Growing up in Washington was a blessing and I always understood this. I did not always understand why but I was happy living in DC. My dream of being a successful gym owner
was born in DC. My success as a powerlifter was founded in DC. My success as a coach is founded in DC. People in this city are driven, competitive, and some are even passionate (LOL). Driven people are constantly in action. They do not live on the internet. It is my belief that the only person worth competing with is ME; or YOU. I wrote about passion recently. A lot of fakers use the term lessening it's value.
was born in DC. My success as a powerlifter was founded in DC. My success as a coach is founded in DC. People in this city are driven, competitive, and some are even passionate (LOL). Driven people are constantly in action. They do not live on the internet. It is my belief that the only person worth competing with is ME; or YOU. I wrote about passion recently. A lot of fakers use the term lessening it's value.
She is talking about training. Have a plan. Approach the plan with zeal. Adjusting when it is necessary. Action requires thought in the beginning and progressions and regressions in the present. When the plan is set all actions are accountable. Outliers will display themselves; good and bad.
The metal game. We have all heard cliche after cliche regarding the mental side of competition. Competition is a necessity for athletes who want to see where they stand against the rest. I hated competitions in the beginning. I hated being the center of attention and still do for the most part. I love showing everyone that I can out work them though. I am not designed to be a lifter physically. I am more suited to long distance running skeletally, I have long legs, a long torso, and extremely short arms. I must travel further down just to grab the bar for a snatch than someone my build with longer arms must. I wanted to be a lifter after my youth football coach told me to start lifting for high school football. I fell in love with lifting and have spent my life lifting ever since. I love it and I do it.
Why do you do what you do? Ultimately we all do what we do to attain happiness. Hard work is rewarding. It makes us feel good about our endeavor. I like to make certain athletes are choosing weightlifting and/or powerlifting because of something deeper than "I like the way I look." Systemic athletic effort makes a healthier human being. Life kills us ultimately. A lot of people are alive. Not many are actually living. If something sucks change it or stop doing it. Do not be a quitter. Fix problems when you can and life is easier (not easy). Life is actually quite easy when we know what the problem is because we know what needs to be fixed. I like when strength is the problem since work (FxD) is the solution.
Life should not be easy. I have wished for the easy life and believe we all have. I want to see an obstacle and learn how to conquer it. Analysis is helpful. Training make actions automatic. Weightlifting and powerlifting make us capable in more situations than most other sports if not all. It require us to think on a very fine scale. I once slipped on the ice going completely parallel to the driveway. My ability to think quickly allowed me to put my grocery bags under my hip before the impact. That impact would have been very painful. Weightlifting save my ass more than once.
Be driven, competitive, and passionate. Be driven to YOUR goals. Set a plan in motion. Only be competitive with yourself. Competing with yourself allows success more times than not. Competing with others will disappoint you sooner than later. Live YOUR LIFE. Passion is threaded throughout drive and competition. It produces commitment, motivation, and work ethic. Live the life. Talk about it with people. If they do not understand you probably cannot explain it. Keep working and prove, to yourself, that it can be done. Who cares what others say? It is your life. Live it! Do not talk about it until you have something to share that helps others.
I am in the Washington, DC area and I help someone get stronger every day! All strength is functional. It depends on needs.
So, the question stands; Why do you do what you do?
Get stronger!