Stop Obsessing, Start Enjoying: How to Be at Peace with Your Training

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I’m sure many will disagree, but end results and performance don’t mean everything.

I know this isn’t readily accepted so let me explain…

One day I was watching my friend train for her next powerlifting meet and on this day it was time for her to test her deadlift.

In her mind, she came into training determined to hit a certain number and wasn’t ok with anything less. But this particular day was just one of those days where she couldn’t put it together.

Her performance left her frustrated, angry, doubting herself, her training, and vowing to quit the sport she’s grown to love. All over a few pounds of weight and all the pressure she put on herself.

I think we can all say we’ve been there.

When you’re a competitive, driven person who has goals you want to see go down, you can’t help but to sometimes obsess over your expectations for the end result.

Now obsessing isn’t necessarily a bad thing. For people to truly become great at something, they have to be a little obsessive.

But too much obsession and self-pressure, especially over the wrong things, and you’ll drive yourself nuts when life doesn’t pan out the way you wanted.

So maybe this is just my belief, but the end result isn’t the most important thing. Because really we never truly reach an “end state”. We tend to always be in search of more and better in our search for mastery and greatness.

But this constant obsession over the endpoint blinds you from appreciating the process, the journey that leads you towards your goal.

The process is what you can control, not the end result. And it’s from the process how you learn, grow and in the long run get the most enjoyment. Because even if you don’t “win”, your journey will be what you’ll be most proud of.

But this only works if you allow yourself to let go a bit. 

Which brings me to this week’s chat on the show.

This week on Barbell Shrugged we discuss how to chill out and stop overly-obsessing over your training results.

You’ll learn how to truly be at peace with your training progress and have a great time despite the setbacks and speed bumps you’re bound to face.

Enjoy

Alex

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