retiring - FreeTrainers.com Forums

Group: All Else Lounge

All Else Lounge

Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 42, Messages: 22740

This is the place you can discuss anything else that is on your mind that isn't already covered by other groups. Share what's on your mind and see who else has something to say about it!

Join group

retiring

bigandrew Posts: 5,146 Joined: 2002/10/21	2005/03/16, 02:10 PM As many know i'm a cheerleader. That I also compete. Problem is my coach to get everyone at school to practice at the same time, when we are all free. He moved practices to 9-10:30pm at night. Now on a quick day, I can get to school in 45mins,so a 2 hour practice turns into 4 hours for me going back and forth. So you can imagine, my deliema of having to drive how 11 o' clock at night then having to get up at 5:30 to go to work or school. On top of me trying to workout and do my school work and classes. So today, I talked to my coach and I had to quit :surprised:, I don't see how I could accomplish my work, workingout, school and everything on 4-5 hours sleep for almost 2 weeks. Then leave for a week, and try to get caught up...... I feel really bad for letting my teammates down, and myself down especially. I been hurt fo rthe past 5 weeks, my wrist, back, thumb, knee.......now i'm sick......and I think its all due to the stress of cheerleading. I mean there's only so much you can put on the donkeys back....... -------------- \" The only true eye, is your minds eye\"- plato

Carivan Posts: 8,542 Joined: 2002/01/20	2005/03/16, 04:07 PM Sorry to hear about your forced decision. Sometimes things turn out for the better. Andrew, when one door closes another one always opens. Good luck with school and the training. -------------- Scales are for dead weight: We are not dead yet! Still trying to find out how to do the Hollywood Free Press. Ivan carivan@freetrainers.com Montreal Canada
nerraw Posts: 236 Joined: 2003/03/09	2005/03/16, 05:07 PM of all the things that you are into I think you compromised the right one, good and mature decision. good luck with the rest of your agenda.
bigandrew Posts: 5,146 Joined: 2002/10/21	2005/03/16, 08:02 PM thanks guys, makes me feel a lil beter about the decesion. -------------- \" The only true eye, is your minds eye\"- plato
Smurfetta Posts: 83 Joined: 2005/02/15	2005/03/17, 01:34 AM Andrew, You will most likely move on to better things. Sounds like you have your priorities straight. Don't be too hard on yourself. (This from a former cheerleader gone couch potato gone back to good health.)
princesslodgey Posts: 1,748 Joined: 2004/02/21	2005/03/17, 03:58 AM Sorry you have had to make this decision, but as the others have said, you had to prioritise somethings, and I think you've made the right decision.
bigandrew Posts: 5,146 Joined: 2002/10/21	2005/03/17, 02:05 PM I feel bad for quitting, cause the compotition is like 2 1/2 weeks away........we have "alternates" he can bring in.........I mean a huge weight is off my shoudlers already.........but I still feel like a "quiter" lol I mean I have toughed it out so far, but the late night practices was the straw that broke this camels back. -------------- \" The only true eye, is your minds eye\"- plato
Smurfetta Posts: 83 Joined: 2005/02/15	2005/03/17, 03:56 PM Stop being hard on yourself Andrew. You had to make the decision that was best for you.
mmaibohm Posts: 1,621 Joined: 2003/09/30	2005/03/17, 04:09 PM Yeah Big guy you made the right choice for you. Just think of the things the fatigue could have lead to. You could cause injury to one of your team mates during the aerial stuff. Also you did it in a very dignified manner you spoke with your coach. You could have just stopped showing up. Good Luck man! Now dont use this as an excuse to stop training and go lazy on us.:dumbbell: -------------- I am that which must be feared, worshipped and adored. The world is mine now and forever.No one holds command over me. No man. No god. I am ANIMAL! and that is enough.
sourjujube Posts: 31 Joined: 2004/12/30	2005/03/17, 07:58 PM If you feel a though a huge weight has been lifted off your shoulders, then most definitely you have made the right decision. Your feelings of guilt come from you second guessing yourself...don't. Go with your gut on this one. Take care, Caroline
bigandrew Posts: 5,146 Joined: 2002/10/21	2005/03/17, 09:54 PM oh trust me i'm still lifting( I ripped the skin off my hand today doing partial dls lol).........maybe now, I can fully concentrate on lifting......and do that extra set of bench , tri extensions or squats.......and not have to worry about being too sore for practice. I'd realy like to compete one day. -------------- \" The only true eye, is your minds eye\"- plato
bobosensei Posts: 194 Joined: 2004/06/15	2005/03/25, 03:04 PM well think of it this way. You aren't a quitter. You would only be a quitter if everything had stayed the same from the time you signed up. Things changed and not in a small way. I remember dancing one semester in college from 9:30PM-11:30PM. Sure it's okay to be awake at that time or studying, but I always got up early too because of classes. It isn't good to be that active that late if you are trying to go to sleep right after. You just can't do it. Everyone had a busy schedule and if the team needed you that much then something could have been shuffled so that you could stay on the team at the expense of someone else. Maybe you can still practice with the team later or something just to keep up with it. College is a crazy lifestyle. I don't miss the stress of it all one bit. So ask me why I am thinking of going to grad school full time while working full time...