The other day as I was running around teaching classes at the gym, working on various upcoming projects, and writing articles, I suddenly found myself running short on time for my own workout. I had planned to have an hour to myself before going to pick up the kids, but somehow it didn’t quite work out that way. As I looked at the clock, calculated how little time I actually had left before having to run out, it didn’t seem possible to accomplish the workout I had planned for the day.
This really annoyed me. For the most part I am very flexible and easy going, but I was looking forward to this workout and was pissed at myself for mismanaging my time. I knew this wasn’t a good idea, but I began to contemplate skipping the workout and just doing it the next day. The more I considered it, the better it sounded. What the heck, there’s always tomorrow, right? Just take the remaining time before you have to pick up the kids and relax a little bit. You worked hard on that other stuff today, you deserve it. And so it went. The self-sabotage talk was going downhill rapidly and it was all making perfect sense.
Then that little part of my brain that is wise to these things suddenly woke up and pulled on the reigns! Whoah, hang on there, stop! Don’t allow those little insidious voices of self-sabotage to lull you into a false sense of security and trick you into skipping the workout. Change the workout. You don’t have time to do all you planned to do for the day, but you sure as hell do have time to do something, so do it! So I did. Check this great exercise program. After a brief warm-up, I set the timer for 10 minutes and banged out as many rounds as possible of:
- 5 Pull-ups
- 10 Double Kettlebell Military Presses
- 15 Bodyweight Squats.
Not what I had planned for the day, but definitely a great workout and more importantly, a victory over the gremlins of the mind!
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