I am enthusiastic about… enthusiasm! I love it when clients want to work and learn and grow because then we can focus on getting stuff done and I don’t have to reach into my bag of motivational tricks (they are invisible and came with my personal training certification, just like all the invisible Pilates tools that came with that certification!). However, even enthusiasm has a Dark Side (loud breathing optional).
The darker side of enthusiasm is obsession. None of us can work out all the time, and we shouldn’t. Growth requires both work AND rest. Our bodies use pain to send us this message; that soreness after a hard workout is notice that we need to rest before doing it again. When we ignore those bulletins from our muscles, we are risking injury.
It is hard to be patient when we are excited about all the new shiny workouts we get to do. It is worth it. Slow, steady tortoise progress is not as thrilling as hare-brained all out sprints, but we know who won that race.
We can use our enthusiasm as power for the long haul.
Go play and then rest.
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