MONDAY.

How on earth do YOU stay motivated? 

I find myself dragging my feet, got no energy, focus is on so many other things I don't have the drive to give my all to train hard.

I just got back from my training session. 

I am on week 2 of 4 in my current routine for my 4-12-1 program.

There is not one piece of me right now that want to commit to more. I must motivate myself to just GO, DO IT.

I know what it takes to stay strong and get stronger. I want to be strong, I don't want to slow down or let my fitness standards drop. 

Why? It's about building my character. 

The discipline required to keep showing up day in day out makes me self reliant and gives me power.

I know I will not listen to the voice in my mind saying ah just start over, come back later, wait to after summer, it's ok to take some months off....

Oh, there is nobody pressuring me to commit, this is all on me.

If I want to quit, I can, there is no guilt haunting me at all.

I just expect myself to be more than average, to prove it to myself. 

The whole point is exactly that: to challenge myself, to build my mindpower.

I want to be the master of my mind. So then you bet I gotta keep on pushing, not drift away!

The lack of motivation that comes and goes in life is like a real tough training session, what is harder to do than put myself through the grueling routines that build my strength & determination?

And I choose this. Then I wonder how come nobody else is demotivated? Everyone tells me they're training well, eating healthy, staying on the program....

But is that really true? I wonder!

I know for myself that this is not a forever automatic willingness of good compliance routine.

I gotta watch myself. 

I gotta psyche myself up.

I have tons of valid excuses to say it's ok Pauline, just take a vacation from my commitment, even if there is absolutely zero need for time off.

Because...if I DO, I know it'll take a whole more more to get back to it.

I know the allure of slowing down and dropping the bar of my fitness ambitions, but hey, I am no where near there yet.

Why not? I got standards and relying on motivation is unreliable.

This is why I choose to keep chiseling my mind, not giving me slack.

To me the real test is when things are not perfect, or life is being life more than I feel is comfortable...So who am I and what am I about when the moments of my own personal judgment of my nature shows up?

Stay on the path, Superstars. You bet I am.

Today's 4-12-1 Workout I did was this one 

https://paulinenordin.uscreen.io/programs/4-12-1-muscle-fire?cid=4820620&permalink=superset-banded-squats-gorilla-band-walk

Happy Sunday to you all, superstars!

Eat, train, sleep, repeat?….

There’s so much more in my daily life than just fitness training..

Do you spend time on self reflection or writing down things that matter to you?

In my coaching life I only come to the real good stuff with you that make us grow and evolve, the essential joy of daily life and what we choose to include or exclude.

To simplify all things body, diet, training takes commitment to being present, keep going not restarting.

Building up the daily routine one day at a time.

Give yourself time to reflect on your life and what you want.

What gives you satisfaction? To me it’s building my character, mastering my mind and body.

That gives me sense of purpose and fulfillment.

What about you?

In July I’m hosting my open strength training client form checks week on WhatsApp:

All you my clients enrolled in my membership can send me a video for form check.

I’ll voice back my coaching feedback.

The moves you can pick from are any of the exercises I’ve demonstrated this spring in my playlist “strength training with Pauline”.

I look forward to doing this with you!

You can submit your form check between July 7-14!

I’ll coach them one by one as you submit!

Pick your lift and dm it for my viewing!

Here’s the link to many of my strength training tutorials:

https://paulinenordin.uscreen.io/categories/strength-training-with-pauline