Which way you heading?

I am a big fan of keeping things simple. Basically, you can only be going one of two different directions. You are either getting closer to your goals or you are moving away from your goals. You are either in the problem or you are in the solution.... And for some reason, nobody ever thinks they are wrong or in the problem...

I knew this guy that was an ex bodybuilder. He loved going to the gym and talking about the stuff he used to do when he was on the Juice... He loved the gym and working out. The problem was that this guy, (through crazy training) had severely damaged his shoulders, elbows, back, knees, and liver to the point where he was constantly suffering. He needed pain medication to get out of bed in the morning, sleeping pills to get to sleep at night. When I used to run into him during the day outside the gym he would be talking about what joint was killing him that day... He had come to actually think that his method of lifting was the only thing that was helping him.

I had recommended that he go see a chiropractor friend of mine, he went to see the guy and later told me that he was "beyond treatment" and was "too screwed up" for that kind of thing... What was strange was that he was sort of bragging about how bad off he was... like because he had trained so hard, he had to now just pay the price for being so intense!!  Crazy!!  As far as he could see his training was the one thing holding him together, just like the chronic alcoholic thinks booze is his only friend.

It is much easier than you would think to slip into this craziness.. The whole point of any exercise program is to make your life better. Obsessing about other goals can pull us off track! Ask yourself daily if what you are doing is getting you closer or pushing you way from making your life better...