Finding your why in the gym and in life!!!!

Finding YOUR why, thats the million dollar question that one must answer to truly have purpose and intent with the things your trying to achieve. Without it progress will be subpar and focus can often lack.

When I first started bodybuilding nearly a decade ago I asked myself a simple question, why is getting big and strong important to me. The answer that I came up with was this. I wanted to look in the mirror and be proud of what was looking back. To feel confident and proud of what I was building and the progress that I was making.

Now this extends beyond the gym walls. This should seep into every aspect of your life and be the foundation that your life is built. One thing I like to do daily is write out each morning what I am trying to achieve that day so that I have a clear path for the next 24 hours. What are things I am trying to achieve today, what aspects of my life am I trying to improve. That was I have a clear vision as to what I am working towards on a certain day.

Too often we rely on external factors to influence our day to day actions. We rely on a doctor telling us we need to improve our health to get us to change, or attempt to change becasue again we dont have a clear why. We rely on a family member asking us if we have gained weight to get us to start exercising and eating better, and chances are you will fall off and be back to square one, becase again we don’t have a set WHY!!!!!

So one thing I encourage you to do is sit down and think about WHY are you starting? Why is this goal important to you? Why are you going to stick to this goal? And be as specific and personal as possible. Becasue once you do that you will be able to transform, not only your physique, but ultimatly your life!!! Time to go BEYOND JUST BODYBUILDING!!!!!