Your best memories of when you were in your best shape may seem long gone for some, but you need to start to use those memories to your advantage.
Your body always remembers where its been, when it was in shape, how well conditioned you really were, how fast you were, how strong you were, how tight your waist was, how much endurance you had, how good your muscle tone was, even the individual feats you were capable of.
This is all called “muscle memory”.
Muscle memory will be different in everyone, and everyone improved at different rates. This is why I always ask about your physical past.
It gives me clues on what to expect, what limitations you may have, and what exciting possibilities lay ahead!
Whatever condition you are in right now, you may be in your best ever condition right now, you may have got so far out of shape that you may not feel you can get back anywhere near your best, or you may be somewhere in between.
Whatever your situation, its entirely possible to get into that special physical condition you were once in, and to even improve on it.
Muscle memory isn’t everything of course, you’re going to need a lot of dedication, hard work and resilience.
Muscle memory will give you a head start though, so try and remember what life was like when you looked and felt your best, and focus your mind hard on getting back to those good days when your physical conditioning let you do anything you wanted to!
