Accepting Your Constraints
Accepting Your Constraints
Dream Big, But Accept Where You Are
It's easy to think too big when it comes to your health and fitness.
Six packs and cover model "V's" are easy enough to picture, and we see them enough in magazines and on social media.
But the truth is, most people won't get them.
Now, as a coach it may seem odd for me to be talk about "thinking too big".
Surely I should be pushing clients to set bigger goals.
But we also have to take our situation into account.
And many people struggle to do this.
You can have a six pack.
I really do believe a lot of people could have one.
To do so however, would require a complete overhaul of our life.
And this takes time.
Some people love training and do it 5 or 6 times a week.
Many of those people eat well, stretch and sleep enough hours to get their six pack.
Others meanwhile, can only train twice a week, and struggle to get enough sleep.
Most people need to learn to accept their constraints.
And these constraints aren't bad.
All problems have constraints.
By accepting them, we can get to work solving the problem.
But there's no point being delusional wanting something that you really can't commit to getting right now.
So when people say to me they can only train once a week, my first thought to myself is "you can probably train more", but the first thing I say is "okay, train once a week then".
Start there.
Accept your constraint and work against the edges of it.
Look to add more time training, eating better, and sleeping more.
And bit by bit, shift and expand your constraints.
But not accepting won't help you solve the problem.
First, you have to start.
Until next time,
Marco
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