »
Agree. I almost feel like I can't have real success, true success without having some level of fails along the way. If there were no failures, I don't know that I pushed myself hard enough to get as far as I could have gone.2 -
I really love this thread. I think sometimes people get so wrapped up in looking good that they don't really push their limits. I just about passed out last week working out with my trainer. It was really embarrassing lying on the floor trying not to throw up. When I went back today I was tempted for a minute to take it easy so I wouldn't repeat the episode... just for a minute. I'm glad I pushed myself and challenged those limits. It's really the only way to tell that you're pushing them back.3
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Posting that image made me feel like Professor Umbridge in Harry Potter. Dangit.
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I'd just like to say that I don't use pins. I generally work out alone, so no one to save me if I fail. For bench, I just lean the bar and drop the plates off the side if I fail. I try to remember to set the safeties high for my squats. I'm not im the gym atm, and will be going light again when returning. Keep up the good work every one!4
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DancingMoosie wrote: »I'd just like to say that I don't use pins. I generally work out alone, so no one to save me if I fail. For bench, I just lean the bar and drop the plates off the side if I fail. I try to remember to set the safeties high for my squats. I'm not im the gym atm, and will be going light again when returning. Keep up the good work every one!
I’m with you on the safety pins.1 -
Well... I DID get 3 sets of 5@100lb!
This was set 4. Only got 4.
@jennacole12 here's me failing with my side bars. 😁
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KickassAmazon76 wrote: »Well... I DID get 3 sets of 5@100lb!
This was set 4. Only got 4.
@jennacole12 here's me failing with my side bars. 😁
Ohhh I get it so you don’t get trapped and have to squirm under it like I did last week 🤣🤣🤣🤣2 -
jennacole12 wrote: »KickassAmazon76 wrote: »Well... I DID get 3 sets of 5@100lb!
This was set 4. Only got 4.
@jennacole12 here's me failing with my side bars. 😁
Ohhh I get it so you don’t get trapped and have to squirm under it like I did last week 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Haha no... And that last fail I did... I swear I would have died if I hadn't had that bar. It bounced. 🤪
I know that it doesn't help that I've really eaten my feelings this last few days, not sleeping well... And had McDonald's for dinner... Which is not sitting well AT ALL.
I am hoping I can get my bleep together to finish all 5 next time. ❤️4 -
KickassAmazon76 wrote: »jennacole12 wrote: »KickassAmazon76 wrote: »Well... I DID get 3 sets of 5@100lb!
This was set 4. Only got 4.
@jennacole12 here's me failing with my side bars. 😁
Ohhh I get it so you don’t get trapped and have to squirm under it like I did last week 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Haha no... And that last fail I did... I swear I would have died if I hadn't had that bar. It bounced. 🤪
I know that it doesn't help that I've really eaten my feelings this last few days, not sleeping well... And had McDonald's for dinner... Which is not sitting well AT ALL.
I am hoping I can get my bleep together to finish all 5 next time. ❤️
In the last year I’ve caved and had mcdonalds twice and both times I lived to regret it 😂😂 Then right as the regret fades I say ahhh it’s just one time 😳🤢🤮1 -
jennacole12 wrote: »KickassAmazon76 wrote: »jennacole12 wrote: »KickassAmazon76 wrote: »Well... I DID get 3 sets of 5@100lb!
This was set 4. Only got 4.
@jennacole12 here's me failing with my side bars. 😁
Ohhh I get it so you don’t get trapped and have to squirm under it like I did last week 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Haha no... And that last fail I did... I swear I would have died if I hadn't had that bar. It bounced. 🤪
I know that it doesn't help that I've really eaten my feelings this last few days, not sleeping well... And had McDonald's for dinner... Which is not sitting well AT ALL.
I am hoping I can get my bleep together to finish all 5 next time. ❤️
In the last year I’ve caved and had mcdonalds twice and both times I lived to regret it 😂😂 Then right as the regret fades I say ahhh it’s just one time 😳🤢🤮
It does not taste nearly as good during the last set of squats. 🤭🤢0 -
Failing a box squat at 6 am challenged my ability to think under pressure 🤣🤣 the gif doesn’t show the minutes I spent just sitting there trying to figure out how to get out of this..... I was basically preparing to die on that bench 😂😂
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jennacole12 wrote: »Failing a box squat at 6 am challenged my ability to think under pressure 🤣🤣 the gif doesn’t show the minutes I spent just sitting there trying to figure out how to get out of this..... I was basically preparing to die on that bench 😂😂
You are so adorable. Lol.
You did what I would... Tip back and roll it off the back. 😁0 -
KickassAmazon76 wrote: »Well... I DID get 3 sets of 5@100lb!
This was set 4. Only got 4.
@jennacole12 here's me failing with my side bars. 😁
Still very nice strength1 -
jennacole12 wrote: »Failing a box squat at 6 am challenged my ability to think under pressure 🤣🤣 the gif doesn’t show the minutes I spent just sitting there trying to figure out how to get out of this..... I was basically preparing to die on that bench 😂😂
This is where capturing facial expression would be enjoyable for the the rest of us 😉2 -
jennacole12 wrote: »Failing a box squat at 6 am challenged my ability to think under pressure 🤣🤣 the gif doesn’t show the minutes I spent just sitting there trying to figure out how to get out of this..... I was basically preparing to die on that bench 😂😂
Okay I know I shouldn't laugh, but this would be me and that's why I'm belly laughing right now.
I'd be sitting there for 10 minutes not wanting to fail, confused about what was going on, multiple attempts to stand up, panicking on what to do next, and being deathly afraid of the geriatric crowd at the gym "turning me in" for dropping weights. Multiply this by 10 if I were there at 6AM.
