Are You Present?

Are you present during your workouts?

Does your mind turn up as well as your body?

Nope, I'm not losing it, stay with me on this one....

So I've not had a training partner in months now.  Its kinda lonely, and have definitely missed it.  However the one thing that occurred to me today is I felt more "present" during my workout.  What I mean by that is mentally I was focused on each set, during each rep.  Tuning my mind into each contraction...

where am I feeling it?
how fatigued is the muscle?
am I maintaining form?

I hold my hands up and say rarely do I train with such consciousness and focus.  I take my workout sheet into the gym- thank you team bombshell, have a scan of the exercises, sets and reps and get going. 

Generally my mind is focused on just making it through and any mental pain avoidance/distraction techniques I can come up with, and I got loads of them :-)

Today I switched on, stayed focused, and really felt each contraction.  Judging by my wobbly legs and the hoarseness in my throat from the pain grunts (sexy!), I definitely worked extremely hard.

Rattling on about working hard and making the most of your workout is one thing.  But once the workout is designed, your up off your butt and in the gym, staying mentally tuned in and making the most out of EVERY SINGLE REP, is quite another.

Pleased as punch with my hard work - gold star me.

Love

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