LA/Com II: Intertextual Analysis
LA/Com II Period 4
31 January 2013
Words of Wisdom Many say that once in a lifetime, when faced with hardship and struggle, when put down to their lowest, every person will have some life-altering experience that will set the base for every action taken from then on out. These experiences can take various forms, ranging anywhere from the Hollywood hero rising up after surviving some impossible danger, to a simple conversation with a friend or lover. In this day and age, it is easy to believe that it is mere coincidence that these events still occur, but there are still those who believe that from the beginning everything had been laid out on a path by some higher power to reach that very point where you learn something that will help …show more content…
I remember walking into the weight room, smelling the humid, putrid air and seeing the sweat-stained floor and thinking to myself, “I give up.” I looked at my partners Garret Austin and Jonathon Rentz, and instantly discerned from the worried looks on their faces that they had thought the same exact thing. We proceeded to our work stations, dread filling us with each step towards the tall workout station. The wet, metal, ring-shaped weights as well as the still soaked workout bench stood out in my weary mind and with them alarm bells rang in my head and thoughts buzzed around, trying to guess which workout would come first. Some part of me had hope that maybe JC Charles would take it easy on us, but the founder and owner of Elite Fitness Performance was not known for his mercy and that thought was quickly squandered. Garret turned slowly towards me, as if moving through molasses, and despaired, “Are we only doing groups of …show more content…
Almost halfway through, the lactic acid buildup in my legs was searing my legs with an unbearable burning pain. The only sounds I could hear were my slow, panting breaths and the light thud of my Asic running shoes hitting the floor.
0:15…
0:14…
0:13…
By now everyone in the room had slowed considerably or had completely stopped. The blood pulsating through my veins gave me a deep, throbbing pain due to lack of oxygen. I felt as if I was going to lose consciousness from lack of oxygen circulating through my body.
0:12…
0:11…
0:10…
With ten seconds left, even the strongest were losing their resolve and there were only three out of twelve workstations with a person attempting to finish out. It was with ten seconds left that I was at my most vulnerable.
With nine seconds left I was at the pinnacle of my strength.
In the span of one second, nothing in my body had changed, nothing in the environment changed, the only thing that did change was my mentality. The difference in mentality was caused by not me, but JC. At the ten second mark, JC also saw that we were at the brink of giving up so he stomped around the room and roared at the top of his lungs, “Ten seconds left! Don’t quit now! You mentally give up before you ever physically
31 January 2013
Words of Wisdom Many say that once in a lifetime, when faced with hardship and struggle, when put down to their lowest, every person will have some life-altering experience that will set the base for every action taken from then on out. These experiences can take various forms, ranging anywhere from the Hollywood hero rising up after surviving some impossible danger, to a simple conversation with a friend or lover. In this day and age, it is easy to believe that it is mere coincidence that these events still occur, but there are still those who believe that from the beginning everything had been laid out on a path by some higher power to reach that very point where you learn something that will help …show more content…
I remember walking into the weight room, smelling the humid, putrid air and seeing the sweat-stained floor and thinking to myself, “I give up.” I looked at my partners Garret Austin and Jonathon Rentz, and instantly discerned from the worried looks on their faces that they had thought the same exact thing. We proceeded to our work stations, dread filling us with each step towards the tall workout station. The wet, metal, ring-shaped weights as well as the still soaked workout bench stood out in my weary mind and with them alarm bells rang in my head and thoughts buzzed around, trying to guess which workout would come first. Some part of me had hope that maybe JC Charles would take it easy on us, but the founder and owner of Elite Fitness Performance was not known for his mercy and that thought was quickly squandered. Garret turned slowly towards me, as if moving through molasses, and despaired, “Are we only doing groups of …show more content…
Almost halfway through, the lactic acid buildup in my legs was searing my legs with an unbearable burning pain. The only sounds I could hear were my slow, panting breaths and the light thud of my Asic running shoes hitting the floor.
0:15…
0:14…
0:13…
By now everyone in the room had slowed considerably or had completely stopped. The blood pulsating through my veins gave me a deep, throbbing pain due to lack of oxygen. I felt as if I was going to lose consciousness from lack of oxygen circulating through my body.
0:12…
0:11…
0:10…
With ten seconds left, even the strongest were losing their resolve and there were only three out of twelve workstations with a person attempting to finish out. It was with ten seconds left that I was at my most vulnerable.
With nine seconds left I was at the pinnacle of my strength.
In the span of one second, nothing in my body had changed, nothing in the environment changed, the only thing that did change was my mentality. The difference in mentality was caused by not me, but JC. At the ten second mark, JC also saw that we were at the brink of giving up so he stomped around the room and roared at the top of his lungs, “Ten seconds left! Don’t quit now! You mentally give up before you ever physically