# @lifesadiscoball on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq2dj8NlPnm
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/8940293-lifesadiscoball-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/5a71dfd3fc.jpg
- **Posted:** 2018-12-01T16:12:06.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Heather Petri (@heatherpetri) — https://gondola.cc/heatherpetri

## Caption

Caged Animal.
You haven’t seen many posts of me training in the gym since I injured my lower back in early August, right before a big competition. I was angry. Frustrated. Felt captive due to my body’s limitations. But I’ve still been training.

About a week after the injury, I was back at the gym, slowly working my way back to 100% health.

Wounded Animal.
After the anger came some sadness. I felt a bit timid. I was a bit like a wounded animal. Moving slowly. Afraid. Maybe a little fear in my eyes. But perseverance and fight, still in my heart. Albeit they rested there quietly.

The truth is, I had been killing it in the gym. Until the injury. Then my confidence became shaky. And doubt weaved it’s way intricately into my mind and rested there. Briefly. 
Uncaged. Free. In the hunt.
Now. Now I’m making my way back. Eyes focused. Mind ready. Body worked. Heart fierce, and intensely connected to it all.

We all fall down. Numerous times. And we get back up. The important part of it all is, what did we learn in the process? And how can we use that to propel us even further? If you know me, I use my pain. And I turn it into power.

I’m ALL IN. Are you? LET’S GO.
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#gracefulwarrior #painintopower #powerlifting #personaltraining #squats #deadlifts #benchpress #weights #liftheavy #girlswholift #strength #digdeep #goals #getafterit #bodiesbyburgoon #dontgiveup #wildheart #fierysoul #grit #focus

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## Tags

goals, weights, grit, squats, girlswholift, wildheart, personaltraining, painintopower, getafterit, deadlifts, gracefulwarrior, bodiesbyburgoon, fierysoul, dontgiveup, digdeep, focus, liftheavy, powerlifting, strength, benchpress

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