SPARTAN SERIES #167: “IF YOU TRY SOMETHING YOU RISK FAILURE. IF YOU DON’T YOU ENSURE IT!”

Doing anything new is a “PAIN!” We all know it and we avoid breaking out of our comfort zones at all costs. But, there are times when trying a new approach to solve a problem or to accomplish a goal is required because all we have tried up to this point has been a collection of failures. So, we have concluded that in order to survive or to win we have to try something new.

We retreat, we think, we play out in our heads what needs to be done and why. Each plan is loaded with opportunities to fail. But, we know that something has to be tried. Finally, we settle on the plan that we will follow to win. We are not sure how it will end but we will give it a try.

In bodybuilding we put the goal out in front of us. Often, the goal is so big or so different we are not sure what to do. We rework our many plans and off we go. We change the number of reps on selected exercises. We increase the weights we are using. We increase the amount of cardio. We eat differently with new rules and new intent. Supplementation is changed. All is aimed at victory. We are willing to go all in on the plan and we are willing to risk it all and fail. Nothing gets in our way. Failure is always the specter that chases us. We want to win and failure is not an option.

Now, the other side of the equation is to do nothing at all. We could just look at what needs to be done and decide to throw in the towel before we get started and do nothing at all. This is where we make all kinds of excuses for ourselves. But! As we discussed in the title to this article. “If we do nothing we guarantee failure.” I call this “MALIGNANT NEGLECT.” We want something or we have to do something and we choose to do nothing thus making failure a certainty.

I would encourage all of us to not quit. But, rather let us come up with a new and different way to get to where we want to go. Never take our eyes off the goal but make adjustments even if the adjustments are uncomfortable, painful, or doubtful that it is the best way to win. But, to do nothing seals failure as our fate. Do the hard stuff until it’s time to change—-and do it!

Do something and run the risk of failure or do nothing and be assured of defeat. You have to be brave sometimes. But NEVER quit!