Do Your Best

I started working out again three weeks ago. I had been on a hiatus as I've been travelling all over Europe since the end of April. I tend to not do any exercising while traveling. The same goes for reading. Instead I prefer to spend whatever time I have immersed in the new environment, learning and experiencing whatever I can. But that's only an excuse if your on the move and right now I'm not. I have a month. Or at least since three weeks ago. On the evening of my second night, I just got up and did six minutes of exercise. Calisthenics. I work in tenths of an hour. It's easier to calculate. I wanted to break this mental and physical lethargy of feeling blah.

Back to week three--today. Things are starting to get a bit testy on forming the new habit. Whether I'm too tired, not in the mood, have a blocked nasal passage from lack of humidity or allergies, or sore muscles. Whatever the resistance is when one just isn't feeling it. I tell myself "just do your best." It doesn't matter if I get all the reps and sets in. The only thing that matters is doing the task, giving it an effort--doing your best. It's better to do something than nothing. Better to log in a 1 than a 0. The only exception is when you truly need a rest day. Your body will let you know. Like last weekend after five days of exercing in a row. But nine out of ten times you end up performing. More often than not, it's to target. Like Monday. And sometimes it's just just short. Like today. (But I finished my program anyway, just past my 18-minute mark). Once in a very blue moon it will be a hell no and after a few minutes your body just locks up and wants to go home. Not yet. But has happened. And will happen, again, at some point.

The point is to listen to your body and to do your best. It's through these consistent habits we achieve results, making progress towards our goals. Also, whenever I'm in that mindset of not feeling it, and thus, have to pull out the "just do your best" pep talk, I never have regrets afterward. I always feel great. Even writing this blog. I didn't feel it. But I figured something is better than nothing. Do your best.

And here it is.

Today.

My best.