One of the biggest problems in fitness is failure to achieve goals. Almost as bad is achieving a goal when it no longer matters. In other words, the anticlimax achievement.
It doesn't happen often, because goals are seldom achieved, but when it happens it can be just as demoralising as failure to achieve.
So how did you end up here?
When you sat down and mapped out a plan to achieve your goal, you quite simply set your sights on the wrong thing. You love lifting heavy weights, but somehow ended up thinking a 4-minute mile was a great goal. The thing is, you don't actually care whether you can run a sub-4 1600m.
Can you say "Anticlimax"?
Your goals must represent who you are and what you want to achieve.
They can't be a flavour of the month. You must still burn with desire to achieve your goals when next month, or next season comes around. They must be worth striving for, even if it takes years to achieve them.
This is difficult in a world where we are conditoned to desire the next big thing as soon as we have the current big thing. If that is who you are, perhaps you should just goal-set very short-term.
"If I get 5 reps, then I can have a cookie!" Good luck with that.
Real goals, and real achievement take time and effort. Diligence and perseverance are the watchwords.
Make sure that the goal you set is what you really want, then apply yourself.
"The more you sweat in peace time, the less you bleed in war"
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