gyms have been closed for months at a time . Couple that with losing loved ones , jobs and relationships being strained , food shortages and on top of it we are told to stay inside , do nothing and wait for this to pass . All of these things can cause even greater issues and impediments to our ability to make progress and all while we are working towards our best prep for shows . Aside from growing and prepping , many of us go to gyms for that form of release ; therapy in getting mentally squared away and that has been taken from us as well .
All of the above are facts and situations we cannot change . So what do we do , do we eat crap , not exercise , stay away from healthy vitamin D UV exposure , become morose , melancholy and wayward and eat crap and watch our bodies decline as our healthy state of mental being goes with it . Heck no we do not do anything like that , we must maintain laser like focus . Remember none of these things are problems , they are situations . ( they are only problems if you make them so ).
We are so used to going to gyms that when we can ’ t go it makes us feel like we have no other option because we are living in a world of convenience . We get used to gyms always being there . It ’ s easy to you get stuck in the mindset that there is little to nothing else to do or to be done about it .
Well let me tell you , THE most important thing is positive mindset . Feeding our body with the positivity and the perspective that we will overcome , that nothing is going to stop us or take us down .
Moreover nothing BUT US stops us from eating clean . Nothing stops us from waking up and doing fasted cardio to start a metabolism burning fat and appetite ramped up for the day , along with lowering that fasting blood sugar are benefits we can reap from these two simple applications . Don ’ t eat crap and wake up and do cardio and if we don ’ t have cardio machines there ’ s a multitude of things we can do , so many I don ’ t believe I need to list them .
Can ’ t go to the gym ? What do we do instead ? We exercise no matter what ! Yes I know finding weights from online resources was very difficult and prices increased exponentially . So we improvised we built home equipment , used our body weight exercises , the point is we do not stop training , WE DID NOT STOP TRAINING , we do not stop eating , we do not stop no matter what !
So whether you have a session where you implement stuff you have at home , at a playground , building barbells and dumbbells using paint cans , water jugs , jerry cans , cinder blocks you name it , if it holds weight you make use out of it .
So here we are at the beginning of 2021 and we are still here fighting on . From when all this started in last March , with all of the chaos and uncertainty , gyms being closed , shows being cancelled , we are still here . For all of our athletes and all of you out there who were prepped and ready for the nationals ( that no matter how hard our amazing president of the CPA and the diligent work the organization was doing , trying all they could , the show just couldn ’ t happen ) it still should not stop you . Always maintaining a constant state of readiness whether it is to grow to get ready for prep or need to be ready to dial-in we cannot compromise what we have worked so hard for because times are uncertain .
Maintaining laser like focus , being present today is what it takes to win today ; cardio , meals , train and at the end of the day know you did all that you could to be your best today . Then wake up and do it all over again . Every day we are here it ’ s a blessing and a gift and we need to never lose sight of that . In all our hardships , all of our challenges and difficulties we are still in the most beautiful place in the world doing the things that we love and are passionate about , we care deeply for those around us we have immense self-love and all of this makes every day glorious .
I know we will all make 2021 the best year of our lives yet .
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