“Train
Insane or remain the same.” Fair enough. Though does this really
achieve the desired effect? Does it reach its intended target? Who
does it motivate? Is there a better way?
Often
in life, and especially in fitness, we are bombarded with messages that
are meant to inspire, motivate, drive, denigrate, chastise, or
otherwise instigate change in the way that we approach
our fitness. These are meant to be “mile” markers on our way to a
healthier, better us. However, all of these messages have one thing in
common. They are directed at the faceless masses. They speak to the
entire demographic and in doing so go from a precision
tool that can be an instrument of change to background noise.
I
love fitness motivation, it gets me fired up and ready to go when I’m
dragging it or motivates me to look inward when all I want to do is
vegetate. I see it all the time. Social media,
television, billboards, posters and in my very own gym but like
anything, there is such a thing as too much of a good thing.
People
who are reading this post are on journeys just like mine. We’re not
perfect. We’re works in progress. The marble before the artist’s
chisel. They are motivated and desirous of change.
They are interested in educating themselves but they are also
intelligent enough to do their homework. They don’t take anything for
granted. Not the newest trend, best fitness gear, exercise, running
shoe or nutritional advice…and certainly not the bombardment
of endless cliché’s and inspiring one liners that has become du rigueur
in our global consciousness.
Motivation
is important. Motivation through social media or any of these other
sources is also important. As a means…not as the end.
Let
the inspiration lift you up, give you one more kilometer (or meter if
you’re me), one more rep. Let it lift you when you should fall and drag
you when you yourself have given up.
That’s what motivation is for. It can’t be given.
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