Attitude is everything

"The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by alterning their attitudes of mind." - William James

This was a favorite quote of Dustin Maher, a trainer featured in PFP (www.FIT-PRO.COM) June-July issue. How ironic I read it just Thursday and had the longest brick of my life today. Call it coming off vacation rested and pampered by a massage, or the cloudy overcast coolness that kept humidity bearable if you want to but I think it's much more about making up your mind about what's possible it the first place.

It was a 4 1/2 hour ride followed by a 40 minute run. Given that I didn't pull my seat out of the office chair to get on the bike until 8:23am that meant I'd be running in midday heat. If the heat indexes had kept their track record of past few days I'd have been hurting. I solved that problem by reminding myself I could run the 40 minutes on the treadmill if I needed to (and did)!

I wasn't mentally fatigued at 2:30 when I realized I was only half way done with my workout and barely over halfway with the bike. I wasn't even mentally fatigued when I got off the bike and transitioned to run. I just knew I was going to do it because I had my mind made up.

Set your mind to it and whatever it is becomes doable because you expect to do it.
Working in personal training for so long- it's funny that clients continually will thank their trainer for helping them with what they asked for help achieving- and be amazed! It's as if its a surprise and they didn't really expect it. Yet- the key is- the trainer did. At least 50% of the equation believed it enough for both of them!

Find someone who believes for you when you aren't so sure yourself. In the end it is you out there getting yourself from A to B so it would be nice if you eventually "got it" but if it isn't there to begin with- you can get support!