Jozifp103 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 05, 2020 12:11 pm Whenever I'm in a rut or feeling discouraged about my progress I find comfort in the fact that I AM IN FULL CONTROL. It sounds sort of anti-motivational like saying "it's all your fault"...but if you think about it what it's really saying is there's nothing else standing in your way. There's no force preventing you from achieving your goals. If you want to gain 20 lbs this year....DO IT! If you want to build up those lagging quads you've been neglecting all these years....DO IT! If you want to cut down to 5% bf and take 1st place in your first competition...DO IT! Don't feel helpless as if the situation is out of your hands.

Vision wrote: ↑Fri Jun 05, 2020 12:25 pm

Jozifp103 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 05, 2020 12:11 pm Whenever I'm in a rut or feeling discouraged about my progress I find comfort in the fact that I AM IN FULL CONTROL. It sounds sort of anti-motivational like saying "it's all your fault"...but if you think about it what it's really saying is there's nothing else standing in your way. There's no force preventing you from achieving your goals. If you want to gain 20 lbs this year....DO IT! If you want to build up those lagging quads you've been neglecting all these years....DO IT! If you want to cut down to 5% bf and take 1st place in your first competition...DO IT! Don't feel helpless as if the situation is out of your hands.

That is one of the best formulas to use and it's the truth because it speaks volumes.
the reality is life will be hard and things will come our way that are unexpected and unpredictable, but each and every single athlete and champion that we see went through there trials and tribulations and refused to give up.
I personally read stories of athletes that are not Hall of famers, however they made it to the big leagues weather the NFL or even other high-level sports, where these individuals were sleeping in cars, working multiple jobs but yet showing up everyday..
Of course some people got a lucky break but the reality is if they gave up they would have never came across that lucky break..

I personally know 2 top tier combative athletes, I won't say their names or what they do, but I will say this much I remember when one of them was just a heavy zitted face kid, that people made fun of but he showed up every day, and the other one trained at the same place with him and slept in a trailer behind the facility.. both of them are world champions holding multiple titles. There was no secret formula, there was no secret tricks, they simply did not give the fuck up even when life was striking them down. Both of them have had major life changing events happen even while they were climbing the ranks, and it was impressive that the blasted past those issues as well..
It's a mindset.. you have to program yourself..