Today was leg workout day for me at the gym, and it was my first time back to working out my legs in a very long time. Incidentally, every leg workout day is my first time back to working out my legs in a very long time! So, I tried to “go light”, because I am all too familiar with the process, which goes a little something like this:
Step 1: Work out legs for the first time in a long time
Step 2: Leave the gym and nearly faceplant trying to merely step off the curb
Step 3: Arrive home and proceed to crawl upstairs on all fours to get to the shower
Step 4: Moan and groan for the next three days every time I walk up and down stairs, go from sitting to standing, bend down to pick up whatever it is that I just can’t seem to hold on to, or do anything else that physically involves my lower body
I know from past experience that if I would just develop the habit of consistently working out my legs each week, I would not find myself nearly as dehabilitated as I currently do. I want my entire body, including my legs, to be strong and in shape. Where I am failing in achieving that goal is in my inability to form the habit of working out my legs. In his book Thinking For a Change, John Maxwell says, “Success comes to those who habitually do things that unsuccessful people don’t do.”
We are all very familiar with the idea that habits are hard to break, but I think we often fail to assign a similar weight to the idea that habits are also very hard to form. Initiating and maintaining good habits requires time, motivation, and directed thought, all three of which are already shortages for most people. These habits are essential, though, in our journey to find success.
If I want to eventually make it up the stairs on two legs instead of on all fours, I’m going to have to find the gym more than once a month!
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