Meet your exercise goals, not others ’

Over the past 2 days I listened to a wonderful podcast – Life at the Back of the Pack: The positive spirit of the Sub-30 Club; Ted Spiker on leading from the back. Ted Spiker writes a wonderful blog – the Big Guy Blog.  Several years ago, he had a goal of breaking 30 minutes for a 5k.  He wrote about it, and invited readers to join him in a support group.  Now the sub-30 club has over 4000 members.  They have custom T-shirts, meet ups, and new traditions.  They often have scheduled partying in the middle of the race. The subbers (as they call themselves) have an overarching principle – support each member towards that member achieving their goal.  As I listened to the podcast about the subbers, I related their stories to my own exercise journey. Readers know that I love OTF (Orange Theory Fitness).  One implicit principle at OTF is that we are all working to improve our fitness.  Having taken numerous classes at several different studios, I have seen participants in outstanding fitness shape and beginners.  At times we all compare ourselves to others in the class; but more often we compare ourselves to our previous accomplishments. The best exercisers respect everyone’s accomplishments.  They have the attitude that anyone showing improvement is doing great. Speaking of sub-30, when I started running 3 years ago, sub-30 was exactly my goal.  Having achieved that goal, I set new goals.  I remember the thrill of meeting the sub-30 goal.  Now ...
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