“All is as thinking makes it so”
All is as thinking makes it so
Marcus Aurelius
All is as thinking makes it so.
What does this even mean?
Well, considering that we are community bonded together through fitness, lets define it in those terms.
For many of us, the moment we wake up, our brain whirs at a million miles an hour and when we show up to the gym, we can’t just simply switch off this mechanism.
Heck, this same mechanism allows us to run around after our kids, remember to pack school lunches and then fulfil our professional responsibilities for 8 hours while we work to provide for the family.
So as we pull into the driveway at 26 Eclipse Drive, many of us are probably thinking:
“Oh god, I am so nervous about what this workout is going to be? It’s probably going to be really hard and crappy…”
Or if we’ve seen the workout on Facebook the night prior, our internal dialogue probably sounds something like this:
“ I really hate thrusters. This workout is going to crush me. This is going to suck.”
All is as thinking makes it so.
Of course the workout is going to suck.
You have already convinced yourself it will.
You have already bought into the anti-thruster CrossFit mentality and it’s no real question as to why whenever they show up in a workout, those first few reps feel like death.
Thrusters don’t suck. It’s your attitude towards them that does.
Because your thinking has made it so.
I challenge each of you to become aware of this and notice how it affects your workout.
Reframe it like so:
Everyone has their least favourite movement – perhaps your 6’4 and it takes you an eternity to burpee, or you love lifting the heavy weights but get heart palpitations when any form of running shows up.
When these movements show up this week, instead of thinking “this is going to suck”, think “here is an opportunity to improve”.
That change in thinking may determine far more than just your headspace for the workout.
Give it a go.
Happy thruster–ing!