Don't Want to Train? Do This Instead.
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You’re supposed to train today, but you don’t feel like it.
In fact, you really don’t want to train today.
So, naturally, you choose the second best option, which is - of course - that you don’t want to train and you still train anyway.
This is a public service announcement - and it’s as much to myself as to anyone else - that when it’s time to train . . .
Of course geneva doesn’t feel like squatting heavy . . . but she squats anyway.
Do. Not. Trust. Your. Feelings.
Go train regardless of how you feel about it. Don’t let your feelings enter the equation. You have feelings, of course, but you make a conscious decision to disregard them, and you train anyway.
Hot? Humid? No airflow in your garage gym? You train.
Low on sleep? It’s a training day, so you train.
Is your back bugging you? You’re a responsible adult, so you train (training may have to be modified, but it’s especially important to train in this situation).
It’s also useful to remember that these are all champagne problems - first world problems, if you will. Not wanting to train is not a real problem like starvation or losing someone you care about.
You already know that training is a challenge you subject yourself to. You know that you don’t have to train - you get to train.
To anyone out there who’s thinking about skipping a workout . . . don’t trust your feelings.
You might regret walking in the gym door, but you’ll never regret having trained when you walk out.
Train.
As always, we hope this helps you get stronger and live better.
-Phil
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