Since we sold our gym back in January, I haven’t really found the community that I had when we were gym owners. As a result I have been doing a lot of working out on my own.
I still push myself to the be the best I can be, but I notice working out is so mundane with no music blasting, the person next to you’s sweat hitting you in the face, the mental push of knowing you can work just as hard as your peers, and the recognition you get from them day in and day out.
This has been a big piece that has been missing to my puzzle, and I didn’t really know the huge effects that it had and has until it is no longer there.
If I am in class and know that I am supposed to do a workout prescribed, I will always go prescribed because I know that is the expectation that my peers have for me. If I am running or rowing, I give it my all because “running is what I am good at” and I couldn’t show them otherwise, or picking up a weight that you don’t think you can lift, but all of your peers do and you try and succeed because you know they will cheer you on for even trying.
Now I don’t have to go as heavy because it is just me, I don’t have to run or row as fast because there is no one watching, and I don’t need to PR because there is no one standing by my side to tell me I can when I all I want to do is quit; so I don’t.
I still have intense great workouts and continue to see results but I have lost that va va voom; until now!
The best example was this morning, I went to the gym before I was going to train. I did an intense workout and got a decent time, but I know I could have gone harder and not taken so many breaks. Then it was off to train at Functional Fitness on the Bluffs. This is a great group of individuals that two other trainers and I like to throttle every Tuesday Thursday Saturday! I went to class with training on the brain, but when I got there one of the guys needed a partner for the workout and I couldn’t leave him hanging!
It was a workout where one person did an exercise while the other person ran and then you switched. I ran first and when the famous 3..2..1.. words rang from the trainers mouth I took off like a bat out of hell and boy did it feel GREAT!!!! I was pushing myself like I used to. I went prescribed and did my best, I worked hard for every rep, and I did it all to make my partner proud! We were the first one’s done and I was toast. It felt so good to have that old love and feelin back!
I will now make a commitment to myself and to others to utilize my community! Know that I do not have to rely on myself, because I have groups of people that will keep me accountable, push me, and do it all while saying “good job”.
So Fit One’s go out into your community and utilize the wonderful groups around you. If you do not have one, email me or post in the comments below and I will refer you to some that I think will be great!
We know longer have to do it on our own…. we just have utulize our community!
Fit Chic