I hired a PT

Why the fuck would you do that? You are a PT, you don't need someone else training you.

That’s what I hear when I tell people I have hired someone else to train me and write a training plan for me. Normally I would train myself and not ask for any help but why would I use up my time writing my own plan? If there is an exercise, I don't want to do by know its good for me then I will just not do it. Why? Because I will find something else to do instead. Lunges, I fucking hate lunges with a passion. Do I put them in the plans I write myself? Nope. I know they are incredibly beneficial to me but I don't like them, so quite often bye bye lunges.

Now when I hand my training over to someone else to write for me, I don't have a choice, it’s there in black and white with reps and sets, I've got to do it. Also, I use this as a learning opportunity. If I hire a well-respected, long serving PT with much more experience than me, not only am I getting my training sorted by I can see what they do differently to me and how I can implement that into my structure. I can even just ask them questions "yo, why have you got me doing this instead of this?'

See that, two birds one stone. If you always stick to the same thing and think you have become a ultimate level 1000 black belt you've hit your ceiling and you will never progress any more. I am always open to learning new techniques and methods, that is how we stay ahead in the game. If the 1000 black belt isn’t careful and carries on as they are guess what? soon I 'm going to be 1001 and knock you off your pedestal.

Don't be closed mind when you are seeking progression. You could do everything yourself and get great results. Or you could ask for help and hire people that do things differently that you, maybe even better and create an even better end product. A small investment goes a long way.

I leave you with this quote.

“The best gift you can give to yourself is to invest in yourself.”

― Pooja Agnihotri

P.S my fucking "N" button was broke and I had to whack it every time I wated it to work. This took me bloody ages to write, go back and count how many n's are in here.