Protect the asset. (yes, that's you.)

Protect the asset. 

For many of us, trying to be the best dad, mom, employee, business owner, etc. that we can be, we often find that we don't have enough time to do things for ourselves. We are so focused on being the best at whatever it is we are doing that we feel there is not enough time to do things for us like sleep, exercise, eat right, etc. It often feels like these things are an indulgence and that we are being selfish if we set aside an hour a day to work out, or time to go to bed early or take time to prepare food for the week.

Even more ironic, is that those who are trying the hardest to be the best parent, employee, business owner etc. are even more likely to neglect working out, sleeping, eating right, relaxing, doing things for themselves. 

Here's the catch. 

In order to be the best mom, dad, employee, or business owner you can be, you have to be operating at your best.

 The biggest asset you bring to the world is you. 

You operating at 100%.

 You operating at 100% is the best gift you can give to the world, to your family and to your job.

 An investment of time in taking care of yourself is worth more to those around you than a 50% you overworking yourself and ignoring things that make you feel good and happy.

Moms are particularly susceptible to this as they tend to put everyone else, ie: children, husband, house, etc. before themselves. 

Don't fall into this trap. 

Think of it this way,. When you listen to the safety information on an airplane, they instruct you to put your mask on first before helping others. 

Only when you have your mask on can you help others. 

You won't be any help to the others if you are dead. ;-)

"Helping ordinary people accomplish extraordinary things."

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"I get bored easily."

"I get bored easily."

Can't tell you how many times people have told me that in our initial meeting. "I get bored easily. My other trainer used to change it up a lot."

I get it. But it doesn't apply to what we do. 

Let me explain. 

Do you think an Olympic gymnast gets tired of practicing back handsprings? Of course she does.  Does that mean she should do something different every time she shows up for practice? Just so she doesn't get bored? Does she tell her coach she wants to swim or do throw some baseballs to "change it up?" 

Getting stronger and building muscle is not supposed to be fun. Don't believe all the Zumba people out there. 

Dancing is fun (well, not for me but for some people). Playing sports is fun. Going to sporting events is fun. Skiing is fun. Partying is fun. 

Kids are fun. (sometimes) 

You get the idea.

Lifting weights is not fun. It's hard. 

And it can be boring. 

And you have to do the same lifts a lot if you want to get good at them. 

But you know what is fun? Getting results. Being strong as hell. Looking fantastic. Feeling hard as a rock. 

No one has ever said my workouts are fun. Not ever. 

But very few complain about being bored once they see the results.
Here's another thing.. If your trainer has you do squats with 20 lbs once a week every week for a year that is boring. And dumb. I would be bored too. It's boring because you are not making progress.
But how about this? You show up on your first day and you can only do 12 squats with 20 lbs.
We squat every week, but every week you get a little stronger and a little better. Your legs feel tighter. You butt is getting better.
After 6 months, you are squatting with 135 lbs. Your legs and butt look fantastic. Your back never hurts because it is strong as hell.  You can lift just about anything you would ever need to. You feel invincible.
Do you think you'd be bored that we were doing squats again?
I don't think so.

There is an expression in marketing that says when you are getting bored with your marketing is just when it's starting to work. 

It's similar with working out. 

Do you know how many different leg exercises I know how to do? About 250. 

Do you know how many I do each week for the past 15 years? About 6. 

There are exercises that provide a big "bang for your buck" and a lot of results. Those are the ones we focus on. Does that mean all the others are "bad"? No, not at all. 

But when they distract you from doing the best exercises, they are bad. 

Don't get discouraged if you get a little bored. That usually means it's getting hard and that is where the magic happens. 

I see a lot of people "changing it up" and what isn't changing are their physiques. 

Don't get sucked into changing it up all the time. Stick with what works and get really good at those exercises and get really, really strong  on them. Skip the nonsense and the "invented" exercises.