Put the Work In

You’re not always going to succeed.
You’re not always going to win.
You’re not always going to get the job you want.
You may not always reach the goal you want to reach in the time you want to reach it.
You may not lose the weight you want to lose as fast as you want to lose it or lift the weight you think you should be able to lift.
You may not always want to or feel like working out.
You may stop for a while altogether.
You may doubt yourself.
You may ask what’s the point or why even bother.
You may not see the point in trying anymore.

​If you don’t ever experience any of these things, you are the exception, not the rule.

​The reality is, is that life is tough and will beat you down.  Despite any romantic ideas we get of the way life should be or any hopeful illusions of how we want it to be, at the end of the day life is unpredictable and not always what we want. I’m all for positive thinking and hoping for the best but, the fact of the matter is, we’re not all wired that way.  I am not an optimist to say the very least. Those that know me know that my natural inclination towards things is that the glass is always half empty and that’s ok. You don’t have to be a ray of sunshine all the time to stay in shape and be healthy. You just have be willing to do the work. I’ve had some clients who felt like they just weren’t part of the fitness culture they’ve seen popularized because they weren’t beaming with positivity and filled with motivational mantras, that they just weren’t excited to workout.  I’m here to say, you don’t have to be. Great if you are, fine if you are not. At the end of the day what matters is the work you put in and your willingness to achieve your goals. I don’t care if you do it with a smile on your face and a song in your heart wearing the trendiest fitness apparel on the market or if you do it with a scowl on your face, rage in your heart, and wearing tattered sweats. Much like life, getting stronger, faster, having more endurance, getting healthier is indiscriminate. Putting in the work is what matters, the action is what matters, keep moving forward even if in the moment you hate it or are not feeling it, doing SOMETHING as opposed to nothing is where it counts.  It’s not always easy or fun or glamorous and it doesn’t have to be. That’s ok. Take some time off if need be. Take a day off. Think about something else, do something else. Just come back. The fight isn’t over with yet. Recharge and keep moving forward. ​