Why are you here?
Why are you reading this?
Why are you trying to lose weight?
Why are you trying to get stronger?
It's my hope that you're truly "in it" for the right reasons.
Quite often we approach fitness and this journey with a form of "punishing" ourselves.
Because I'm overweight I'm going to punish myself with exercise...
Because I ate that cake I'm going to go workout...
I need to be so sore that I can't brush my teeth the next morning...
It's comments like that that scare me.
People are in this for the wrong reasons.
Exercise is not a form of punishment.
You should not be working out so hard that you can't walk down the stairs the next morning.
It's kind of like forcing a kid to eat his vegetables rather than letting him explore them on his own.
If you force it, he will probably resist them long-term.
However, if you create a positive environment around it, he'll discover the vegetables he likes best.
Fitness is the same thing.
You should be in it for the right reasons.
In it to add to you, not take away from you.
Add confidence. Add strength. Add empowerment. Add happiness.
In it for the fun and community.
In it for a desire to get a little better every day, 1% better.
It's the people that are in it for the right reasons that see long-term success.
If you're in it just for the quick-fix, punish myself mentality I can only promise one thing...
Inevitably you will stumble, get burnt out, and never get back on track.
If you're in it for the right reasons it's not something you have to do, it's something you get to do.
If you're in it for the right reasons it's not something on your to-do list, it's something you can't wait to do.
My goal for each of you is to find something, find an environment, find people that will lift you up, not bring you down and beat the crap out of you.
Find things that cause you to be in it for the right reasons.
1% Better.
Dedicated to Your Success,
Doug Spurling