It turns out that your most easily defensible position could also be the very thing holding you back.

Imagine you are speaking to a double amputee who tells you that he doesn’t really exercise any more because of the limitations that come from being a double amputee. On the one hand, I would struggle to openly challenge his position. Being a double amputee feels like a pretty strongly defensible reason not exercise if there ever was one, and I can’t even begin to imagine the challenges it would bring into daily life, much less navigating something like exercise. On the other hand, you and I both know that exercise could be one of the best things a double amputee could dedicate their energy to in order to gain independence, promote healing, and continue to grow in new ways.

We all have our defenses, many of them true. Stories, positions, conditions, etc. that account for why we should not or cannot do X, Y, or Z. The challenge is, these defenses are good enough that the only person who can take them down is you. You are busy, or injury-prone, or introverted, or lack confidence, and all of that is and will be as true as you allow it to be. But the moment you reject that premise and understand that it’s truth is rooted in your belief in it, is the moment you can move beyond it.

Check your strongest defenses. They may be your biggest limiter.

- PS

2/20/19

• With a partner, 20min AMRAP:

• Partner 1) 250m row

• Partner 2) 25 KBS (53/35)

• -switch-

• Partner 1) 250m row

• Partner 2) 25 push-ups

• -switch-

• Partner 1) 250m row

• Partner 2) 25 bent over DB row (40/25)

• -switch-

• Partner 1) 250m row

• Partner 2) 25 DB front squat (40/25)

• -switch-