𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝘆𝗺 𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝘆? 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆 & 𝗯𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗸𝗶𝗱𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲? Yes, you want to improve your fitness and continue to gain some strength but 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲. 𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗣 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗱𝗼! ⁣
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Competitive athletes know that they are sacrificing some health in pursuit of winning at their sport. For them to be successful athletes they need to let go of that focus on Health in order to beat the competition. They have to have that laser focus and competitive drive. ⁣
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Pushing the envelope can be fun. Testing your limits might be valuable but 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗹 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵. ⁣
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𝗜𝗙 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 “𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱” 𝗼𝗿 “𝗶𝗻𝗷𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱” 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲. If you’re training for health and feeling pain while doing something or experiencing pain on a regular basis take a step back and figure it out. There is no need to continue to “push thru” anything!⁣
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𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝗾𝘂𝗮𝘁, 𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲, 𝗱𝗼 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗴 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗹𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀, 𝗽𝘂𝘀𝗵, 𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗹, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗿𝘆. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹, 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲. ⁣
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What you do not need is massive amounts of volume. Super heavy days over and over or even super high rep gymnastics. Enjoy these things but excessive amounts of any of them is not necessary for health! ⁣
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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻. 𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲, 𝗶𝘀 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁….𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵!⁣
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Why do you train or go to the gym? ⁣