I see it year.
After year. After year. You stroll in self-consciously, eyes darting around. You get on the treadmill, and fumble with the buttons. It has been a few months since you were on one, and forgot that the up arrow isn't speed, it's incline. You stare down at the numbers on the display. It is either something to focus your attention on, as opposed to looking around the gym at the regulars, or to somehow force the space-time continuum into getting this over with faster. Everyone is expecting you to fail. They know you haven't been here, because they've been here. They know why you have automatically popped out of the woodwork after January 1. You are a Resolutioner. Don't be angry at them for expecting you to fail- by joining a gym on the first of the year, you have automatically put yourself in that demographic. However, your fate does not have to be the same as the masses. A couple of tips: -I don't care that I'm about to drop F bombs. THROW THAT FUCKING SCALE IN THE GARBAGE. That number has nothing to do with anything. You gauge fitness like this: Are you going faster? Are you lifting more? And most importantly...are you feeling better? Yes? Ok, you are getting results. -Results for you will come quickly, at first. And then, things plateau around February. That's when you'll want to quit. Don't. Find new activities and move along. Incorporate the ones you started with, with the new activities. Try classes, try outdoor stuff. Just keep trying. -No weekends off. In fact, I am huge proponent of NO days off. Days off breed other days off. If you take 3 days off in a row, you might as well just wait until next year to join again. The best part of NO days off, is it never gives you a chance to quit. Don't look at it as grinding away. Look at it as giving you the opportunity to try many different activities. Obviously, keep it light. Just. Stay. Moving. This moment, the one where you are eyeballing the display with intense and abnormal focus, is the hardest one of all. Get over yourself. No one is staring at you, trying to figure out your fitness level....they all know- and they don't care. The fit people around you expect you to fail, but not because they are jerks. In fact, they are some of the most fun-loving and upbeat people you will ever know. They just know the precedent. This is your hardest moment. You stepped out the door and into an uncomfortable situation. Stick with it. Get results. Make friends who hold you accountable. Soon, it will become your lifestyle, too. See you around! kp
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