“Produce meaning, not more.”
― Sylvester Stallone

Deep Squats (Thoughts)

This time of year is a grind. Summer vacation ended two months ago. Daylight hours are getting shorter. No major holidays for another month. Candy hangovers are a real thing! Workouts are kicking your butt. And we love it. We GET to do this. How awesome is that?!

Like the top photo, this time of year can feel like chaos. Stuff is all over the gym and maybe all over our lives. Work, family and commitments all fight for our time and attention. Through it all we keep showing up, do hard things and feel relief, joy and a sense of accomplishment after the completion of the workout.

The “feeling” of not going to the gym is real. We all feel that aversion to showing up. It’s normal. Here are a few ways of understanding that you feel a certain way and then showing up anyway. (Borrowed/adapted from the interwebs.)

Temptation Bundling: Research on behavior design shows that combining an undesirable task with an immediate, enjoyable activity (e.g. getting a coffee after CrossFit) bridges the motivation gap. [1]

Promotion vs. Prevention Focus: If a task triggers anxiety, shift from a “promotion focus” (trying to achieve a six pack) to a “prevention focus” (minimizing health risks by being stronger/fitter). [1]

Microbreaks and Celebration: Habit-change research by B. J. Fogg highlights that breaking tasks into tiny increments and using immediate positive self-talk (“Yay, I did it!”) activates the brain’s reward circuitry. Or ring the PR Bell! [1]

See you in class.

Tim

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The Steps by: Sylvester Stallone

A gritty, inspiring, heart-wrenching memoir by the Academy Award-winning legend and icon Sylvester Stallone, about his unlikely path to stardom and the creation of the greatest underdog story ever told.

In the fifty years since Sylvester Stallone ran up the steps of the Philadelphia Art Museum, he and those steps have become symbols of resilience and determination, and have inspired millions from all over the world to pursue their dreams. In The Steps, Stallone recounts how he pursued his own dreams. A culmination of decades of reflection, Sly shares where he came from – a difficult birth, an even more difficult childhood, years of struggle in school being misunderstood – and he explains how the real story of a successful life is built by facing, embracing and ultimately overcoming our challenges. It’s found in the distances we are willing to go and the steps we must take to get from where we are to where we want to go.

Tim’s Takeaway: Vision, willpower and hard work. This isn’t the most exciting telling of an autobiography, but it’s powerful. The long term dedication to succeed is to be commended and taught as a lesson to all those that think they can get what they want in a few months or even a year. Stallone lived the grind to do what he dreamed. Stories like his help fuel the idea that, “If he can do it, I can do it.”

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