By now you may be dissatisfied with me as I haven't been posting much of anything lately.  Lot of stuff going on but I am happy to say that things are straightened out and we are moving forward.  The good news is that a local opportunity has come up and RFP headquarters will be staying put.  The past 8 months or so have been challenging but that's life.  I don't have to look very far to find folks in far worse situations so I like to count my blessings.  That said, what's the deal with the title of this entry?  It's not original.  It is stolen from an article by Charles Staley.  If you don't know about Coach Staley he is a big proponent of escalating density training which happens to be a great training paradigm especially if you want to spice up your training and get out of a rut.  His site is worth checking out and you can click here to see it.
The article I am referring to is entitled "Why I don't want to power clean 315 pounds".  You can read it by pointing your cursor here.  I definitely recommend the article.  The point of cultivating dissatisfaction is that if you are not in some way unhappy with a situation you aren't likely to change it.  A personal example from my own training relates to grip work.  I was so disgusted with my lack of progress on grip work, and the fact that I fell short of last years goal of closing the CoC 2.5 (I could barely close the 2), that I made it a priority.  Before I was content to be there so I never did anything about it.  Fortunately at the end of the year it was report card time and it wasn't pretty.  I am happy to report that a month and a half later I can close the #2 for 6-8 reps and I am getting close to the 2.5.  At this rate I should close it this summer. 

My point is this: find an aspect of your training or your lifestyle that really makes you disgusted with yourself and make it a high priority target.  I think we tend to look on negative emotions as a bad thing.  Not true.  They are effective tools if you recognize them for what they are and know when to apply them.  Just something to think about.  Remember if you don't put in the effort or you get lazy in the gym you still have to live with yourself.   You wouldn't let someone else cheat you so make sure you aren't cheating yourself.    Again, food for thought.   I never got anywhere without pain and shame but that's just me.  There is that old saying that a good horse runs at the mere shadow of a whip.  As for me, I guess I needed to take some lashes.

Once more, I am really sorry that this place hasn't been more active but I think that is going to change.  Training is going well. I have gotten back to running since the plantar fasciitis is finally all gone.  The solution was so simple it is ridiculous.  So lots to talk about.  I am planning on going to the Arnold in March as the IKFF will be holding a meet. I don't have any major goals for that aside from getting to see everyone and provide whatever help I can to those guys.  Should be a lot of fun.  I plan on doing a set of long cycle too because it is still my favorite thing.  It feels good to get the cobwebs off this blog!