My Thoughts/prayers from the heart part I before I leave

SuzieQ49 · Jun 10, 2018

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dpw417 · Oct 10, 2008

SuzieQ49 said:

Part I

A typically daily schedule goes like this for me

Wake up 5am- 4 Quick sets of 50 pushups then grab a bannana to get ready for my first workout
6am- my first workout beings, intense 1 hour crossfit training workout with SEAL candinates hundreds and hundres of pullups/pushups/situps etc. Postworkout immediate 24 ounce glass of Chocolate Milk the best post workout recovery drink there is for you workoutaholics out there that like doing things natural.

9 am- My first big meal usually a 5 block Meal 40% carbs 30% fat 30% protein
9:30am-11:30am Take a short nap/play with the beagle/do some choirs/grab a quick snack like a apple/bannana right before

12pm-1:30pm Swim Training with Coach....lots of underwater drills, lots of swim drills and laps....I prob do around 3500 meters by the time it is done.

2 pm: 2nd big meal 5 block Meal 40% carbs 30% fat 30% protein

4:30pm-6:30 Hardest training session of the day begins. With Ben. This is tortue. Which I will go into in a moment.

7 pm- If I am lucky to make it up the stairs without passing out, I literally collaspe into the shower then prepare for my last big meal a 5 block meal 40% carbs 30%
Do my last quick 4 sets of 50 pushups then watch some ome Red Sox kick ass/movies then fall Asleep by 10pm

Now let me describe to you the toughest workout Ben ever put me through the other day and what it took to make it through. I hope this will insipre many of you out there if you think something is too challenging in your workworld, to face it head on and no matter how tired you are to keep pushing and pushing until you cant push anymore, and then at that point push some more! because it pays to be a winner, and in life its the same way. I came to realize that. Face your challneges, face your fears, get it done, put out!! and when its over, you will be the most confident person in the world. BECAUSE EVERYTHING WILL END...just remember that...

2 days ago I showed up to a Training Session with Ben, nothing out of the norm. Well my muscles were extremely sore(my legs especially) and I told him so going in,. guess what He didnt give a ****. Well first he put a weighted vest on my chest along with grabbing a heavy tire over my head and he says to me "nick it pays to be a winner, beat your last weeks time".....so with a heavy weighted vest and heavy tire over my head I feel like tony galento after 25 beers...so I do have half mile uphill sprint my legs on fire but I keep pushing pushing and I hit the finish line dropping the tire gasping for air it seemed like the longest couple minutes of my life...He tells me "your 3 seconds slower..hit it again"....the only thought that cross my mind was "I can't do it again, its too heavy im too tired"...and then what do I do? I grabbed the weight vest grab the tire and start sprinting...because thats what you have to do just keeping pushing it. Put out. Dont ever give up. I sprint this time till I feel my lungs are going to explode...I hit the mark and I find I beat my time by 3 seconds this time! he says to me "it pays to be a winner nick sit down and relax for a minute"... I say to myself thank you god for beating the time, but how did I just do better my 2nd time after I was so tired? because its all mental. Ben is testing me mentally, he wants to find my breaking point and hes doing a damm good job of it, but i can't show him that Im hurtin. Just keep puttin out nick and always listen carefully to what he says. He says to me "Ok ready to start the workout now" Deep down I think to myself "****" but to him I say "hoooyah lets do it"(Always think positivley never feel sorry for yourself)..So we start running and we do more running and several minutes later were still running and I shout to him "how long we going?" He says "till I say to stop"... Well it seemed like we ran for Forrest Gump eternly clear across the state, until we got to this Lake. Here I am my feet sore from heavy combat boots, dead tired from the long run.. my trainer says to me "Take off all your clothes except your shorts" and take note the air temperate is 47 degrees out, and I think to myself "no way hes thinkin on doing what i think" and he points out this Island far off in distance and says to me See that Island with the red tree and here I am squinting my eyes to try to make out that damm red thing which seems so far away and I say roger that he hands me a pair of goggles and says swim there and back.and I say Hooyah all the time thinking in the back of my head Has this crazy physcho ever heard of Hypothermia how the hell am I going to make it that farr ill die.So I put my foot in the water and the cold hit my like a thousand knives stabbing me, the water was around 58-62 degrees, extremely cold. I dive in and start swimming, My strokes are going so fast because its so cold but I keep my head out of the water because you lose 80% of your body heat through your head. I get halfway across to the first part of the island and the cold is really sapping my strength, this island doesnt seem to get any closer and the current seems to be pushing me away.I now hit a point in my head I cant do this get me out of this, Im scared. I am feeling sorry for myself. This is the point where many quit. Where I wanted to quit. So what do I do? I keep going, I suck it up and keep going, I think to myself I have to finish. It pays to be a winner. You can do this nick, dont give up. I touch the other side of the island and start swimming back. As I swim back the final lap I dont have any more fear, the fear is gone. I am feeling colder than ever..but I keep pushing through it. I hit a mental block of adversity, and I overcame it. Nothing is stopping me now. As I hit the sand to make it to the other side I get out with a smile on my face, feeling like I just accomplished something I never thought I could do, I overcame a big obstacle. My whole body is now completely numb from the cold, my teeth chattering can be heard hundreds of yards away.but I am coherent. He Slaps my hand and tells me great job claiming I just swam 1 ½ miles in the freezing cold. I look at him expecting him to hand me a towel but instead he says now put your clothes back on and get ready to run back!!. Instead of feeling sorry for myself, Instead I immediately put my clotches back on and start running. I passed that point of adversity where I feel sorry for myself, Im now at the point where I stop caring about things and just do it. Which is the best attitude one can have, and I got that attitude on my run back. Here I was Shivering like cold to the bone with no strength left..but I got back on my horse and kept riding SomehowI dont know how I did it now that I look back. I was so pumped up on adrenaline the last 5 minutes I did a full out sprintI could feel the blood in my boots from my feet sloshing around and my blisters being torn apart but it didnt matter. I was in the zone, in a euphoria. As I hit the wall to make it backhe gave me a hug and said great job Nick, I threw a lot at you today, mentally and physically and dealt with extremely well. He told me the run was 5.5 miles to the lake, and 5.5 miles back. I thought wow I cant believe I did all that **** today especially given the freezing conditions and my immense muscle soreness beforehand, I lost count of the number of miles I ran and swim and the hundreds of calistenics I did. When I got home that night I crammed into every food In sight, I must have ate 6,000 calories in that one meal LOL. It was a huge mental obstacle I overcame, here I was sore as hell and I did all that. when I go to BUD/s there will be mental obstacles like that I will face everyday. There will be times I will be so sore I wont even be able to get out of bed, but ill have to get up go out and run 8 miles and just do it.

