So… two days after knackering my knee at football, I had two options:
1) Feel sorry for myself
2) Focus on what I CAN do
And you know me… option 2 every time (even if I did shuffle upstairs on my bum like a wounded crab).
Here’s the thing though — this is EXACTLY what the 28-Day Kickstart is all about.
Not perfection.
Just doing what you can, where you are, with the body you have today.
And if you’ve not seen the video yet, here it is — me adapting and getting – workout done:
Here it is https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1HBxZ4BvSu/?mibextid=wwXIfr
I hope this give you some ideas and inspiration whether you have a niggle, injury, or lacking in motivation today…
Most people wait for the “perfect time” …
When knees don’t hurt
When life calms down
When motivation magically appears
But as I found out this week, you can go from running around a pitch to barely hobbling in 10 seconds.
So the key is simple:
Focus on what you
CAN
do
Not what you can’t.
Not what isn’t perfect.
Not what went wrong.
Not what you were able to do when you were younger …before kids … when you didn’t have the job you have etc..
Inside the 28 Day Kickstart, every session has options.
Options if your knee is dodgy.
If your back is tight.
If you’re nervous.
If you’re brand new.
If you haven’t exercised for years.
There is always a version you can do — and that’s how confidence builds… one “I can do that!” at a time.
When you surprise yourself once…
You do it again.
And again.
That’s how so many who join us end up saying things like:
“I never thought I’d do that.”
“I can’t believe how much stronger I feel.”
“I actually LOOK FORWARD to sessions now.”
Not because everything was perfect.
But because they turned up and did what they could.
Like Angela said
Life won’t get quieter.
Bodies won’t magically feel younger.
And motivation doesn’t appear out of thin air (sadly).
But what does work?
Starting small.
Starting simple.
Starting with support.
Starting with what you CAN do.
Like we do in the 28-Day Kickstart (message with “kickstart” for more info.
As they say, “it’s not the speed that counts, but the direction for travelling in (even if you’re waddling)”
Matt “Waddler” Fruci