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Why you should give yourself a chance when you're having a bad day.

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I've had a rough last week.


While I've been able to complete all of my training sessions, I've been mentally drained and disconnected. Every workout has been an uphill battle.


Unfortunately, I'm not immune to the stresses of daily life.


This feeling isn't uncommon. Throughout my years as an athlete, it's totally normal for me to have "low" periods of training where my mental/physical energy and willpower aren't reliable.


This feeling is different from burnout or training - I'd call it more of a funk or fog.


When I'm in this period, my mind becomes my worst enemy.


It tries to convince me to delay my workout or even quit.


Sometimes, my mind wins.


But, most of the time, it loses.


It loses because I've learned that my mind likes to lie to me. I know that it lies because 9/10 times when I decide to give myself a shot, I end up having a strong day.


The result is that I feel ten times better coming out of the workout than when I came in.


Somedays you have to hang in there and trudge your way through the mud before it gets better.


And it almost always gets better.


A lot of it is actually thinking less.


I've found that the more time you spend contemplating and ruminating about how you don't want to do something or how you can't do something, the easier it is to give yourself an out.


And do you know what happens next?


You spend the rest of the day feeling like crap.


So, if I've learned anything this week, it's that you've got to give yourself a chance. You've got to hang in there.


An honest attempt to see it through is better than nothing at all.


You might find something you didn't think you had, and that's the kind of day that you can look back at and be proud of.


Not only because you hit your physical goal but because you won the often elusive mental battle.

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