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 You’ve worked hard, you’ve eaten right (so you think), but the results just aren’t there. You feel like you did your best and now you are disappointed. What do you do? How about using that disappointment to motivate yourself? Using disappointment for motivation The smart person will use the disappointment in their favor by gaining motivation from it. It isn’t that hard to do. When you are disappointed you just need to be completely honest with yourself. Most likely you cheated on your nutrition in places. Acknowledge that so that you will be able to move forward with a clear conscience. Give an honest assessment of how you’ve handled your entire nutritional and exercise program. Use the things you learned from the disappointment to start motivating yourself to do better. Remember what it feels like to be disappointed in yourself. Have it ingrained into your memory. By doing so you will never want to experience that feeling of disappointment again. You will change your behaviors and start being more consistent. You will do the right things the majority of the time and this will bring about better results. It is a purely psychological form of motivation, but it is effective. Don’t be fooled by your own past actions. It is definitely possible to overcome bad results that cause you disappointment. You will simply need the discipline to meet the demands you are putting on yourself. As soon as you understand that you can do the things required to get in shape the sooner you will get into better shape. Why put off to tomorrow what you can do today? |
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 Mike’s Workout Log: 
Matty’s Workout Log: Do you want to really attack your biceps? Do a one repetition chin up. It involves a 30 second pull to the top followed by a 30 second descent. Yes, I said 30 seconds! The burn was incredible. My arms were shaking as I went on to the biceps curl exercise! Today was not Matty’s best day at the gym. He had a pretty horrible attitude and will do his best the next time. I am holding him accountable for a better workout next time. As for me, my arms were fried by the end of today’s arm-focused workout. |
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 Disappointment is a seriously bad feeling and one that you should remember going forward. |
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Until tomorrow…GET BACK TO LIFTING! |
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