The Journey is better

Look at you… Seriously you are killing it. The amount of athletes at the gym that are getting PR’s on the regular is so impressive. It just keeps happening. We are filling up the board faster and faster each month. Just so you know that isn’t normal. That is obviously the goal. But when you are putting in as much time and effort on a consistent basis as you are you will end up getting PR’s.

Some of you have gotten 25# PR’s on your bench or 10# PR’s on your Clean and Jerk. Quite a few of you get a PR at least once a month. But even if you haven't been getting them as often as some people, they will come. That consistency piece is huge. Showing up time and time again is where it's at. It is where the improvements occur. It is where the tracks are laid out. Then things can “fall” into place.

Push for the journey and not the destination. The journey is really what it’s all about. It’s like when you have a good book, like a really good book in your hands and you are getting closer to the end, you almost don’t want it to end. The destination is nice. But isn't everything. Sure, it is nice to get pullups, but if we are only enjoying the accumulation of skills you might miss the fun you could have had in the journey. It can send us on a path of never being fully satisfied when we arrive or disappointed if we don’t accomplish what we had hoped.

Another example, doing 2 weeks of research on a new car, picking paint colors and wheel sizes, all the details. Once we take delivery of the car it feels great. The next day it does again too. A month goes by, a year, a decade and that car that we once loved doesn't give us the same feeling as it originally did. 

SO keep enjoying the pursuit of PR’s not just acquiring them. That pursuit is wonderful and worth it. Keep going. Keep ringing the bell. Keep showing up and enjoying the pursuit. The PR’s will keep (or start) rolling in. 

Keep building,

James Cooper