One day in the course of your fitness journey you’ll feel like skipping over your strength training session.

There could be lots of reasons. You may be pressed for time, you may be unmotivated, you may feel tired or sore from your last session whatever the case, you don’t feel like getting off your butt and going to the gym.

It’s times like this when you get the chance to build your determination, willpower, and “never say die” attitude.

In fact today is one of those times for me

My quads are still really sore from the high intensity tabata protocol I did yesterday on my rest day, plus I didn’t get enough protein to help recover.

Also I must of ate something bad last night because I woke up vomiting at 4am this morning…

So at this point I have two choices: 1.) miss out my strength training session today or 2.) Execute the session as planned, but adjust as needed.

What am I going to pick?

I’m going to do my session as planned and adjust as needed!

So How Can You Get On When You Don’t Want It?

When I get in the weight room today, I might discover my warm up sets are feeling extra hard. Maybe the weights aren’t moving as easily as I would like.

I’ll probably still do my first set at the prescribed poundage, but I may have to back off a little on the next two sets no matter.

Consistency Is Key

The solution is I’m going to get in there and complete my strength training session just like I had planned. Why? For the reason that I know it’ll be better for me in the end.

Even though I can’t perform at maximum it’s all right. I’m still getting a TON of other benefits just by keeping fit.

Plus, I’m building the not quitting habit.

What’s more – you’ll never continually make steady progress – you will have awesome days, not so awesome days, and downright crappy training days it’s all just a part of the game.

The secret is to complete what you established and bring in the rewards for being consistent.