Where are you?
We want to know.
We miss seeing you at the gym.
Maybe you only missed a few days in a row.
We noticed.
There are the excuses that we tell other people.
My meetings ran late.
The kids needed me to drop them off.
I did not sleep well last night.
Traffic was bad.
And there are the deeper reasons.
No one will notice if I skip just this once.
I feel awkward there and don’t perform well enough
I don’t like the WOD
I don’t need *that* workout
I am burnt out.
But why are you coming to the gym in the first place?
To look good naked?
To feel better every day?
To be able to climb the stairs without getting out of breath?
To hang out with the community?
To become a better, faster, stronger athlete?
To be better than the “me” of last year?
These are BIG reasons, these are important reasons, these are powerful reasons.
Let the power of your intent defeat the tedious excuses.
Consistency is the most powerful tool you have to achieve your goals. Come to the gym. Move. Do something.
You can come in and row for 20 minutes and go home if you have to.
You can come to the gym and talk to the coach about what hurts, they will help you with ideas to work on it, then you can go home.
Just take that first step. Once you are there, you will feel better that you made it that far and there will be no guilt hanging over you later. Then maybe, just maybe, you might just jump in on that WOD after all…