Hi Everyone :)
Sorry about the neglect on here in the past few weeks everything has been very busy- plenty of training just not enough time to write about the training!
Turning another year older this week caused to me to reflect on the past year in my life (where the bloody hell did it go?!), the things I have achieved and the things I want for the next year ahead. One thing I love about the gym is it has become my “place of sanctuary” especially in this past year when I have had a lot to deal with.
No matter what is happening in the outside world, when I get inside the gym the headphones are in, the music is full ball, the mind is switched off and for the time I am there nothing else matters. I have discovered that what I have gained through the gym is mirrored in my life. The gym has helped me build not only physical strength but in turn mental strength as well. It has helped me to be more confident, determined and have a positive frame of mind (mostly). It has taught me to have faith in myself and what I can do through achieving things I may have once thought I couldn’t. It has also taught me to have faith in other people through my job in terms of helping others achieve their goals and overcome the barriers that once restricted them.
It has taught me that sometimes in life we can’t control what happens and have to accept what we cannot change but sometimes we are in control, and for me the gym has helped me by always being that one place that I CAN control the outcome of what happens. I can CHOOSE to either succeed or fail when I enter a session and as I now always say “Failure is not an option”.
The strength I have gained both mentally and physically over the past year alone has changed me and I definitely believe it is only for the better and I can only move forward from here.
Some people don't understand and will never understand what I am talking about until they have entered this “realm” themselves and have seen or experienced the changes the gym can bring about in a persons’ life. People will always judge and criticize the unknown or things they don’t understand. Don’t let the people who criticise you or try to bring you down get in your way because at the end of the day it is your life, your goal and nobody else is going to do it for you. Work hard, commit to what you want and above all believe in yourself.
It’s not a diet and it's not a phase it’s a permanent lifestyle change and one I can guarantee you will never look back upon or regret.
So as always Eat CLEAN, Train MEAN and you will live LEAN… and HAPPY :)
Stay tuned as Fit FREAK of the week will be posted throughout the day
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