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At some point during your fitness journey you’ll feel like skipping your strength practice session.

There could be lots of reasons. You may be pressed for time, you may be unmotivated, you may feel tired or sore from your last session whatever the case, you don’t feel like getting off your butt and going to the gym.

It’s times like this when you get the opportunity to build your resolve, strength of mind, and “never say die” attitude.

In fact today is one of those times for me

My quads are still really sore from the high intensity tabata protocol I did yesterday on my rest day, plus I didn’t get enough protein to help recover.

And I must of ate something bad last night because I woke up at 4am this morning throwing up…

So at this point I have two choices: 1.) miss out my strength training session today or 2.) Execute the session as planned, but adjust as needed.

What am I going to decide on?

I’m going to complete my session as planned and get a feel for it as needed!

So How Can You Make Progress When You Don’t Feel Like It?

The minute I enter the weight room today, I might find my warm up sets are feeling extra hard. Possibly the weights aren’t moving as easily as I want to.

I’ll probably still do my first set at the suggested poundage, however I may have to move away slightly on the next two sets in any case.

Consistency Is The Answer

The key is I’m going to get in there and do my strength training session just like I had planned. Why? Because I know it’ll be better for me in the long run.

Even though I can’t perform at maximum it’s all right. I’m still getting a TON of other benefits just by keeping fit.

Besides, I’m building the not giving up the habit.

Plus – you’ll never make steady progress again and again – you will have amazing days, not so amazing days, and downright crappy training days its entirely just a part of the game.

The key is to follow through with what you started and reap the rewards for being consistent.