No More Excuses!
Originally posted at Morning Cup of Joe.
Sure, it’s tough
to commit to regular exercise. There are just so many other things that
require our undivided attention. Or maybe it’s just easier to feel
sorry for ourselves and find something better to do.
“I don’t have time”
“My elbow/knee/back hurts”
“It’s just too hard”
“I didn’t sleep well”
“(enter your favorite exer-scuse here)”
I admit, there are days that I consider skipping my workout. But I
have a li’l trick for getting past the “poor, busy me” syndrome - I
think about some of the people I met who had every possible reason to forget about training, yet they soldiered on…
– One guy was in a wheelchair, his shriveled legs resembled
overcooked linguine. Since squatting and running were out of the
picture, he competed in bench press contests (quite successfully, I
should add). He’d train just as hard as any able-bodied person would -
probably even harder. I remember watching him with awe as he did rep
after rep of pull ups with his wheelchair strapped to him.
Did he have a valid excuse to not exercise?
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