THE RESET

16 hours ago
1 min read

Chasing personal records (PRs) are fun until you get thrown a challenge that prevents or sets you back from accomplishing this. So then what?

There are many examples of this, some include:

● Having an injury.

● Completing a fat loss phase and are at a lower body weight.

● A life change occurs like having a baby.

Round sticker with "RESET" text on textured red and beige wall, with black and blue patterns. Urban, gritty setting.

Certainly I’ve been through this many times (surgeries, cutting phases) and it can be frustrating thinking back to the prior physical accomplishments that now seem so far away.

This is when it’s important to do a mental reset and start chasing a new set of personal records.

While it doesn’t take away what you accomplished in the past, with a fresh set of goals, we can start to push forward and see progress again.

As I look back over my career, I have asterisks by all of my records, which signify post injury, different bodyweight, new age bracket and more.

If you’re feeling like you haven’t hit a PR for awhile, evaluate if you are comparing yourself to a prior version or if you should be chasing a whole new set of metrics to keep the progress moving forward regardless of the circumstances.