It has been 6 days since I started my training / nutrition program. Almost a week. No more strict workouts this week. Yesterday was my 'workout day' with the more difficult session. I didn't feet really well before it, yet I still did it from beginning to end,I pushed myself even harder than the last time and the result... I felt AMAZING after it. Morale of the story: bad mood or feeling weak should not be an excuse for not doing your training. In fact it should be an excuse for training. As it is the best mood-booster you can have.
Some good ideas to keep up the workout: train with a friend. Even if you have different goals, different workout plans, do it in the same time and celebrate each others' achievements. When you want to give up, but you know someone is there, cheering for you, someone you can tell at the end: 'yes I did it', you will more likely finish that last set.
Doing blocks of 10-15 minute sets makes time fly. I am not saying it is the only way, but it's a really nice way of getting through it. Challenge yourself but not to the point of failure in these blocks. A sense of accomplishment can keep you going. Take a proper break between blocks. 2-3 minutes. At least 2 all the time. Let your body recover. And a block should not be non-stop. Stop to take a breath if you need to.
Having harder and easier days can keep you going. After a hard day it's easy to give up is another hard day is coming. But after you had a hard day and then some rest and then an easy day and then some rest, you will again wish for a hard day, otherwise it'd just get 'too easy' and boring.
Get someone to take pictures of you training. Celebrate your own achievements. Write a training blog. Consult with a trainer. Let people know what you are doing. We will always celebrate you if you let us know about your training. I promise you if you write a training blog and let me know about it I will sign up for it! This is one of the reasons I am keeping a training blog too :)
Match you nutrition too. Your results will be far better. You might say what I thought at the beginning: 'with a full-time job who has time for measuring food gram by gram?'. Well, I pretty much got used to it, plus it is a great way to getting myself eating completely healthily. I am not poisoning myself with ready-made stuff I have no clue what the 'food industry' put inside. No E435, no sodium-glutamate, no added sugars or sweeteners.
Plus everything in the right proportions. Have you felt after a big meal that still something is missing and you kept reaching into the cupboard for a little this and that? I did that all the time. Well, not anymore: eating everything in the right proportions gives you this great feeling of satisfaction after a meal. No need for another apple or a handful of nuts or a little piece of chocolate. The right amount of chicken, broccoli, eggs, some butter and yogurt, fruits and a bit of almonds. You know what you are going to eat before you start and at the end you'll be surprised that it's enough. Not more, not less that what you need.
I love my program and I love sharing it with the 'world'. Yes, I am vain and I want people to know about what I accomplished. It might not be a big deal on a world-wide scale but I passed my own boundaries. And this is what I want to keep doing in order to progress. And I want my progress to be celebrated.
I am part of an amazing community that does celebrate each others' achievements. They keep me going. It is a community of my trainees, my Masters, my trainers, my fellow students of the School of Strength and my friends and family who understood what 'strong' really means. I would like you to be part of it too. The gates are open, all you need to do is to walk in: farmers' walk that is with a 24kg kettlebell in the hand.
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