Dig Deeper.

When you think of a fitness goal it usually has something to do with a body image. Don't be naive. In retrospect, when I first started going to the gym consistently I seen results within the first 2-3 months of lifting weights. I couldn't believe it. So I kept going, and going. I was so fixated on the results I couldn't quit. As time went on, it became more then just going, getting a workout in, then going home to repeat it all over again the next day. If you feel this way with your current training regimen you're doing it for all the wrong reasons.

(1 year of lifting)

I'm going to try to explain what focusing on yourself physically can do for you mentally. So bear with me if I ramble and have run-on sentences. It's my blog post, not a damn APA paper for my Masters degree lol.

To others it'll seem as if your obsessed, as if you can't go day or 2 without the gym, as if you don't have other things to do. And they could be absolutely right. That's what it turns into if you stick to the shit. You do wtf you want, when you want to. If you're constantly trying to be better than who you were a day ago, or even a month ago then that's your business. I try to enter each training session with the intention of performing even a single rep better then the last time I did the exercise. Whatever is on my mind is released in the four walls that have built me into the person I am today. When you make the choice to care for yourself, it makes living in your own skin more enjoyable. Even if it's only for 1-2 hours out of the day you feel that way, you have every right to feel it. You have every right to put your body through exhausting workouts. It builds your character to face other things in life. To approach situations differently because you know what you can withstand. You know your strengths and weaknesses. You can work on both simultaneously.

You don't need to be the best to feel your best. Whatever it is that you do is good enough, for YOU. What others have to say about it shouldn't even become a worry. Because that's when you stop focusing on the bigger picture. That's what I've learned, so far anyway. There are always opportunities to learn more, grow more and be more. You just have to find it in yourself to do it. No matter what.