Now there is where the mental game comes in. If he had told me how long we were gonna run and the frigid cold water he was going to send me in....You can bet I would have reacted differently than by him not telling me what were gonna do.....and me just doing it. By just doing it....you dont think about it, thereby not dwelling on it or causing doubts in your head. You just do it, get it done, and when its over you think to yourself "wow did I really just do that?". You will be shocked at what your body is actually capable of doing and handling, its all in your head that slows it down. If you can control yourself mentally, nothing will stop you.

Despite getting in the most impressive physical shape of my life, thats not as appealing to me as the the fact I am immensly developing attention to detail skills and mental strength to handle anything. I will never forget the piece of advice one SEAL told me before I go to BUD/s "Always look the intructers in the eye and do everything they tell you"...Attention to Detail. Vital importance. I hope some of you got something out of my essay and strong feelings, I hope it inspires some of you to follow your dreams and push yourself to your true potential. God Bless.
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Hey man...God bless you and best of luck with everything. (I almost puked just reading about that workout.)

SuzieQ49 · Oct 10, 2008

Hey man...God bless you and best of luck with everything. (I almost puked just reading about that workout.)
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Hey I really appreciate you taking the time to read it........and I hope you got something out of it.

AlFrancis · Oct 10, 2008

I'll wish you all the best mate. Look after yourself.

dpw417 · Oct 10, 2008

SuzieQ49 said:

Hey I really appreciate you taking the time to read it........and I hope you got something out of it.
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Yes I did...Thank you.
No matter who you are, or what you do in life, it's important to take pride in what you do, and strive to do it well.
All the best. Take care man.

he grant · Oct 10, 2008

We are lucky to have men and women like yourself motivated to protect our country in such turbulent times. I admire your determination, your honesty and your courage. If possible, when possible, try and keep us posted on your experiences ...

Best of luck and safety,

HE Grant

Bummy Davis · Oct 10, 2008

Good Luck and God Bless

Bummy Davis · Oct 10, 2008

And use your brains to keep your heart in check

smiffy · Oct 10, 2008

bye .

Holmes' Jab · Oct 10, 2008

Take care suze, and all the best mate. No doubt you'll find your way back to ESB sometime in the future ....

... along with the much respected and missed cross_trainer. Most of us regular punters will likely be still around these days I'm sure.

Jack · Oct 10, 2008

Good luck

Loewe · Oct 10, 2008

Well, I have two things to say here. Gratulation that you know yourself so damned good, there are guys out there who are older than you and still guess who they are. Imo one of the greatest achievements in life this is. Secondly, don´t you have any friends you can tell that?

I wish you good luck and success. Have fun

Muchmoore · Oct 10, 2008

Good luck man. You're lucky your muscles didn't give out on that swim though, it's insane you'd have to/could swim that far in that cold of weather :good

Minotauro · Oct 10, 2008

Good luck bruv.

SgrRyLeonard · Oct 10, 2008

It's been great talking boxing w/ you on the board, Suzie. Best of Luck to you and God Bless.

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