Did you train yesterday? Are you training today? Are you going to train tomorrow?

If not, why not? Are you too busy? Are you too tired? Are you dealing with an injury or physical limitation? Or are you just making excuses?

We can always find reasons to justify as to why we cannot exercise and workout, but rarely if ever do people try to find reasons as to why they actually can and should exercise and workout.

Now I’m not going to sit here, lecture you, and give you reasons as to why you should be focusing on improving your own health and fitness on a regular basis. Chances are that if you’re reading this, then you’re probably an adult, and as such, who am I to tell you what to do and how you should live your life? However if you’re sick of being sick, tired of being tired and frustrated with being injured and/or constantly dealing with a physical disability that does not seem to be getting any better, then perhaps you might want to give this whole healthy living thing a try.

Losing My Passion for Performance

As someone who works in the fitness industry you would think that dieting and exercising on a daily basis would come easy to me. And when I was younger it did. However after a decade plus of waking up at 4am 6-7x/week and spending the bulk of my waking hours in fitness facilities motivating and educating people to improve their own quality of life through health and fitness, my passion for being active and fit is not as high as it once was. By no means am I suggesting that I’m burnt out or that I want to switch careers. I’m just noticing that I’m not as enthusiastic as I once was to go and lift the iron after a 12-14 hour work day, or as motivated to prep chicken and rice for the hundredth damn time this week.

Endless Excuses

As a Personal Trainer, I’m fairly certain that I’ve heard just about every single excuse as to why someone cannot workout. Whether it’s because they’re “sick” “tired” “busy” or “injured”, I’ve honestly heard it all. And NEVER do I EVER call these people out on their excuses. I mean what’s the point? I don’t want to work with someone who doesn’t want to work with me. And I’m fortunate enough to be at a point in my career where I no longer have to work with people who don’t want to exercise and have to be forced to go to the gym. Yes, having a trainer does help keep people accountable, however I’m not a babysitter nor am I their mother, and therefore if someone doesn’t want to improve their own quality of life by becoming more active and fit, then I’m not going to lose any sleep over it.

How Bad Do You Want It?

Excuses aside, if you want to accomplish any goal bad enough, then you will always find a way to achieve that goal. Whether your goal is for financial freedom, family oriented or fitness related, or perhaps a combination of all three, if you want it bad enough you will do whatever it takes to achieve it. With that said, you don’t need to wait until your work slows down to fit in a 30 minute workout throughout your day. And you don’t need to feel 100% to get in a low impact/moderate intensity training session. And you don’t need to have the perfect diet and perfect training program to follow in order to start exercising. What you do need is a sense of will and some determination to push past any physical and/or mental plateaus that you are experiencing and a desire and hunger to be successful in life.

One of These Days……

I know, I know, you’ll start exercising again tomorrow. You’ll get back to the gym next week. You’re almost ready to start your training as soon as………
Tell yourself whatever you like to make you feel better about missing your workouts, but the longer you procrastinate, the further you become from achieving your health and fitness goals. And if you don’t have any health and fitness goals, then I suggest you make some. Because without a goal, you have little to no purpose to achieve anything. And if you have little to no purpose to achieve or accomplish anything in life, then really what’s the value of your life?

Yours in Good Health,

Nick Cosgrove