This is my opinion only…as always.
I’m completely guilty of everything I am going to preach against. Very possibly a top offender for part of it.
Don’t get stagnant… don’t leave anything on the table… don’t get to an age and look back wondering what could have been.
Don’t get stagnant… this lifestyle of ours, lifting weights, using peds without goals can definitely lead to stagnation. I love everything about it but have fallen into the trap of the day in day out hamster wheel of go to the gym… get motivated for an hour give or take then move on. I get this. Life gets in the way and the gym is just something “we” have to do. This is not a completely bad thing. It will at least keep a person in a minimal level of shape. Way better than laying around wallowing in self pity eating crap and getting older beyond our years.
My personal solution is to set goals. They can be as ridiculous as great blood labs next time or losing that extra bit of pudge youve been looking at in the mirror forever.
A silly goal I had was blast strap push ups… quantity over all and adding resistance. It at least broke up the grind and gave me something to quantify.
My worst habit is leaving stuff on the table. An extremely bad habit I’ve had since a teenager is to get deeply involved in something… get very good at it… then, right before attaining greatness or top tier success, quit and move onto something else.
It’s very depressing (at my age) to sit and think about everything I “could have achieved” if I would have just followed through with it. Not a good feeling at all. It is probably one of the biggest regrets I have in life. The list is long. The “excuses” were valid in my head at the time but in retrospect they were just lame excuses as to why not do something rather than forging ahead and go the extra handful of steps to finish… and to take that particular “thing” off the table.
There’s also “things” I had in my head to start. Great ideas that I never even started due to excuses and/or laziness. That list is also long. Like my “not finishing list”, that list is very depressing.
It’s all about free will… some folks are comfortable with the mundane routines of life. That’s a personal choice and I won’t knock it. I also am of the opinion that there is a lot of untapped/unrealized talent out there. Talent that could shine if the individual would take the first step and follow through with it.
Of course there’s stumbling blocks in life that are completely out of your control that could stop your goals… looking back, there were very few in my life and I own most of my failures.
I’m completely guilty of everything I am going to preach against. Very possibly a top offender for part of it.
Don’t get stagnant… don’t leave anything on the table… don’t get to an age and look back wondering what could have been.
Don’t get stagnant… this lifestyle of ours, lifting weights, using peds without goals can definitely lead to stagnation. I love everything about it but have fallen into the trap of the day in day out hamster wheel of go to the gym… get motivated for an hour give or take then move on. I get this. Life gets in the way and the gym is just something “we” have to do. This is not a completely bad thing. It will at least keep a person in a minimal level of shape. Way better than laying around wallowing in self pity eating crap and getting older beyond our years.
My personal solution is to set goals. They can be as ridiculous as great blood labs next time or losing that extra bit of pudge youve been looking at in the mirror forever.
A silly goal I had was blast strap push ups… quantity over all and adding resistance. It at least broke up the grind and gave me something to quantify.
My worst habit is leaving stuff on the table. An extremely bad habit I’ve had since a teenager is to get deeply involved in something… get very good at it… then, right before attaining greatness or top tier success, quit and move onto something else.
It’s very depressing (at my age) to sit and think about everything I “could have achieved” if I would have just followed through with it. Not a good feeling at all. It is probably one of the biggest regrets I have in life. The list is long. The “excuses” were valid in my head at the time but in retrospect they were just lame excuses as to why not do something rather than forging ahead and go the extra handful of steps to finish… and to take that particular “thing” off the table.
There’s also “things” I had in my head to start. Great ideas that I never even started due to excuses and/or laziness. That list is also long. Like my “not finishing list”, that list is very depressing.
It’s all about free will… some folks are comfortable with the mundane routines of life. That’s a personal choice and I won’t knock it. I also am of the opinion that there is a lot of untapped/unrealized talent out there. Talent that could shine if the individual would take the first step and follow through with it.
Of course there’s stumbling blocks in life that are completely out of your control that could stop your goals… looking back, there were very few in my life and I own most of my failures.
. I know when I lay my head down and the door is closed I have no regrets or wants, never did. Others are not so fortunate. It’s like the anti war movie’ johnny got his gun’ I really made the choices I’ve made, I guess I could of " accomplished more" I don’t fantasize about being owned by stuff. I do have to work through saying things to people when I was younger, nasty. I guess I’ve learned things the hard way but actually learned. I have ideas that don’t jive with others, I don’t try to change people anymore to fit my ideals. I always wanted a gym and live above, make enough for living. I mean since I was 14. But I have 1 daughter that loves me and I never married. So there’s a lot of avoidance of problems.
