It is all a matter of perception, you see the way we see
things determines how we act or react. “Every successful man I have heard of
has done the best he could with the conditions as he found them” – Edgar Watson
Howe. We often look at how much we do not have, or how much our environment
cannot provide for us. From people in small towns saying there are no job
opportunities, to people in the desert saying there are limited ways to make
money. This may be true in most cases but it is not the best way to look at
things.
things determines how we act or react. “Every successful man I have heard of
has done the best he could with the conditions as he found them” – Edgar Watson
Howe. We often look at how much we do not have, or how much our environment
cannot provide for us. From people in small towns saying there are no job
opportunities, to people in the desert saying there are limited ways to make
money. This may be true in most cases but it is not the best way to look at
things.
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| Glass half full/empty, how do you see it? |
There is No Good Reason Not to Work Out
Now relating this to fitness, you may come from a small town
where there is no gym, but does this mean you do not work out? You may be a
member of a gym with only free weights and a limited set of equipment but does
that mean you can’t build your dream body? The answer to both these questions
is an obvious NO. Look working out
can take place anywhere with or without equipment if one is really serious
about being fit and healthy. Having a great body has nothing to do with the
resources you have, it all begins with your mindset. If you are a member of a
gym without all the up to date and fancy equipment so what? Use all the
resources it has to the best of your ability and I promise you that you will
have an awesome body. Great bodybuilders of the past did not have all this
fancy new gym equipment and they managed to build legendary physiques; you see
as Henry David Thoreau puts it “success usually comes to those who are too busy
to be looking for it.”
where there is no gym, but does this mean you do not work out? You may be a
member of a gym with only free weights and a limited set of equipment but does
that mean you can’t build your dream body? The answer to both these questions
is an obvious NO. Look working out
can take place anywhere with or without equipment if one is really serious
about being fit and healthy. Having a great body has nothing to do with the
resources you have, it all begins with your mindset. If you are a member of a
gym without all the up to date and fancy equipment so what? Use all the
resources it has to the best of your ability and I promise you that you will
have an awesome body. Great bodybuilders of the past did not have all this
fancy new gym equipment and they managed to build legendary physiques; you see
as Henry David Thoreau puts it “success usually comes to those who are too busy
to be looking for it.”
And you cannot blame the timing and your location at the
time for your lack of progress either, if you want to be employed and there are
no jobs then you create your own job. You use what is available to you, you
don’t complain about what is not available to cover up your lack of effort. As
Martin Luther King, Jr. puts it “the time is always right to do what is right.”
time for your lack of progress either, if you want to be employed and there are
no jobs then you create your own job. You use what is available to you, you
don’t complain about what is not available to cover up your lack of effort. As
Martin Luther King, Jr. puts it “the time is always right to do what is right.”
Stop making excuses and start working your butt off towards
achieving your goals, and finally as Greg Plitt like to say “the only reps you
don’t grow from are the ones you don’t do.” Go out there and turn a desert into your Vegas.
achieving your goals, and finally as Greg Plitt like to say “the only reps you
don’t grow from are the ones you don’t do.” Go out there and turn a desert into your Vegas.
