WE'VE GOTTA MAKE SOME GAINZ, SON! HAHAHA
But I know so very goddamn well how many times I got utterly hyped about training— FOR 3 MONTHS— and then dwindled back to my comfortable sedentary habits for another 6.
Contrary to popular belief, that is NOT a waste of time— even though that is FAR from a perfect approach, those 3 months made a difference and will raise the baseline for future efforts.
Studies show that even athletes deep in their 60s, benefit from training they did in their teens, with guys who used to run cross-country in high school, showing significantly higher rates of improvement when paired with people who didn't.
So today, if you're gearing up to put in some effort, make no mistake, bruh, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE MOMENTUM YOU HAVE TODAY— that effort will pay dividends, even if life throws a wrench in your plans and you can't manage to stick to it for the entire year.
Ride that wave, and then just wait for another one to come, here is where CONSISTENCY can be your greatest asset.
When we hear consistency, we always hear people talking about discipline— I could safely say that I'm insanely disciplined because I wake up early and run in the mornings— but that is ALL MOMENTUM, takes ZERO mental effort, it is within my routine, a FORMED HABIT, and my daily schedule allows me to do it without any consequences.
Calling it discipline is an overstatement.
In my routine, discipline shows up with my lifting.
'Cause ever since I started lifting, I only managed to put in an entire year of super consistent optimal work ONCE.
Life gets in the way, traffic gets in the way, work, family, social events, you name it— it'll get in the way.
And if you're not a Pro or Egomaniacal— living your life should probably be higher on your priority list than lifting weights, and here is where real discipline shows up.
It's when you have all those plates spinning, and you squeeze in a couple of workouts in the week just to keep the ball rolling— when you're at a hotel, and you don't have decent equipment, but find a way to put some effort in nevertheless.
It's when you're far from the perfect setup, outside of your comfort zone— no PRs, no perceivable improvements, just putting the work in, exercising those neural pathways that allow you to opt for doing shit you don't want to do.
That's REAL DISCIPLINE— when it's outside of your comfort zone, outside of your habitual routine, when you need to improvise, adapt, and overcome the hurdles ahead.
That's the consistency that really builds AWESOME shit.
'Cause it only takes 20% of the effort it took to build what you have today, to maintain it, so if you truly go there and show yourself that you're disciplined, when it's time to ride the waves of momentum again, you'll be doing some big wave surfer type of shit, ya feel me? HAHAHA
GET THAT MOMENTUM GOING, BRUH— always take advantage of it, but remember also to stay disciplined when the momentum wears off.
After all, DONE is better than perfect.
GO BANG SOME IRON, MY BRUDDAH!
Big KISS
THE POTATO MAN
Thanks again, for your encouraging words, MR POTATO MAN
So very true. Its far easier to wrap up work, grab my gym bag and head out than it is to pack stuff you need before hitting a plane for 1000 miles and trying to hit it each day before your office Summit events in a different time zone. Frankly thats harder MUCH harder.
Actually, i am easily distracted and can also be very lazy, and i love cooking love eating more, and love drinking to excess. So i actually voluntarily gimp my social stuffs just to stay on it day in day out, i do think that is discipline, because i know what im like when i dont.
I agree with you, but i think self-discipline is a sliding scale based on the individual.