I can’t even remember the score but we were drawing
I got put through on goal
1 v 1 with the keeper
I must score & win us the game
I shoot
He saves it
We lose on penalties
So close… But not close enough
Just like my man Ben yesterday
He sends me his pull-up video
I’m watching it & counting the reps
Will he hit the sacred 10 we’ve been working towards
Bear in mind we started at ZERO reps
That’s right none, nada
I’m counting like 4, 5, 6, 7, 8…
He gets to 9 & I’m like fuck he’s gonna do this
So he starts to pull-up
Gets to half way
Get’s kinda stuck
Does a weird little leg kick
I can see him reaching his chin up towards the bar
He’s getting closer
But no…. down he drops finishing with 9 & 3/4 reps
Which in my book is 9
Here’s the video
Would you give him a 10 for this?
Why do I tell you this?
Well the next 2 years running we went back & won that cup final
& I’m sure within the next few weeks Ben will hit that 10
Yesterday I told you to quit…
But don’t get it twisted
To achieve something you have to put the work in
For us it was 12 months of matches to finally win the cup
For Ben it’s been 10 months of graft
He’s had to build his strength
& drop a hell of a lot of fat…
36kg of fat loss & counting right now
I’m sure you’ve had setbacks before
& achieving what you want sometimes seems miles away
It did for me after losing the final
It also did when Ben first told me he wanted to hit 10 pull-ups
But just cos something seems miles away doesn’t mean you
shouldn’t start
Or even re start
& just cos you feel like quitting when it’s tough
It doesn’t mean you always should
Sometimes you’ve just got to go again
& with no fear of sounding like an arrogant douche
If you’re in one of my Online Training groups
& you follow what I coach you on
I guarantee you’ll smash the hell out of your goal
I guarantee it !
MD
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