Figure It Out on Your Own

There's too much conflicting advice out there.

Everyone has their own way of doing things.

And their way may not work for you.

Quit asking others for advice.

Quit stressing and wasting time, over thinking and analyzing what others do or what they suggest. 

Don't always ask for help.

Try to solve a problem on your own.

There are times where help and advice are necessary.

With or without help or advice, you will get by.

You can make a right decision on your own.

You can make a wrong decision on your own.

And you can learn from that wrong decision.

Seriously, mistakes are the best.

Make them off your own decisions, not others.

In fact, you shouldn't even be taking my advice to not take advice.

Don't Motivate Me

Negative people are motivating.
Lazy people are motivating.
People who make lame excuses are motivating.
People who complain are motivating.
People who don't follow through on their promises are motivating.
People who don't push themselves are motivating.

People who put others down are motivating.
Know-it-alls are motivating. 

The people I don't want to be like are the ones who motivate me the most. 

PR Every Day

The gym is an amusement park and your progress is a roller coaster ride.

There will be days you feel up high and invincible.

There will also be days you feel down low and pathetic.

Some days everything feels hard.

Some days your motivation is absent.

Some days you feel you can't do what you did just a month ago.

Some days you feel you aren't getting better at an exercise.

Some days you feel you are beginning to go backwards.

Some days you think "How did I do this before?" or "I'll never be able to do this."

I've been there so many times.

Confidence is low.

Frustration is high.

These are the hardest days to stay the course.

On days like these, it is important to improve upon something, even though it will feel insignificant.

Don't be picky with what it is...

It doesn't have to be hoisting max weight.

It may be cranking out more reps than before.

Or it may be an extra set.

It might even be the use of better form.

Even if the rest of your workout was junk, if you're able to PR in anything for the day, it is a job well done.

The seemingly insignificant daily improvements are what lead to long term successes.

Set some kind of PR today.

Do something today that you didn't do yesterday.

Summer Madness

Rewind three months... 

If you are a college basketball fan, this was one of the most exciting times of the year.

The NCAA Tournament, better known as "March Madness" was soon to take place.

You looked forward to the excitement of daily buzzer beaters and upsets.

You thought your bracket was going to win your pool for sure.

But after Week 1 of the tournament, you lost interest.

The upsets you picked, didn't take place.

The team you picked to win it all was upset in the second round.

The field of 64+ teams was now reduced to 16. 

As a result of how the tournament was playing out, you no longer cared about it.

The excitement you felt weeks earlier was gone by the end of March.

Does the same happen for summer?

Three months ago, you couldn't wait for the Earth's axis to tilt.

But you aren't in the shape you said you'd be in once the calendar struck June.

You had some unexpected expenses come up, and now you can't afford a vacation.

The abrupt change from mild spring temperatures to boiling swampland summer has you pissed off.

Summer has just arrived, but have you already lost interest?

You can still get your "summer body".

The house you hoped to move into got snatched up yesterday, but you can still find a home this summer.

You can still have summer fun.

The hardest, but best time to regain motivation is precisely the time you feel yourself losing interest.

At right about the time you feel you have failed, or that your goal is un-attainable. 

If you can re-motivate at a time when it doesn't seem worth it, you will be suited to find motivation for all seasons.