𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐒

Over the lengthy course of engaging in particular exercise programs, whether they entail cardiovascular exertion such as daily running, training with ponderous weights attached to the ends of a barbell, or both, the average human being can, and most likely will, come face to face with a mentally taxing and physically testing wall. Upon contact, this grim, nearly unapproachable and seemingly insurmountable barrier will evaluate the best of intentions by grasping the finest of laid plans and twisting them through a cerebral grinder, all the while ensuring that you are absolutely qualified for the challenges that you have previously overcome and have yet to confront. In short, rekindling your motivation when reaching the dreaded plateau in your workout regime is not an easy task to trounce. That all being said, I've found that a curious circumvention can occur when something, or worse yet, someone, is lost from another's life. The piercing realization that a loved one is no longer around relentlessly pummels you not unlike that of a glacial cobalt hammer, throttling your consciousness towards a state of concave retrospection. If that person, place or thing was still available to you, would you change anything about yourself? What about the time you spent, or misspent? Excluding the potential invention of the often desired time machine, we realize that the hours, days and years only move forward, logically encouraging us to proceed in a progressive way. What did your special person, place or thing mean to you? Is there a pragmatic way for you to move onwards while utilizing the nostalgic memories and examples garnered from what is now gone? The motivation of loss is a very real, concentrated force of idiosyncratic strength. Substantially dense, the gathered emotions of dejection and infirmity can be put towards healthy and fulfilling tasks, such as exercise, in ways that logic fails to explicate. While in the gravest of situations it may be difficult to believe, you are capable of tapping into towering faculty, the likes of which will not only make you proud, but also those of whom you've lost, all along realizing that you never lost it or them to begin with. They are with you, rooting for you during every rep, every set, and every step. When wisely channelled, the love and memories vividly amalgamate, projecting you on to triumph in not only robustness, but penultimate fulfillment. Be fast today. Be strong today. Be healthy today... for you and for them. Beyond your field of vision, you have your very own cheering section, and everyone in attendance wants to see you do well. Until next month, I'll leave you with a superb quote from one of my favourite authors, the incomparable Dave Draper. 

"Place the filter of time on a moment, a day, or an era; add slow motion, plus your favourite sounds, apply shades of black and white with brilliant colour, and it's all legendary, pulsing and dramatic. Nostalgia is more precious than the present, more real, friendlier and informative. Today will be more important tomorrow."

PEF

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My beautiful dog, Foxy. She will forever be a sublime source of motivation for me.
Always With Me, Always With You.