"When it all gets a little fast and confusing, when my mind is swirling, I try to just focus on one thing to do well." I've been struggling a bit lately. I feel like I have a thousand things on the go and like I'm not really moving forward with any of them. Just kind... Continue Reading →
Make them thirsty
"You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make them drink. No, but you can make them thirsty." You may have heard the above quite a few times before. Maybe with out the last sentence. This was/ is something that I struggle with a lot. Why can't I change someone? Because no matter... Continue Reading →
Celebrate your wins
"Don't forget to celebrate your wins." This is something that I am terrible at so I wrote myself this reminder in my journal last week. I was watching a video of myself hitting a lift that I hadn't hit for quite some time, a lift that I wanted badly again, and after successfully completing the... Continue Reading →
Pay the Price
"It's all achievable, we just have to be willing to pay the price." I wrote "Pay the Price" on the blackboard in our gym a few years ago to serve as a reminder of the price of success, a re-calibration of sorts. I stumbled upon a poem today that rekindled my thoughts of this motto... Continue Reading →
Momentum
"Stop procrastinating and just get started." I promised myself at the start of this that I would write every single night and if something came up I would at least never miss 2 nights in a row. I had held that standard until this week. I could come up with excuses but at the end... Continue Reading →
New Adventure
And some nights, my thoughts don't flow out as a blog or an article. Some nights, poetry is all that's in there. These strange times when we're forced in, still finding ways to fight and win. It all seems tough but that's good you see, we grow more in adversity. So hoist the black flag... Continue Reading →
Hold the line
"Are people going to take advantage of the relaxed restrictions and cause a new problem?" We seem to be at a tipping point. The COVID-19 numbers are quite low here in Australia and from my purely non-medical perspective, seem to be under control. The logical next step for a nation in economic struggle is... Continue Reading →
R.P.E. for life
"How would RPE work for life?" I've been looking into some new strength programs over the last few weeks and although I knew about RPE (Rate of Perceived Exertion), I hadn't ever really dived into the subject. Now with some of the programs I've been looking at using this system, I've been reading more about... Continue Reading →
Do the hard things
Do the hard things before the hard things are necessary. It's a sentiment that's easily ignored, or even just flat out unknown, in relatively comfortable times, but then the big bang happens. Our big bang is Covid-19 and if you haven't trained yourself for a moment like this then you likely struggled a little... Continue Reading →
Good…then we’ll work harder.
Times are tough and weird and strange. Good... Then we will work harder. That's all you can do. That's all I can do. No matter the circumstance, the only way to move forward is to work hard at what you need to. Nothing else works. And just for clarity, hard work doesn't mean burn out... Continue Reading →
Inspired Lion 