Tuesday, August 16, 2011

making gains.

so i don't think i ever really mentioned last week that i was having my orange county fire authority interview on tuesday. i know that i mentioned that i was nervous, and feeling stressed, but i never actually said why i was feeling this way.

anywho, i think the interview went well, but it is hard to say this was my first fire department interview ever. one of the issues that the panel wanted to talk with me about was fitness, and what i have been doing to prepare myself for the fire service. i spoke of what i have been doing to prepare, and tried to paint them a picture of my workouts, but deep inside, i got nervous. females definitely have a harder time strength wise in the fire service, because we simply are not built the same way as men. so we have to work twice as hard to even be near the same level as the guys. and that's ok, i have accepted that.

but i have never been this big buff person. if you look at pictures of me in high school and throughout the first part of college, i look like a 12-year old anorexic girl. i have always been really active, but until i started pursuing the fire service, building up my strength was such a foreign concept.

so since the interview, i have really been trying to hit the gym hard. i have really been trying to work on increasing my strength. the fire service is something that i really want, and it is something that i know people think i won't be able to do. and i wouldn't be true to myself if i wasn't trying to prove everybody wrong.

so, going back to the phrase that detoy came up with at the beginning of this year, it's beast year 2011. watch out world, it's time to get ripped.

now for a little motivation...happy tuesday everyone!

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1 comment:

  1. Those photos are so inspiring, as are you, Ms. Minnick. Continue to rock, like I know you will! :)

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