You'll want to give up. Don't. <\/strong> The best things in the life are the ones you work the hardest for<\/strong>. Read Tina’s daily food and fitness blog, Carrots ‘N’ Cake<\/a>.<\/p>\n Read more:<\/p>\n Last weekend, I struggled though a 10K race. I have to admit, I wasn't properly trained for it, but the hot, humid weather didn't help either. I managed to make it through the first few miles without much trouble, but the final couple of miles really tested me. I knew if I wanted to finish […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4108,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[23],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4108"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4108\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"zooma-10k.jpg\"](\"https:\/\/imagesvc.meredithcorp.io\/v3\/mm\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.onecms.io%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F12%2F2013%2F06%2Fzooma-10k.jpg\")
zooma-10k.jpg<\/span> . When I am tired and feel like quitting, I remind myself that I am stronger than I think I am at that very moment. Even when I am seriously struggling, this mantra helps give me a second wind. I say it over and over again, and I swear I feel my muscles get stronger!<\/p>\n
When I am struggling through a workout– maybe I'm running up a big, steep hill–I will repeat this mantra over and over again until I feel better. I know some workouts are supposed to be hard and I'll want to give up, so I tell myself simply "don't." For some reason, that word just says it all when I really want to quit.<\/p>\n
If I want to personal record at a race or crush a workout at CrossFit, I remind myself that hard work is necessary to achieve the things I want most in my life. If it was easy, they wouldn't matter as much to me. Reminding myself that I need to put in some serious effort and dedication to achieve what I want, helps push me through even the toughest workouts!<\/p>\n\n