Get There Mentally
If you’ve been on a fitness journey for any length of time you know that the biggest struggle is with staying strong mentally. Your mind can play tricks on you, it tells you that you are not making progress, it will come up with a million reasons of why you “deserve” to take a day off, or have another cheat day.
If you want true results in the gym you’ve got to stay strong mentally.
Our society and busy life can really drain us mentally. I’ve been struggling with this myself lately. Not anything related to fitness, but just other things that have been a drain mentally for me lately, and it carries over into the gym.
That’s why it’s so important to build your mind up. Read books, if you don’t have time to read, listen to some audio books. There are times when I’m driving and I think “I just want to veg out to some music”, but it doesn’t help my mental state, but if I put in some kind of motivational audio book, or something that is teaching me, I find my mood drastically and quickly changes.
We’ve got to make conscious decisions to stay strong mentally. Whether it’s reconnected with someone you are in a relationship with where there’s been strain, or whether it’s setting aside some time to meditate and read to recharge, take care of yourself mentally so that you can truly build yourself physically.
