Everybody misses a training session now and again and it’s ok. You start your new fitness regime and everything goes great for a couple of weeks and you miss one day. So you feel slightly disappointed in yourself but then you miss another and another and before you can find yourself you’ve gone without training for the same amount of time that you did.

I am guilty of this and so is professional athletes and it is really ok. Give yourself that 80/20 space that allows you to miss 20% of your training days and successfully complete 80%. It is a very do-able ratio that allows for some error that you don’t need to feel bad about.

We all lose motivation from time to time and the key is to just press on. Exercise is supposed to be fun and enjoyable but there is going to be times when it doesn’t feel good, it burns or pains or you just don’t feel like doing it. If exercise were supposed to be fun and games, we’d all be fit and lean.

When you find yourself going into that downward phase, which happens to world class athletes as well, it’s generally time for something new or different. Perhaps a couple of planned out sessions with a trainer, find a buddy to pull you through or just do something crazy like skydiving to get the adrenaline pumping.

Dont give up whatever you do and just because you miss a couple of days in the gym doesn’t mean to stop altogether. Prepare for it and put it behind you when it does happen.

It’s happened to me time and time again but in the end it’s how we deal with these little bumps in the road that helps us reach our goals.

Keep pressing on and see yourself accomplishing your goal.

Happy Training!