executive function - by vincent huang - a slice of my mind

“I want a lifetime deadlift personal record, so I look at one of the other coaches and tell him I want to try 260. He counters with 255 and I accept, because that’s still 5 pounds more than I’ve ever lifted. I pull, I get stuck at my knees, but I pull through. Grinding through a lift is more rewarding than when they come easy. Not quitting when things get hard is new to me. I just laugh at the top, and it’s pure joy.” it has been three months since i started my daily stretch routines! i have been doing them every day with the exception of travel days, which i find quite surprising as i still hate stretching. it is never something i look forward to and there is never really a good time to stretch in the evening; i am always in the middle of a book, a conversation, a piece of code i’ve been thinking about how, when i fully commit to doing a stretch, i am left with only feelings from the stretch itself - pain and tension and exhaustion and joy and so on - nothing else remains. i’m bored c

“I want a lifetime deadlift personal record, so I look at one of the other coaches and tell him I want to try 260. He counters with 255 and I accept, because that’s still 5 pounds more than I’ve ever lifted. I pull, I get stuck at my knees, but I pull through. Grinding through a lift is more rewarding than when they come easy. Not quitting when things get hard is new to me. I just laugh at the top, and it’s pure joy.” it has been three months since i started my daily stretch routines! i have been doing them every day with the exception of travel days, which i find quite surprising as i still h