Confident From the Gym

FEAR is a germ that will keep us sick and on the sidelines. As we come out of the fog of our addiction and back into reality—we are usually scared and fearful of what is to come of us. Learning to control our FEAR is something that must happen in order for us to move from off the sidelines and back into the game of life. How do we become CONFIDENT?

Orchestrating Stress! You voluntarily put yourself inside the stress of the gym experience to then find yourself being able to deal with the stresses of everyday life. We cannot escape stress in this life, so what better way to prepare for the demands of the day then by putting yourself in a stressful situation inside the gym. Now you have confidence. Now you feel accomplished from being involved in something that is hard.

You gain confidence from giving yourself hard things to achieve.

By learning to strength and condition (setting goals) we can become confident, as we will be participating in a type of training that will test us and cause us to get nervous. Yes, walking into the SOAR gym experience on our first day might be a bit intimidating and scary, but so is our new job or job interview right? Point being that—life is often times scary and intimidating, so if we can learn to get comfortable in the SOAR gym experience, then outside those gym walls we will be far more comfortable while competing in the game of life. Do you agree?

As our strength increases and we become more familiar with how to train in the SOAR gym, then our confidence grows as well, which causes our fear levels to drop. Confidence, then, is what eliminates fear; and the quickest way to gain confidence is through SOAR gym experience.

Imagine the drug addict in recovery who now has the ability to take a significant amount of weight from the ground to over head (clean & jerk / snatch), with being efficient, smooth, and safe. Such an efficient pathway from off the ground to over head then creates new confident pathways in the brain. Now walking around in public, or while performing at work, this person will now carry—in their countenance—the time of when they moved the heavy barbell in such an elite way; and because of this, they will feel confident and less fearful in the game of life. Why would learning how to move well with a barbell give someone confidence? Does stronger mean more confidence? What about body composition?

The discipline that it takes for one to get to an elite level of strength and conditioning is impressive. Doesn’t the game of life require us to be disciplined in order to be good at it as well? Do you think that if one shows discipline to the art of strength of conditioning that they will also show discipline in the game of life? Do think that if you show discipline to the sport of strength and conditioning that you will become less fearful?