How Non-Progression Can Be Progress?

How Non-Progression Can Be Progress?

How often would you hear your 'gym buff' friend say, 'I KEEP WORKING OUT, BUT I'M NOT SEEING PROGRESS'.  While others would seem to gripe like "I'VE BEEN GRINDING FOR DONKEY YEARS BUT NOTHING HAS CHANGED".  How Non-Progression Can Be Progress?  There is NO simple answer for this conundrum but the fact is, PROGRESSION is NEVER linear, NOT to anyone anytime📗📙📘

And there's a long list of reasons why sometimes, we seem to have stalled, with NO visible progression at all.  WHAT befuddles us sometimes is WHEN we start comparing our own situation with others.  You'll question WHY you and your buddy enrolled in the gym classes at the same time, with the same schedules, same frequency and here's your buddy now, showing off the results as to HOW fit he is💥💥💥

BUT hold on, before we end up in a fierce discourse, can we agree that different people have different progressions.  There is NO common timeline shareable across your coterie of friends, your colleagues or even within your family.  And even for those who seem to have stalled with NO progress at all, it will be grossly unfair to make a premature judgment call that someone has failed because he has NOT progressed.  Unknown to everyone else, maybe the person him/herself has a much bigger challenge at hand, a gargantuan issue that will take much more time and efforts for him to exert.  WHEREAS it could be a breeze for another colleague, even if they are in the same program💦💦💦

Trainings are classic stories because it is never easy and there could be tons of reasons WHY people quit the iron game.  Allow me to even say that if the training was easy [IF AT ALL], then everyone would be big, strong, ripped, name it.  BUT it's NOT and it will NOT be because it will be either hard or damn hard.  And I WOULDN'T have it any other way.  Any results you achieve, you have to earn that all by yourself.  NO one can do the work for you, and that's WHAT I have fully embraced as well.  Many times, I would hear that the average life span of a competitor in strenuous programs is about three years BUT again, strength sports may NOT be for everyone, in the first place😌😌😌

Our takeaway:  Regardless if we are talking about life goal plans or trainings, allow me to cull from the tips from experts:

• Stick to that program, even if you are stalled.
• If you can't stick to a schedule, do what's doable
• Taking breaks too long may further stall you.
• Where possible, avoid/minimize distractions

At the end of the day, even NON-PROGRESSION can be PROGRESS in itself ❗❗❗