The Halt Days of Training
When I am training, I feel like there are days that I am hype up and ready to go “yay”. Then there are days I am like “blah”, but I still need to get the training done. The days that I feel I don’t want to even do anything are the days that I can learn a lot of new things for myself. That is because there is never a time where you completely learn everything, but there is always time to learn new things. That is the beauty of gaining knowledge throughout your lifetime. You can always tweak something about yourself to progress. On the days that are tough, I make sure I prepare myself to get my training plan completed. What causes these feelings, well I could be beyond sore, my mind is not 100% for that day, or I have a lot of tasks to take care of outside of the gym that I have to focus on. But what is vital is that I always tell myself that I will learn something unique for training and I will gather a better understanding of myself.
On days like those, I would work on other aspects of training that need more attention like weaker muscles that need catching up or I would even do a soccer drill in my room with little to no space to fine-tune my skill. I would also try a new approach to training from the books I’ve read, or jump rope in the park to improve my balance, footwork, and coordination. It is the little things that a lot of times can count more than anything you could imagine. For me, every step to the next point is crucial, and every detail even on days I’m not 100% counts. The path is infinite even after you complete your weekly, monthly, or annual task and there is also something new to learn on a high and low energy day.
When I first started out training years ago, if there are days that I am lazy to do anything, I would not even care to do an activity. As I’ve made changes to my mindset fast-forwarding to today, a ten to fifteen minutes worth of training in any discipline of fitness, even a small increase of overall fitness is potent on a day that I am not 100% to go all out. This will keep my mind still open to get better and always want more out of me. To get better you will have strong days and tough nights, but you still have to tell yourself that moving forwards is key. Some days I would have great sessions and other days, the sessions will feel like a huge rock I am moving, but I have to stay focus regardless. It is something that takes time to develop but eventually if you want to get deep into the rabbit hole, then you have to adapt to continuous progress.
Next time you ever having this feeling, it is okay to know that it is pretty normal and you are not the only one that is going through it. Everyone that trains get those days of feeling lazy a lot, but it is those days that can make or break your progression daily. You can have a very long day at work and when you come home you just want to have a shower, make dinner, and then ZZZ into the next morning. What if you squeeze just ten minutes or even twenty minutes of a HIIT (High-Intensity Interval Training) into your evenings, well guess what? Your training your mind to still get the training done on a tough day, and that builds determination, consistency, and experience in your development to having a functional body. We must use these days as a way to keep grinding and getting to the highest level of expertise we can obtain, and to never give up the fight on a good or not so well day.
Stay Strong, Stay Game!
Originally published at https://amufits.com on December 3, 2020.
