“Just keep moving…”
Shared by Breanne Smedley
I have a hard time with long workouts that require endurance.
If I could pick a workout to do over and over, it would be something involving reps of 3-6.
Heavy Deadlifts
Pull-Ups
Kettlebell Swings
Maybe throw in some rowing.
As long as it’s broken up into small reps that I can sprint through, I like it!
Those hardly ever happen though, so I’ve had to find another way to get through the workouts that I look at and want to quit before I even start.
Like the workout the other day that required 5 rounds of burpees for 2 minutes.
Or when a 30 minute AMRAP (As Many Rounds As Possible) crosses the board.
It’s on those days, in those workouts, I repeat the same mantra in my head over and over.
Just keep moving.
Sometimes, that movement is small.
Like…really small.
Like, you’d have to look super close to notice that I am actually moving any muscles at all as I attempt to plop to the ground for what seems like the umteenth burpee.
It’s still movement, though.
And the stamina that I am trying to develop in these workouts is the same stamina that I transfer to other areas of my life.
Yesterday, I blocked off two hours to complete some “deep work.”
Mostly finish up some content for our ConfidenceFactor™ Challenge, which takes a lot of sustained focus.
About thirty minutes in, like sometimes happens, I got stuck.
The words weren’t coming out.
Ideas weren’t connecting.
My mouse habitually opened a new tab and I was about to open Facebook.
“Just keep moving…” I reminded myself.
My hand reached for my phone in my bag, looking for a notification to distract me.
“Just keep moving…” Put the phone away.
Just like long workouts, my ability to sustain focus requires stamina through forwarding motion.
It doesn’t matter how small.
Another sentence. One more page read.
It all adds up, and there’s no telling how far we can get.
If we just keep moving.
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#DaringlyResilient
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