All the stresses of our normal life plus long working hours and late nights can have a big effect on our training. How often does the alarm go off and the thought of training isn’t as appealing as it the day before? Getting to the gym on time is a win in itself, you SHOULD celebrate those moments, clap your hands and pat yourself on your back that you have reached the gym.
BUT if you lack enthusiasm for your training session once you arrive then it’s going to be a loooooong hour and way less fun than it could be.
Let’s concrete the win of getting to the gym by training with intensity and the right attitude. You don’t have to go crazy and hit PB’s with every set but dragging your feet will make things worse and you will convince yourself that it’s harder than it needs to be.
When you arrive at the gym try and switch gears, this will not only help yourself but also the people around you to. If you are sluggish and not putting in the work, this lack of energy will flow on to others. It works the same if you train hard, the people around you will want to work hard to.
Sometimes you need to trick your brain and fake lovin’ it until you actually do love it.
Take this entertaining example… Jason, Brent, Soni and I experimented with this concept by being goofy and fake laughing. It didn’t take long for it to turns in to real belly laughing. So good for the soul. Try it alone or with a friend. No matter how tired you are, you will eventually laugh, PROMISE.
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Let’s take this approach with us into our training environment. Think of a day when you’ve arrived at the gym and even though you’re not feeling like you want to train. Your first goal needs to be to put your tiredness to the side, be present and grateful you are at the gym and train your little heart out. Going to the gym is one of the best ways to use one of the 24 hours we have in the day so make good use of it.
Make your mantra: get to the gym, put the effort in and go home knowing that the time you spent there wasn’t wasted.
With laughter and good training intentions,
Coach Alex