There’s no right or wrong, just right for YOU.

Whether it’s as an athlete, or in other walks of life, we want to do the right thing, because this is what we perceive to be the best thing. This can sometimes cause us to look around at what others are doing and imitate their actions. If it works for them, it must work for us, right? At least that’s what we think.

Unfortunately, that just isn’t the way it works. Quite often, what works for one person isn’t necessarily the right thing to do for another. Therefore, there is no such thing as the right or wrong thing, just the right one for you. If it feels right to you, even if it's uncomfortable, give it a go! Don’t feel you have to do something just because somebody else is. You are on your own path, and it will take a different route to everybody else to get to your desired location. 

I for one struggle at times to make decisions when it conflicts with my natural inclinations. For example, when it comes to my goals, I know what I want and I want to work as hard as I can to achieve them. Sometimes, however, the best thing I can do to achieve my goals is take a step back and do less. This conflicts with my natural mentality to work hard and always give 100%. This is because I naturally have an active mind that struggles to rest. If I can train hard, I want to. I have always believed hard work beats nothing, but sometimes the hardest work is actually the 'easiest'. 

Right now, I am at a place where I have put in a solid 14 weeks of winter work. I feel stronger than I have ever felt, and I want to continue to build upon this. However, the last 3 weeks, my body has thrown a few warning signs my way. I have trained sensibly, and managed to get through the weeks with little interruption to training. However, I feel like I need to listen to my body, as it’s clearly been trying to tell me something. So, rather than ignoring the warning signs, I’m actually going to listen. Our bodies are cleverer than we think.

I have therefore decided to do what is right for me! This may not be right for anybody else at this time, but it is for me and that is all that matters. I am going to take a reset week to get my body back feeling strong and ready to tackle the rest of a big winter ahead of me. In the past I would’ve pushed on, but that only ended with injury, and I want to learn from my past.

It doesn’t matter what anyone else is doing, what matters is what’s right for me. So for the next week, I will be doing the what I deem to be the hardest form of training, and that's taking it easy.