Just Try

For the first time don’t go balls to the wall and just try trying.

This could lead you down the path of indecisiveness, burn out, injuries, and growing expectations. If you don’t have a lot of experience in trying new things, the goal when trying something new should be just dipping the toe in the water. This helps push people who are apprehensive and pulls back the reigns on people who are all or nothing. This could look like going at a leisure pace on the air bike, working up to a single at RPE 7, or it could mean doing 2 sets instead of 3. Then ask yourself how hard was it, pay attention to how you are feeling tomorrow and increase according to how you are responding. This doesn’t have tot apply to training it can apply to any other new “thing” you’re trying to incorporate.

When you take this slower approach, you learn how motivation interplays with the body’s effort to action. That last thing you want is to have the bar so high there’s no room for improvement, be super sore the next day or you’ve tweaked something because you don’t understand your body’s limits.

When I start something new my goal is to just do it. I don’t care how much I get thought, how long it takes me or how light of a weight I am using because the 2nd and 3rd time I do it I’ll push a little bit harder.

If you’ve adapted to pushing hard with new stimulus and you know your body well this advice is not for you. But if you struggle with motivating your self to try something new lower the goal to just doing it. You’ll be happy you did.