Sore today, Strong tomorrow

A procrastinator is a person who delays or puts things off — like work, chores, or other actions — that should be done in a timely manner.

I was a procrastinator. No! I was a master procrastinator. I would have ambitious visions but as Thomas Edision said “A vision without execution is hallucination”.

One of the best way to avoid procrastination is not having a todo list at all. If you have to do something, do it now. And that is what I did.

I woke up one Sunday morning and went to the gym to buy me a big fat juicy gym membership. Going to the gym,getting sore and getting strong really taught me some good life lessons and I want to share them with you too.

You need to have a strong WHY?

Friedrich Nietzsche said “He who has a strong WHY can almost bear any HOW”. The reason I am on my 2nd year of pumping iron, the reason I wake at 5 am, the reason I do so much research on bodybuilding, the reason I keep note of how much weight I could lift today is because pumping iron is a substitute for my short height.

In the gloomiest day, the only thing that will keep you going is your WHY. Motivation is a bitch, it does not last long but if your WHY is strong enough, it will.

Persistence

You can sculpt a nice body in couple of months but to keep it like that or sculpt it even better you need to keep pumping those irons. I have some friends at the gym who would come to workout for some months and then stop coming again for a month or so and they complain that their body is not growing or they are gaining a lot of fat. Even after you have reached your desired body shape you need to keep pushing yourself to get better.

When things get hard in your life or business, it does not mean that you quit. When the going gets tough, only the tough gets going. And if you persist a little more maybe you will get what you asked for. The temptation to quit is greatest just before you are about to succeed.

You need a partner

I once made a mistake of working out with a partner who did not shared the same vision as mine. I like to keep my muscle under tension all the time while I workout but as he was taking longer breaks between sets it affected my workout.

When working out with a partner who wants to sculpt his body like a Greek god or shares the same vision, you can lift heavy , give inspirations when you are in the last rep and give support and inspiration at the same time when pushing for one more rep after the last rep.

Dont follow the same routine everyday

If I can do 100 push ups in just 2 sets then I know that my body is getting used to it.If my body gets used to it, it will stop growing and hit plateau. To avoid that I trick my body by adding weight plates in my shoulder.

Do something different once in a while to spice up your life.

Do your Homework

Before going to the gym, I look at workout videos and see if I am doing any workout wrong. It helps me maintain my posture and hit the right spot for maximum gain. There is a guy in my gym who deadlifts heavy weights with crooked back and squats without proper form. All this will end in an injury.

Same thing with starting a business or talking about things you do not have much idea about.

Networking

I use supplements like Whey protein or mass gainer to help me grow. I could have not used it and depend upon my diet to grow my body but it takes time.Supplement is like your ultra rich dad who will buy you whatever you want.

Last but not the least, Networking is very important. If you have the right connection you can get your business off the ground quick. Let me give you an example: Whose message will reach to all the people quick?

A message that a war is going to break out from man who knows the mayor or the man who does not know the mayor.