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UtterFailureAnd5'5
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January. Everyone buys a gym membership because it's discounted, because of New Year New Me, and because "this time it will be different". And every year it ends the exact same way, for every single one of them. Everyone is motivated to train, but instead of training they're busy posting their funny little Instagram stories and snaps.
February. Most are already gone, the other few remain. Push through. Until mid February. The gym is now empty. Everyone got bored, demotivated from lack of progress, or "don't have time" while having a screentime of 5 hours a day.
March. Noone goes, only the few who train for years.
April & May, everyone gets reminded of their dream bodies. They now go treadmill running for 10 lame minutes to burn 100kcal, only to drink an energy drink with 101kcal. Everything they burn, they drank back.
June, pissed that other guys look better than them. "Oh if I wanted to I would look just like him" well you don't and stop coping.
July & August same as June. Skinny guys trying to show of their abs while malnourished. Or fatties swimming with T-Shirts on. "Next year will be different, yet he won't start now... and waits until January.
September, they return from Summer vacations disappointed, and remember they pay a monthly subscription for a gym they haven't been to since February. Now they start going for 2 weeks due to a motivation spike.
October, halloween parties, candy and alcohol. Why train when others are out clubbing?
November, "winter arc". Unlocking superpowers through NoFap (fail at that too after day 5 since motivation drops). Maybe go gym again.
December, Christmas Dinner, extra calories. No point in the gym at this time of the month. Next month
And it cycles.
Most people start going to the gym 3 times in a year, complain about lack of progress after going for 4 weeks, quit, wait 3 months, go again and repeat. You will NEVER change if you don't push through. Growth happens when you go even if you don't want to. Your excuses don't matter, what matters is how you look. "I don't have time" "I don't know what to do" do not excuse you for your inability to act and push through. Your body is the only thing that shows, how strong your willpower is. A physique cannot be bought, faked, inherited, or received. It's built by your sheer willpower. Even without weights you have ways to build muscle and lose weight. It's not about starving yourself to lose weight or overeating to gain it, but about balance. Control.
Motivation doesn't give you that, motivation gives you a slight push and chaos. You have to count every single calorie you eat, every rep you do with every weight you lift and every step you take. It's tedious, it's annoying. But at some point it will turn into routine. You won't even think about it. It will be automatic.
Don't wait. Start now. Get your towel a bottle, and go lift. Go walk. Go jog. Move yourself. Don't wait until January. The sooner you start the sooner you'll see change.
February. Most are already gone, the other few remain. Push through. Until mid February. The gym is now empty. Everyone got bored, demotivated from lack of progress, or "don't have time" while having a screentime of 5 hours a day.
March. Noone goes, only the few who train for years.
April & May, everyone gets reminded of their dream bodies. They now go treadmill running for 10 lame minutes to burn 100kcal, only to drink an energy drink with 101kcal. Everything they burn, they drank back.
June, pissed that other guys look better than them. "Oh if I wanted to I would look just like him" well you don't and stop coping.
July & August same as June. Skinny guys trying to show of their abs while malnourished. Or fatties swimming with T-Shirts on. "Next year will be different, yet he won't start now... and waits until January.
September, they return from Summer vacations disappointed, and remember they pay a monthly subscription for a gym they haven't been to since February. Now they start going for 2 weeks due to a motivation spike.
October, halloween parties, candy and alcohol. Why train when others are out clubbing?
November, "winter arc". Unlocking superpowers through NoFap (fail at that too after day 5 since motivation drops). Maybe go gym again.
December, Christmas Dinner, extra calories. No point in the gym at this time of the month. Next month
And it cycles.
Most people start going to the gym 3 times in a year, complain about lack of progress after going for 4 weeks, quit, wait 3 months, go again and repeat. You will NEVER change if you don't push through. Growth happens when you go even if you don't want to. Your excuses don't matter, what matters is how you look. "I don't have time" "I don't know what to do" do not excuse you for your inability to act and push through. Your body is the only thing that shows, how strong your willpower is. A physique cannot be bought, faked, inherited, or received. It's built by your sheer willpower. Even without weights you have ways to build muscle and lose weight. It's not about starving yourself to lose weight or overeating to gain it, but about balance. Control.
Motivation doesn't give you that, motivation gives you a slight push and chaos. You have to count every single calorie you eat, every rep you do with every weight you lift and every step you take. It's tedious, it's annoying. But at some point it will turn into routine. You won't even think about it. It will be automatic.
Don't wait. Start now. Get your towel a bottle, and go lift. Go walk. Go jog. Move yourself. Don't wait until January. The sooner you start the sooner you'll see change.
if i wasnt coping i'd already be dead
