4 Things You Can Learn From Fitness Competitors

Do you ever take a look at fitness competitors, and wonder how they did it?  I don't mean in terms of what additional “agents” some of them may have decided to take. ((They made the decision to do them for their own personal reasons or career aspirations. Plus, what a lot of people fail to realize is that even while using growth hormones, steroids, etc. those individuals still have to train and eat properly to attain the physiques you see on your social media feeds.))

I am referring to how they achieved the necessary mentality to go from one level of fitness to the next.  The focus it requires for new moms to take their post-pregnancy body to a work of sculpted art several months later. Or what takes the desk jockey, who has been overweight since he was a kid, to an incredible physique a year later. To me, it is impressive, and there is a certain amount of respect due to those who have committed to the process and saw it all the way through to the end. 

Here are 4 things I want you to take from the mindset of a fitness competitor:

1. When their body doesn't make the changes they want to see, they don't quit...they make adjustments
2. They trust the process, and acknowledge that it will take time
3. There is a plan in place with small goals to reach along the way
4. Most are training a year in advance for the look they want to have a year later.

I am not trying to convince you to step on stage, but I do want you to take note of the mentality of the people you look at for your inspiration. It’s definitely not the pretty bottles they are promoting or the weird little waist contraption you see some of them wearing in their pictures. It’s their commitment to the lifestyle and dedication to reaching their desired goal.

Let me ask you something...have you ever experienced the feeling of wanting something so bad that quitting is not an option? Can you imagine where you would be in your fitness journey today if you utilized these 4 tenets this time last year?

T.H.E.