To those on
the outside looking in working out sounds pretty stupid. Via your gym
membership, you are actually paying someone to let you torture yourself. Why
would a person willingly take an hour or two out of their day to punish their
bodies by lifting heavy weights over and over again?
What I have found in this world is that
you have to “find your why.” You have to choose why you are doing something.
And to quote Eric Thomas, “Your why has to be greater than you.” When you are
doing something for someone else, you can go one more day at work. You can go
one more mile. Because it is not just about you.
In June of 2014, I made a decision to
improve my life through exercise. The majority of this was for me but there
were other motivating factors. I would be lying if I said there weren’t a few
dashes of hate sprinkled in there as well. I know that isn’t healthy but it is
what it is.
But one major motivating factor was the
dream that I wanted to cut a sharp figure in a tuxedo at my daughter’s wedding.
As I walk my baby girl down the aisle, I want to do it on my own knees,
preferably without wheezing, and without the aid of a rascal scooter. I figure
that since she is who she is, the gentlemen callers will be a plenty. By my
estimates, I have ten years minimum. And thus, the campaign began.
As I have
mentioned already, I am the product of divorce. It is a sad and horrible thing
to go through a divorce and I would not wish it on my worst enemy. But as you
go through that baptism of fire, you find that it is a fantastic time to work
on yourself both mentally and physically. A broken individual is perfectly
timed for the self-improvement that a program like Furyan Strength can bring.
Look, the guy
that my wife left me for, I don’t know who he is in real life. Mentally, I have
painted a picture of him in my head and I think about him when I am tired and
don’t want to get another set. “Is HE putting in this kind of work? No.” My
goal is to be better than him and I am achieving this on all fronts. Granted,
he is an imaginary enemy but it is motivation for me. We all have that
imaginary dragon that we want to slay and it keeps me focused when I want to
quit. (I am aware that this is not healthy emotionally but if it gets the job
done…)
If you were
like me when you are starting this journey of self-improvement, there are going
to be times where you think it is going to be impossible. It will seem like you
are facing a seemingly insurmountable task and that the mountain is too tall to
climb. That is when you have to find your why. Because when you find it, you
dig deep down and find reserves that you might not have even known were there.
That will
keep you going and that will keep you motivated. So, let’s end this lesson by
tasking you with your homework. Take some time and really ask yourself what you
want to get out of training. Decide why you are doing it. Maybe you are like me
and you were tired of being fat. Tired of not taking selfies or pictures with
your kids because you were ashamed. Maybe there is that moment where you don’t
know if you can get another rep. That is often when I look at myself in the
mirror and think, You know that little
red-haired girl didn’t go out with you because you are fat. Suddenly motivation
springs eternal. Whatever your reason, you have to find your why. That gives
you direction and it gives you purpose.
Thus endeth the lesson. Now go
forth and do likewise.
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