The alarm clock sounds and Frank is rolling out of bed. He goes and cooks breakfast for the family trying not to be too loud so they can sleep in a bit longer. Pancakes, eggs, bacon, sausage and oatmeal for the little one. A few presents still need to be placed from Santa under the Christmas tree so he brings those in.
It's Christmas morning and time to wake the kids and wife.
Breakfast is done, dishes are clean, wrapping paper has been cleaned off the floor, and the kids are playing with their new toys. Frank is packing his gym as a family friend stops over to say Merry Christmas and drop off some cookies. The friends husband asks "Off to the Gym on Christmas? Can't you take a day off or something?". Frank just smiles and says "I could" .
Franks Gym is open every day of the week 24 hours a day except for Christmas, the owner feels it's nice to close the gym at least once a year. So Frank is headed to a buddies garage, they don't have all the fancy equipment they need, but they've got a mastadon bar, a monolift and a couple hundred pounds of chains. It'll do for some squats. Frank just hopes the space heater is working today.
Many people who train are just like Frank. You can substitute the holiday for any other holiday or event throughout the year. The friends husband can be anyone as well, a friend, a family member, or a co-worker.
For those who train it's not simply an option to just skip days whenever we feel like it. We're not some pencil necked, popped collar polo shirt wearing, two pounds of gel in our hair, over tanned douche bag, cheat curling the 50 pound dumb bells, Guido.
You wouldn't ask a violinist if they could just "take a day off from practicing" would you? Those of us that train do it for a reason. Whether it's the power lifter who has a meet coming up, the body builder needing to add more thickness to his lower lat tie in, the oly lifter who needs to strengthen his catch position of the snatch or just the better than average joe who is trying to beat his personal demons and make himself even better.
Yes days off are going to happen, yes sometimes we over obsess about making a training session, but you know what? We don't stress about catching that episode of America Idol either.
This is a way of life for many people, we look to get in a session whenever we can, early morning, late night, mid afternoon, what ever will work. Now if you don't mind I have a family Christmas gathering this afternoon and I need to go get to the gym so I can keep my week some what on track with my training.
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