This means that when I am given an opportunity, there’s going to be a lesson taught so these younger athletes can learn from my experiences. As a professional strength coach, my calling is to help people become better versions of themselves. I so badly want to tell these 18- to 22-year-olds to trade lives with me for a day and see how much they feel like training.īut, of course, I don’t. All this, and my athletes are the ones telling me that they don’t feel like lifting? Right. Oh yeah, and I am also the proud papa of a wonderful 2 ½ year old who runs nonstop. Really? I have been lifting at least five days a week for almost 30 years, played five years of college football, and have been competing at powerlifting, strongman, and weightlifting for over a decade (which has taken a toll on my knees and back).įor me, there is the added stress of working 50 or more hours a week at my full-time job and another 20 hours on my business, writing books and articles, plus living on and managing a 40-acre farm… all of which can suck the motivation from anyone. Working with mostly college-aged athletes, I always laugh when they tell me they can’t work out because they don’t feel like it today. The more I think about it, if I only worked out on the days that I really felt like it… well, I’d look and feel a whole lot worse than I do now.ĭoes that mean that those workouts are perfect? Of course not-but I get them done anyway. But there is still a lift to do, and just because I don’t feel like doing it that day doesn’t change the fact that I need to get it done. Sure, the session with the foam roller is about 10 minutes longer than normal, and my warm-up seems like it takes longer than the actual workout. Usually, though, I end up working out anyway. Do you ever have those days when you don’t want to work out? I do, and the older I get, the more often I feel that way.
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