How do you approach life? Have you ever poured all your efforts into work only to find out that your personal life is unfulfilling? Similarity if you only put your efforts in the main lifts and progress stalls, what happens next? Identity crisis anyone?

We must break the disconnect. Let’s separate what we are fixated on and what we actually need to improve. Variation both in life and exercise helps you grow. When you pick hobbies or choose exercise variations, that exposes weaknesses and forces you to problem solve and adapt. This is a learning process and in order for long-term progress we must strive to continually keep an open mind and choose learning over being comfortable and complacent.

Growth is living. In order to grow we must disrupt homeostasis. If you choose to grow, you’ll need to explore new hobbies or trying new and different exercises. This will send you down a more mindful and judgment-free path of improvement. This keeps you in a beginner’s mindset which allows for a more robust development of strength and better helps you overcome weaknesses.

In life and in training welcoming and embracing variety will lead to a fuller, more fulfilling experience. Remember, your identity is shaped by how you respond to successes and failures as well as how you define progress. Variation not only trains your body but your mind and character too.