Patience !!

Patience is a virtue ! Let me get this out of the way now, do not, I repeat DO NOT look in the mirror everyday after your workout checking to see if your butt got bigger after those squats you just did. You will not see anything. Don't even look once a week, that is still not enough time. In many situations, this discourages people and they slowly begin to fall off of their regimen after a few weeks, never fully understanding that no matter how slow the progress, it's still progress. Every day that you press on and go to your workout with the will to work hard, you are adding a brick to your own personal Great Wall of China. During your personal fitness journey, I want to foster how important patience and realisation is. I want you all to continue pressing on and realise how far in your journey you got and how much progress you made, as opposed to looking at the next person and thinking about how much more work you have ahead. Don't loose your focus worrying about how far you still have to go. This will be a long and slow journey on foot, but slow foot travel is the only way. You have to focus on the now, make every rep of every set count, and stay present. Do not look too far ahead and make sure that you are acknowledging your commitment and progress. Don't count the days, make the days count. Slow progress is still progress. One day you will reach your fitness goal and be able to hold your head high and be proud. There will be no greater feeling than to know that even when the road got tough, and you felt like turning back, you persevered and look where you ended up. It will elevate your mind, body, and soul, and teach you determination, the value of hard work, discipline, instill confidence in you, and much more. But that all starts with a little seed planted in your heart called patience. It's up to you to water that seed every day and keep it thriving and alive, or you can let it whither away and die. I challenge you to keep that seed cultivated. Push on every day even if it seems like no progress was made. One great day there will be an ear to ear smile on your face and I will personally travel to where ever you are and shake your hand. You have now gained access into an elite group that many will sadly never make it in to, and can only dream of. All because you kept your patience and determination since day 1. Press on soldier, many will start, few will finish.