Fadi
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Let me ask you a question. Who are you working out for? Most would say, “for me of course’, and there would be nothing wrong with that kind of answer. Nothing wrong with that kind of answer does not mean we can’t improve on it. You see, many of us, (if not all of us) are just the same when it comes to the basics. Being humans, we make excuses, and if there aren’t any obvious ones, some of us are just that bit better in finding and creating some excuse for ourselves. Excuses not to go to the gym; not to eat more or less, not to apply that bit more effort, and on and on it goes.
When I was younger and starting out as an Olympic weightlifter, my real motivation was none other than my coach, the man who started me up in this sport. I wanted to prove to him that I can do it, but more than that, I wanted to make him shine amongst his peers. Make him feel that he can take someone and from scratch, turn him into a world class weightlifter. That was my real motivation at a young age of only 15 back in 1980.
"Do it for you; you're doing this for you", may not always work. Why? Because at times (most times) we place others before ourselves. Be it the kids, our partner, or whoever, we're always going out of your way to help or please. Even when it seems that bodybuilders are self-centered/selfish in trying to achieve a particular goal, you'd find that when you break your actions into bits and pieces, they most often exist to meet someone else's expectation as well as your own.
We all need someone to do whatever we’re doing for. We create a training journal on a forum and let others comment on how we’re doing or not doing. We do that for a reason. This is not about arrogance or showing off no, far from it indeed. This is about letting ourselves be accountable to someone else, committed to someone other than our own selves. You never want to let your training partner down, so you make that extra effort to go to the gym even if you don’t feel like it. Doing it for someone else, (someone or some group that means something to you) does not mean you’re suddenly leaving yourself out of the picture no. It simply means now there’s more commitment, more enthusiasm, more of that fire in the belly that blasts us into real action and turns our words, our ambition, and our desires into reality.
Fadi.
When I was younger and starting out as an Olympic weightlifter, my real motivation was none other than my coach, the man who started me up in this sport. I wanted to prove to him that I can do it, but more than that, I wanted to make him shine amongst his peers. Make him feel that he can take someone and from scratch, turn him into a world class weightlifter. That was my real motivation at a young age of only 15 back in 1980.
"Do it for you; you're doing this for you", may not always work. Why? Because at times (most times) we place others before ourselves. Be it the kids, our partner, or whoever, we're always going out of your way to help or please. Even when it seems that bodybuilders are self-centered/selfish in trying to achieve a particular goal, you'd find that when you break your actions into bits and pieces, they most often exist to meet someone else's expectation as well as your own.
We all need someone to do whatever we’re doing for. We create a training journal on a forum and let others comment on how we’re doing or not doing. We do that for a reason. This is not about arrogance or showing off no, far from it indeed. This is about letting ourselves be accountable to someone else, committed to someone other than our own selves. You never want to let your training partner down, so you make that extra effort to go to the gym even if you don’t feel like it. Doing it for someone else, (someone or some group that means something to you) does not mean you’re suddenly leaving yourself out of the picture no. It simply means now there’s more commitment, more enthusiasm, more of that fire in the belly that blasts us into real action and turns our words, our ambition, and our desires into reality.
Fadi.
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