At times when you’re training, there are days when some
things just aren't there, your mind isn't focused and you just have frustration
outside the session. It’s tough to do something when you’re having a bad day
but in the end, that’s actually one of the best times to train because when you
take out your frustration on the weights or doing bodyweight, use that drive to
push harder and when those endorphins kick in, everything just seems to be at
ease.
What made
you have a bad day? Broke up with a boyfriend or girlfriend, lose your job, got
so caught up with work you just feel like you can’t train or better yet, you
probably lost a loved one and it’s eating you up that they’re gone and your
mind isn’t in the right place. I know what it’s like to have some of these very
same issues, it’s tough and you want to do it badly or maybe you just don’t
want to but yet there shouldn't be an excuse to do some exercise even for a
minute you’re still doing something. I've lost 3 family members in the last 8
years or so, got fired from my job, broke up with 4 different women that I
loved and cared about and felt so depressed that I just didn't have it in me
but something inside told me to do it anyway even maybe half-ass it, at least
do something and I still felt better afterwards. Not saying this to brag or
tell you that I’m better than you I’m not, what I’am saying is that no matter
how much life throws at you or how bad things get, you’re still here and you
have capabilities to do something that might save your life, trust me.
Why do I
believe it’s good to train on a bad day, it’s because you have something that
can give you some light back into your life, putting all that anger, shame,
frustration or whatever into use and making the best of it, adrenaline is a
little higher, you might even break a record or 2, hell sometimes you might
have to shout or yell and just make it happen. There’s no need to be violent,
ever but you can use a bad day to a positive use and create something or just
wing it either way, you’re being productive and you give it whatever you have
in the tank. In the end, you made a difference, you didn't hurt anybody, you didn't go out and get drunk, and you didn't take drugs to take the pain away.
Training
can be a great form of therapy; whatever you have won’t judge you. There are no
excuses. You may be human and you have the right to a bad day every now and
then because it happens to the best of us but you have a choice to keep
draining yourself mentally or getting out there and busting your ass till
you’re so damn high everything you had that was bad before is gone. Everything
is a choice, what are you going to do about it?
