Catch yourself off guard...

This is what I want you to do. Walk in the gym/living room/basement/workout area with zero expectations, and set an unrealistic goal for yourself.

Maybe that looks like running 20 minutes straight on the treadmill or 30 muscle ups unbroken. There's a wide horizon of choices and challenges one can select for themselves. Remember, the goal is to set something you personally think is borderline impossible and outrageous.

Now why on God's green earth would I suggest something like that? Isn't that just asking to get hurt?

I didn't ask you to do something stupid and downright physically impossible! let's have some common sense here and rule out the idea of squatting 6x your bodyweight. For those nitty gritty folks, choose something 1-2 times outside your comfort zone. If you usually do 5 squats @ 150lbs set a goal of 10.

The mission i'm trying to get you to accomplish is the act of taking yourself off guard. Proving to yourself that without expectation and inward pressure that you can easily reach the goals you think are out of your reach.

Expectations and standards ruin people's perception of what is possible. Mostly stemming from the unrealistic representation of social media, our personal goals and expectations are too often shaped by the indirect input of people we know nothing about, have little to nothing in common with, and just quite simply aren't you.

So do you and kick ass, because I know you can. And you should know it as well.

Get off the couch, chair, bed, or whatever and or wherever you are and do something you think is outside of your control. Do those 10 reps, run those 20 minutes, and most importantly, catch yourself off guard.

You are your only competition, and you're a hellava lot better then you think you are!

Go get em tiger!

"Progression is built through consistency and tested by passion"

JB