You're a Winner

We are first caliber winners today. 

I tell my clients all the time, your ability to perform on a workout isn’t a strength issue. This is ALL a mindset issue. 

When we get into those tough moments on a workout, and I don’t care how long you’ve been working out for, if you’re continuing to challenge yourself the tough moments are guaranteed to come, your mind so often goes to the negative. We start thinking about how we’ve failed, how we could’ve been stronger, how we should’ve gotten in one more rep...

Fuck that noise. 

I want those moments to inspire confidence and positivity in you. When it gets hard, when you notice your brain going to that “you suck” place, I want you to switch your thought process to celebrate the things you’ve already done. The things you’ve already achieved. 

The reality is that most people won’t even show up or try. You’ve already done more than most people would attempt. Be proud of that, celebrate that, don’t focus on anything else besides that effort and know that with every single workout, you’re getting stronger. 

When my mind starts to go to that negative space this is what I do:

1. I stop. When your mind goes to the hateful place, your body is going to start to get lazy and your form will start failing. This can lead to injury but it also leads to you thinking the exercise is harder than it’s designed to be because you’re not putting the work into the correct muscles.

2. I take a deep breath and remind myself of some accomplishment I’ve had in my life. It can be the most seemingly insignificant thing but shit girl, we all have achieved things.

3. I put my positive mantra on repeat. Feel free to take mine, but I literally repeat “you can do this” in my mind until the workout is over or that hard part is over because I KNOW I can do it. Sometimes we just need the reminder.