#dontevenknowhow

This past week has been testing me and forcing mental tenacity. I've got a pretty decent sprain in my lower back that has halted squatting and deadlifting until it's healed. Benching has been going amazing but that's all I got going right now. It's hardcore crunch time for my NASM course. Right now however my main priority is rehabbing my back. I plan to do what I can to keep my strength without any aggregation to my back but we'll see. This is the part where being smart trumps being strong. I will heal and be back stronger than before. Just getting nervous due to being 4.5 weeks out from the NASAPL WI state... QuadZilla out. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• #ZillaNation #nasapl #unequipped #powerlifting #squat #bench #deadlift #sbd #sumo #lift #lifting #gym #motivation #strength #power #glory #livesore #quaddamn #getit #originstory #cantstop #wontstop #dontevenknowhow #ifyouaintbendingyourjustpretending #fittofightfire #firefighterstrong #earnit

I would like to start this new year off with a story: "High in the Himalayan mountains lived a wise old man. Periodically, he ventured down into the local village to entertain the villagers with his special knowledge and talents. One of his skills was to tell the villagers the contents in their pockets, boxes, or minds. A few young boys from the village decided to play a joke on the wise old man and discredit his special abilities. One boy devised a plan. Knowing the wise old man would correctly state the object in his hands was a bird, the boy would ask the old man if the bird was dead or alive. If the wise man said the bird was alive, the boy would crush the bird in his hands, so that when he opened his hands the bird would be dead. But, If the wise man said the bird was dead, the boy would open his hands and let the bird fly free. So no matter what the old man said, the boy would prove the old man a fraud. The following week, the wise old man came down from the mountain into the village. The boy quickly caught a bird and cupping it out of sight in his hands, walked up to the wise old man and asked, “Old man, old man, what is it that I have in my hands?” The wise old man said, “You have a bird, my son.” And he was right. The boy then asked, “Old man, old man, tell me: Is the bird alive or is it dead?” The wise old man looked at the boy, thought for a moment and said, 'The bird is as you choose it to be.'" This year is what you make it, Who do you choose to be? Who are you going to become? I am QuadZilla •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• #ZillaNation #nasapl #unequipped #powerlifting #squat #bench #deadlift #sbd #sumo #lift #lifting #gym #motivation #strength #power #glory #livesore #quaddamn #getit #originstory #cantstop #wontstop #dontevenknowhow #ifyouaintbendingyourjustpretending #fittofightfire #firefighterstrong #earnit