I have been on a different path lately in the gym and I’m just trying to find a comfort zone for myself.
If you’ve seen my workout, you know I put in the work and I’m proud of that. Am I the strongest? Nope. Fastest? Nope. Most skillful? Hell no, but I’m motivated. Motivation will truly take you that extra mile in life.
I get asked this question constantly: how do you do it?
Here’s the answer, simply put, I will not allow myself to fail or give up. Actually, If I’m being completely honest... I’m scared to fail. With the fear of failure on my shoulders, ive learned this, pain is temporary. It hurts, to hit that PR, run that extra lap, throw that weight over your head; it all hurts. But there is always one thing that will hurt more, giving up. I’m not content in my day to day life if I know I did not put out 120% into that day.
Is it easy waking up at 4 am 5 days a week? No and it doesn’t get easier with time or consistency.
Is it easy putting in two workouts a day? No, but I’ve set a goal and it’s time to achieve it.
There are a million excuses and reasons not to do something, but the only thing I ever see past that, is failure. Often times we do not allow ourselves to reach our full potential. We give up, our muscles ache and our breath shortens, but it hurts more in the morning knowing you didn’t make it, didn’t finish that lap or hit the goal. We only let ourselves down.
That’s a shitty feeling.. just writing that made me want to push my limits a bit farther. When we let ourselves fail, we fall into patterns of negativity and failure.
One way I have learned to go around the idea of pain and quitting is I constantly tell myself that the pain will fade. The pain is only momentarily. The pain will dissipate but the feeling of success, that feeling of achievement will dictate your next step.
