In the end, the pain of discipline always outweighs the pain of regret!
A free translation of one of the key sayings of my fitness journey, but also the one that builds character. Mateusz M shared a great thought on his Facebook profile today: ‘Commitment means staying loyal to what you said you were going to do long after the mood in which you said it has left you.’ Starting to train/run/eat healthier is something we all see as a convenient decision on paper, but unfortunately, it often happens that when it comes time to take concrete steps in these matters, our enthusiasm suddenly wanes. It maybe holds us for a week or two or four (New Year’s resolution syndrome), and then we give up because we realize it won’t be as easy as we thought. The human brain doesn’t want to do more than it has to, and sometimes even that is problematic. That’s why our discipline, willpower, determination, commitment, and patience will lead us to what we want, despite our brain. But we need to start, we need to believe in ourselves, we need to be persistent, we need to get up every time we fall, and we need to continue long after everyone else has stopped and predicted that you too will stop. In the end, as we’ve already mentioned, the temporary pain of discipline, in the context of doing what you know you have to do, is far and always smaller than the long-term pain of regret, whether it’s writing an article like this one, approaching a girl, or doing a workout at midnight after four hours of sleep, a morning (7-15h) shift, and seven hours spent in Rijeka in scorching sun and immense crowd. However, I started training yesterday (Monday), so I successfully kicked off the final part of the second phase of my new program. And now, it’s time for a well-deserved rest. Good night, everyone.
Original release date: August 20, 2018.