No Excuses!

After working out the other night, I went to cool down with ten minutes of cardio. As soon as I began I realized my legs were not up for it at all after having just killed them the day before. "Yeah, I should probably just do five minutes since I'm still so sore from leg day," I found myself thinking...

"Hold on, what?" I thought, "Ten minutes is unmanageable? Surely not."

Let me tell you, those ten minutes were more than I WANTED to do, but they were well within my ability to complete.

No Excuses!

You've heard it before, of course, but probably most often in the context of you excusing yourself to another. The one you've got to worry about is yourself - you're the only one who is actually going to change your behavior when you realize you're making an excuse. Learn to recognize when you're making an excuse to yourself vs. when you are actually pushing yourself too hard or causing injury - usually you can push yourself a little harder!