Part of my workout last week was to perform as many consecutive pull-ups as possible. This can take as long as you want but you cannot come off of the bar. Pull ups are my archenemy so I approached this task with great dread. I decided that 10 would be a respectable number. When I reached 10 I was tempted to stop. That was my goal right? I did 15 before my muscles failed and I dropped from the bar.This week I had to perform as many consecutive push ups as I could. I decided 30 was well beyond my ability but I wanted to try. I did 42 before I failed.
Why was I consistently selling myself short? Time and again I set a goal that was below my abilities. If my goal had been 15 pull ups would I have done 20? If my goal were 42 push ups would I have done 50? How do we set realistic goals that still force us to strive for more?
This week I will silence my over-protective ego and dare to fail.
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Today’s Workout: Max Clean
Today’s Confession: Chocolate Candy Bar (Ugh!)
Today’s Confession: Chocolate Candy Bar (Ugh!)
My best goal setting is to have my trainer pushing me and you definitely do that. Now, I just need to get my butt there so that you can push it. Definitely fallen away from my basic goals so now it's almost fall and gotta get back to it. Thanks for this, I'll definitley spend time "digesting" all this good info.
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