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The real path to success
By Brian Foley from Activate Fitness
This is what the path to success looks like; you’re going to make progress, then you’re going to backtrack almost to zero again, then you’ll make a bit more progress, and then you’ll backtrack almost to the point you were last time.
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Progress, backtrack; progress; backtrack. Gain weight, lose weight. Get 20 unbroken pull-ups, fall to six again.
But here’s the reason to keep going: Every time you loop back, you won’t go quite as far backward as before. The loops get smaller.
And you’ll also start to notice that you’re not backtracking quite as often as before. Someday you’ll look up and think, “Wow, I’ve gone a whole year without gaining any major weight”, and when you have little bumps, thinking this way will help you keep your perspective.
A friend of mine often quotes the term “high class problems”, and I love the phrase because it reminds me that while problems will never go away, they get smaller in magnitude and less frequent over time. Deadlift dropped from 120 to 90? Shame. At least you can still pick almost a hundred kilos off the floor!
Many people get stuck in that first loop of fitness forever: try something, make progress, fall off. Sometimes their programmes, diets or tricks are unsustainable, sometimes they’re boring and sometimes they just don’t work.
But usually, after six weeks, the exerciser is a bit further along. And even if he or she falls off, the fall won’t be all the way back.
Maybe after too much eating, drinking, and resting you’ve fallen backward, but you can still show up. You haven’t lost your touch. And when you fall back again, you’ll be even further ahead. You’re building a margin for lapses.
If for no other reason, go to the gym today because today’s problems are slightly less horrible than last year’s problems. I’ve been there.
Members of the Killarney Soroptimist Society visited the Rockmount Care Centre on Wednesday, to present a cheque for €3000 to Nurse Manager Mary Hussey.
The significant sum was raised during the society’s successful annual pancake morning held on Shrove Tuesday at the Killarney Avenue Hotel.
Rockmount Care Centre provides essential support as a dedicated day care facility for individuals living with Dementia and Alzheimer’s, serving many clients and families from the Killarney area.
These funds arrive at a vital time, as they are earmarked for the centre’s new sensory garden project, which is currently in the design phase.
Pictured at the presentation are Soroptimists members handing over the proceeds to Mary Hussey. The society extended their thanks to the Killarney Avenue Hotel and all those who supported the fundraiser to help make this donation possible.
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