- 2.5 hours of sleep
- 7 am mass
- 2 cups of coffee
- 2 WILD classes
and the first SEAL workout I've done in months...

I feel pretty good.

+ And we have a jam session scheduled for tonight, afterwhich I will fall over and sleep like mad.

My pulse is higher than it should be during the workout, and I'm sucking wind a little harder than I should be, and I'm only doing a 10-12-14 pyramid, but I feel pretty good within those confines...

I've realized that I have some music which is purely weight-room music, and I think that is because the struggle in working out is mind over matter, the spirit against the flesh, reason against physics, order against chaos. And adding some chaotic music in the background heightens the intensity of that struggle. You stuggle against the flesh and the music at the same time.

Still, that's 174 push-ups (diamonds, regulars, and wides) in 35-36 minutes, which isn't that bad. The Hud and I were doing upwards of 300 in an hour (20-22-24's or 18-20-22's), but still...

Things that help studying in school & class (some counter-intuitive, some not so):

- Studying (though from 2-4:30 am is not the best time slot for that)
- Waking up early (this really helps)
- Morning Mass (I was running on God & adrenaline in class this morning, and based on the studying I did last night, it worked out pretty well)
- Having gotten to Calculus (I HATE doing physics WITHOUT using Calculus - besides being frustratingly hard, it's mindless to ignore a powerful tool/aid for no real reason...)
- Falling*/Being in Love

*I don't like that language because it sounds like it's out of control, and Love is far wider than that... It is the ultimate control of will that allows True Love - that allows surrender of control in order to sacrifice... for the Beloved... Think Christ & the Church...

Also, going back to the working-out thing, there is something to being in good shape and keeping good posture. In a way, you can simply "will" yourself to be strong, and you will. Sitting with good posture requires using certain muscles to pull yourself upright, and it helps other muscles out by giving them good leverage to act. So there are two benefits: you get actually more strong by flexing certain muscles or muscle groups (almost) all the time, and you get practically stronger by moving in the right ways (you do more with what you got). I somewhat overdo it, and am tense all the time, but that ends up translating into strength, eventually. It's all about getting in these little, good habits.