If you’re only a bit like me, the quest to manage weight and be in shape feels overwhelming. And, as if the quest for fitness isn’t hard enough, there’s often another obstacles to overcome: health issues, time management, mustering up guts or energy. Even if you’ve been training for a long time, there’s always new hurdles to overcome. So, how to put all of this into perspective and conquer these obstacles?
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According to the executive liaison for the Spina Bifida Association, Tom Turner, that’s exactly it: Perspective. And as well, according to him, there’s no river to deep to cross. Turner would know. Paralyzed from the waist down his entire life, he’s now 35 years old and trains about 3 times a week. Actually, he just couldn’t get along without physical exercise.
So in my quest for overcoming obstacles in fitness, Turner discussed with me and together we came up with three basic principles that will help break-down fears and intimidations when striving to reach fitness goals. After all, if he can train on a regular basis, shouldn’t that be support enough for anyone to give it a try?
Principle #1 Beat the Fear
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“Train you mind to believe no river is too deep or any goal is too difficult to attain,” Turner explains to me. Essentially, it’s all about facing your fears and approach them head-on. In this principle, aim to distinguish your fears, acknowledge them and then shift through them. Ask yourself the question; what is it that makes you feel so uncomfortable? Have you let yourself get out of shape and do you fear you’ll never get it back? Do you injured yourself, what causes you to be afraid of your body? If you can visualize creatively, then you can leave your fears behind. Look at yourself and see you the way you’d like to be. Don’t forget: your body loves you and has the potential to heal itself. Your only concern is to trust it and listen.
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Principle #2 Follow your Intuition.
It is important when conquering an obstacles and learning to break through barriers that you begin to listen to the little voice of your body. We all want the comfort of having somebody telling us what we can and cannot do, in most cases. However, your highest truth lies within yourself. This doesn’t mean that the good opinion of others is unimportant, but eventually the decision making comes from within.
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When confronting a challenge or an obstacle look to how you feel. What does your instinct tell you? Often it is simply your instinct that will move you into a new attitude and raise your awareness. “I wasn’t about to let my disability stand in my way,” Turner tells me. Actually, he says he had to purely change his perspective about it. He says he first had to learn about what his limitations were then, create a boundary for himself. “Everybody has boundaries,” he tells me. “Regardless whether a person can walk or not, barriers are as unique as people themselves. For that reason, it’s first best to know your boundaries.”
Then, Turner tells me he aims to meet those boundaries. First I reached as high as I could within the limitations of what I am able to do. Whether it be more sets, repetitions or greater endurance, I allow myself as much time as necessary to accomplish my small objectives. It always surprises me, with small steps, how fast I can reach a great goal.
Principle #3 Don’t Go Gentle Into That Good Night.
What then, what about fear? I was curious to know. If we move into the fear and confront it eye to eye, what if fear meets us there? I asked Turner: “are you ever afraid?” “After nineteen operations in my life, I’ve really known my way with fear,” he says. “It all comes down to our most primal fear; fear of death. Once you understand that death is all part of the divine plan, it sets you free, you can let it go and, even, choose how to live. So instead of fearing death I decided to choose how to live.”
So what’s the take moral? Talking to Tom Turner, I’m reminded by a poem that said: “Don’t Go Gentle into That Good Night.” It seems suitable here. The bottom line: Staying afraid often keeps us from actually living. Turner reminds me that a positive outlook is the key, “Life is all about mind-set.” He also says he could let him been beaten down by fear, but he didn’t. “I wouldn’t want to pass on being part of tomorrow,” he concludes. Make today the right time to face your fears.
Concluding: Life Further Than The Boundaries.
When you’ve confronted your fears and pushed your boundaries to the edges, what do I have to do then? I was curious to know. Turner smiled. “Find a new river to cross,” he says matter-of-factly. “It’s essentially what makes life fun. I know I have limits. I know that there will be weeks that I’ll need to remain in bed and rest while my braces are getting tuned up. It are those times when I am with my thoughts that I decide on what goal I am going to set my sights on.”
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