Thursday, 16th Nov 2023
You are 40 and you assume you will be able to do the same things physically at 50, you are 50 and you are assume as if by magic, that at 60 everything will still be possible.
At 60, then 70 will seem a long way off but “of course” you will still be able to do a good run, still be able to lift around the same weight off the floor, and still have good flexibility.
At 70 to 80, the same thinking persists even though the truth may be much different.
We ALL secretly think this way, but most of us have ZERO plan on how to make these things happen, because it doesn’t “suddenly” happen, and we can’t turn on physical ability on and off like a tap.
Even 16 year olds who were used to playing sports even ,who have just left school, cannot jump back into a game at 21 without a LOT of training to get their conditioning back up to speed, or they will most likely seriously hurt themselves.
So fast forward 30 years and is your balance still good?
Is your left leg as strong as your right leg?
Can you handle your own bodyweight in exercises you used to take for granted?
Can you walk up and down steps no problem or is there suddenly a big doubt in your mind you may fall, and your confidence has gone?
Can you walk up hills without stopping every 5 yards and have you purposely avoided such situations?
When you have a fall, do you break bones much easier and is the recovery much longer now?
Do you insist on everything being delivered now, because you can’t walk with all those bags anymore?
What’s all of this doing for your mental health? I’m guessing it’s not making you happy or filling you with confidence!
These are all signs your body’s function is declining and you need to exercise in the right way to REVERSE all of these things, and those lofty goals at age 60, 70 or 80 will NEVER be possible unless you start taking charge of your OWN health and have a PLAN on how to do it, because those things won’t happen by accident.
Many people invest financially for their retirement and often brag about that but have ZERO plan to invest in their bodies and health, because unless you have that, retirement will only be a case of “surviving life”, instead of truly LIVING and thriving in your senior years.
15th Nov 2023
It’s good to be written off and told you will never do something with your life, because especially now in dark and wet November, it’s the perfect excuse to light a fire inside of you.
It encourages you to pull out the stops, do all the stuff you know you should be doing (but maybe stopped doing), it’s important to DO THE WORK and keep slamming it in relentlessly, because with that approach, you will cause a ruckus and will will desperately upset the people who wrote you off (which is great).
Everyone needs to be kicked up the behind now and then, and we need to get serious about habits that will transform us from where we may be struggling now, to a place where we can be mightily proud of in the near future.
To do it though your priorities must change.
Your workouts must be on top of the “to do list”-no compromises.
No more putting rubbish in your shopping basket, it will take you further AWAY from your goals and will keep that mediocrity feeling going that much longer.
Tell your very close circle what you REALLY want, and ask them to support you even when you are tempted to quit, miss workouts, eat rubbish or when you start to doubt your ability all over again.
It is said that the wolf who is climbing the mountain is ALWAYS hungrier than the wolf at the top of the mountain, so someone continuously writing you off is not always fun to put up with, but if you use that criticism and doubt as FUEL for your fire to keep climbing, to keep getting stronger, fitter and getting your mind much stronger, that negativity can be much more useful than you thought.