Don't get me wrong I love the older people at the Gym because it's great to see them and their always friendly, but don't drop those weights or you'll be turned in.
Sometimes you can't get better unless you fail.
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kinetixtrainer2 wrote: »jennacole12 wrote: »Failing a box squat at 6 am challenged my ability to think under pressure 🤣🤣 the gif doesn’t show the minutes I spent just sitting there trying to figure out how to get out of this..... I was basically preparing to die on that bench 😂😂
This is where capturing facial expression would be enjoyable for the the rest of us 😉
So glad we can’t see my face 😂🤣 you’d all be seriously questioning my intelligence..... it was like 5 minutes of me completely baffled 🤣🤷🏼♀️😭1 -
jennacole12 wrote: »Failing a box squat at 6 am challenged my ability to think under pressure 🤣🤣 the gif doesn’t show the minutes I spent just sitting there trying to figure out how to get out of this..... I was basically preparing to die on that bench 😂😂
Okay I know I shouldn't laugh, but this would be me and that's why I'm belly laughing right now.
I'd be sitting there for 10 minutes not wanting to fail, confused about what was going on, multiple attempts to stand up, panicking on what to do next, and being deathly afraid of the geriatric crowd at the gym "turning me in" for dropping weights. Multiply this by 10 if I were there at 6AM.
Don't get me wrong I love the older people at the Gym because it's great to see them and their always friendly, but don't drop those weights or you'll be turned in.
Sometimes you can't get better unless you fail.
This place is the same....all old people and no dropping weights. I just kept re-attempting to get it up.... like I was magically going to get this spurt of strength 🤣🤣 I tried going forward, but luckily realized I would have been trapped face first on that bench folded in half...... omg could you even imagine 😳😂1 -
jennacole12 wrote: »Failing a box squat at 6 am challenged my ability to think under pressure 🤣🤣 the gif doesn’t show the minutes I spent just sitting there trying to figure out how to get out of this..... I was basically preparing to die on that bench 😂😂
Good for you! You never do it if you don't challenge yourself. You'll get it next time!0 -
jennacole12 wrote: »Failing a box squat at 6 am challenged my ability to think under pressure 🤣🤣 the gif doesn’t show the minutes I spent just sitting there trying to figure out how to get out of this..... I was basically preparing to die on that bench 😂😂
Great job, though! Much respect for lifting that early, too. I box squat almost entirely, and getting pinned on the box is a real bad feel. I have my safeties a bit higher and go forward over my head, but that doesn't at all feel good either (like, crunch flat to get out). What you did might be safer, idk.
It's kind of a bad position to be in.1 -
strebor337 wrote: »jennacole12 wrote: »Failing a box squat at 6 am challenged my ability to think under pressure 🤣🤣 the gif doesn’t show the minutes I spent just sitting there trying to figure out how to get out of this..... I was basically preparing to die on that bench 😂😂
Good for you! You never do it if you don't challenge yourself. You'll get it next time!
Thank you!!! I just gotta get better with the drive up which is exactly why my coach is having me do them 🙄1 -
___Soundwave___ wrote: »jennacole12 wrote: »Failing a box squat at 6 am challenged my ability to think under pressure 🤣🤣 the gif doesn’t show the minutes I spent just sitting there trying to figure out how to get out of this..... I was basically preparing to die on that bench 😂😂
Great job, though! Much respect for lifting that early, too. I box squat almost entirely, and getting pinned on the box is a real bad feel. I have my safeties a bit higher and go forward over my head, but that doesn't at all feel good either (like, crunch flat to get out). What you did might be safer, idk.
It's kind of a bad position to be in.
It really was a confusing spot, it took me an alarming amount of time to figure out how to get of it 🤣2 -
Here's a lovely compilation of my fails from yesterday. *cue "oh no, oh no, oh no no no no no" soundtrack*
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KickassAmazon76 wrote: »Here's a lovely compilation of my fails from yesterday. *cue "oh no, oh no, oh no no no no no" soundtrack*
You'll have those squat and bench new PRs in no time.1 -
KickassAmazon76 wrote: »Here's a lovely compilation of my fails from yesterday. *cue "oh no, oh no, oh no no no no no" soundtrack*
Read my lips!2 -
Some days I lift like a beast other days I do crap like this 😂😂 maybe I’ll show you guys the second half of this gif one day.... the part where I forgot how to think and laid back flat Bc I couldn’t figure out how to get out of the SSB 😂
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jennacole12 wrote: »Some days I lift like a beast other days I do crap like this 😂😂 maybe I’ll show you guys the second half of this gif one day.... the part where I forgot how to think and laid back flat Bc I couldn’t figure out how to get out of the SSB 😂
That worried face
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jennacole12 wrote: »Some days I lift like a beast other days I do crap like this 😂😂 maybe I’ll show you guys the second half of this gif one day.... the part where I forgot how to think and laid back flat Bc I couldn’t figure out how to get out of the SSB 😂
That worried face
Don’t worry!!! I came back and hit it for 2 😝😏💪🏻2 -
jennacole12 wrote: »jennacole12 wrote: »Some days I lift like a beast other days I do crap like this 😂😂 maybe I’ll show you guys the second half of this gif one day.... the part where I forgot how to think and laid back flat Bc I couldn’t figure out how to get out of the SSB 😂
That worried face
Don’t worry!!! I came back and hit it for 2 😝😏💪🏻
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jennacole12 wrote: »jennacole12 wrote: »Some days I lift like a beast other days I do crap like this 😂😂 maybe I’ll show you guys the second half of this gif one day.... the part where I forgot how to think and laid back flat Bc I couldn’t figure out how to get out of the SSB 😂
That worried face
Don’t worry!!! I came back and hit it for 2 😝😏💪🏻
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Damn i miss the gym! So i can try, fail, retry and succeed with my lifts5
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