Motivation. Inspiration.
These two words are often used and heard in our every day lives. Ideally we’d like to have them both to motivate and inspire us to do all the things we know we’re supposed to do day in day out. But unfortunately, this isn’t the case. Every day we get up out of bed, we eat our breakfast, we shower then change and head to work. Now surely we’re not motivated and inspired to do this every single day of our lives? I know I’m not. Instead we do it because we chose to and because it’s become a habit.
This my friends is why we need to view our training in exactly the same way. No matter what the circumstances are, you’re hot, you’re cold, you’re bored, you can’t be bothered. Once you’ve made the choice to commit to your fitness you have to follow it through, no matter what the circumstances are. I can assure you, you’re not going to be motivated and inspired to train every single time you need to because that’s not how this works. It works because we make it work by doing what needs to be done no matter what.
We should also be grateful for what we do have, not what we don’t have. As I always say, life is about balance. Everything comes with it’s own sacrifice, so in saying that we’re never going to be fully satisfied with what we get in our gyms. There’s always something that isn’t there. For me it’s the rusty dumbbells, lack of variety of gym equipment and no air conditioning in summer but it is what it is so no point in complaining about it. Worse case scenario we could always change gyms. If that’s not an option then we just have to suck it up and get on with it. No gym’s perfect so we just have to make the best of a bad situation if that is the case. There are worse things that could happen in life that’s for sure.
So make the commitment to stick with your training no matter what the circumstance.
Your worth the effort.
