If you can still talk to me, I promise you aren’t dying.

Some of us didn’t play sports. Some of us skipped out on high school PE class. So as you begin to tackle workouts, you start to feel this overwhelming pressure to stop or quit as you feel pain. But your workouts aren’t painful. What you are feeling is discomfort and you can handle discomfort for long periods of time.

Being uncomfortable is going to be what helps you reach your goals and the potential you might not even realize you have.

The next time you overhear “I’m dying” or “I can’t do it anymore” creep into your head during a workout, be aware of how it affects your workout. If you put that voice over a loudspeaker, would you be proud? That voice is your biggest coach and needs to be your biggest cheerleader.

Try replacing “I’m not even halfway done” with “I only have two more rounds.”

Try swapping “Don’t stop” with “keep moving.”

Try subbing “This is hard, I can’t do it” with “I can do this and I’m almost done.”

So I promise, you aren’t dying. You are experiencing discomfort. And that is what will give you results.

Life is hard.

Our training should be too.