Making the best of a bad situation!
This year, some things have happened that would previously have massively impacted me.
Two cancelled photoshoots after prepping for them, the gyms having been closed for about 6-7 months of this year, being locked down for a second time with limited access to the outside world.
All of these things had built up to take their toll on me physically, and mentally…I was pretty drained to be honest.
Now, I am not very good at resting! I am more and more aware of its benefits, but I just don’t like staying still for too long or missing my training sessions, they’re a huge part of my life and my daily routine.
A few years ago, I would probably have just continued training, believing I could somehow do the equivalent of ‘running it off’ from my old football days (read the first blog to find out what that did for me)!!!!
And, I would likely have found that it took forever to recover and hinder my progress in the meantime.
So, now much more educated and aware of why that rest and recovery is so important to progress, especially for an injury, I knew I was in for a few days off…
I was a little frustrated knowing that progress had been really good all year, despite the challenges of working out from home for long spells of time, and just wanting to push and push, but I soon realised that time away from training was going to give me more time to be productive in other areas!
I had a great opportunity to really knuckle down on a few things that I wanted to pour myself into:
- Getting ahead with content creation for social media and my upcoming revamped and truly amazing website (which you are all now using!). This has been awesome as it frees up those time slots for the following week to be filled with something else or to get even further ahead.
- Dedicating even more time to learning and expanding my knowledge! I have been doing so much more reading and listening in 2020 than ever before and just keep soaking up the information!
- Creating a Fat Loss Masterclass to provide all of the tools you need to maximise your Fat Loss Progress now & sustain it! Just click the link to find out more!
What that time off also does is focuses my mind on getting back to training and builds that excitement and enthusiasm again. Sometimes we go through lulls in energy and motivation to train and taking a break and rediscovering that love for it can be absolutely amazing for progress!
Something I have learned is that there is always opportunity in adversity!
