You either grow or you regress; nothing stands still.
Everything you do, every single decision you make, either takes you a step closer or a step further away from your goal. Now, let's apply that to your training goal. First, what's your primary goal? Lose that blubbery gut? Build mountains of muscle? Tone up? Bench press a Buick? Look hotter than sun and be bigger than the ocean? Whatever your goal, get it in your head right now. Maybe, you aspire to look like the woman to the left. or the man below.Whatever you want your body to look like, visualize that physique.
Got it? Great!
Now, imagine that you're standing on a long path that's stretching out before you. Go ahead, do it. At the end of this path is your ideal body: lean, muscular, powerful.
Got it? Great!
Now, imagine that every decision you make during your day regarding your diet, your training program, or your lifestyle in general, will cause you to either take one step closer to that ideal physique or one step further away.
Every single daily decision every minute of the day.
What does that mean exactly?
• That meal you just ate? Did it take you a step forward or backward?
• What about your last scheduled workout, or did you skip it and take a step or two back?
• What about the substances you chose to put into your body last weekend?
• Sleep levels?
• Recovery methods? Did you even use any today?
• Supplement choices and consistency of supplement usage?
• Did you take the stairs or the escalator today?
• Did you choose to educate yourself about something today or watch re-runs on TV?
• Did you choose to perform triceps kickbacks or close-grip dips?
• Right this very second, how's your posture sitting in that chair?
• Did you drink a sugary beverage today? Do you think that took you one step forward or one step backward?
Negative actions or behaviors, even small ones, accumulate into regression.
Positive actions or behaviors, even small ones, accumulate into progression.
I'm not trying to turn you into an anal retentive OCD sufferer. This is just a mental technique that creates both awareness and accountability. It's a construct that can keep you on the path to reaching your goals.Whether you achieve that ideal body or not is up to you and the decisions you make daily.
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