Burpees are like Brussel Sprouts.

I love burpees.  

At least, I think I do.

Because I made myself think so.

Burpees have a bad reputation, kinda like brussel sprouts.  We are just somehow born thinking that they're both awful.  I don't know how that started because burpees and brussel sprouts are both excellent and so good for you.  You just have to change your perspective to enjoy them.  

One day I was suffering through a long set of burpees.  My mindset was "just get through this".  Then all of a sudden in a moment of insanity, it somehow occurred to me that I might be pretty good at them.

From that moment on it has become my personal truth.  "I am good at burpees; therefore I love them".

Now I get excited to do them. Because I think I like them I am able to remain relaxed, which reduces my stress and helps me perform. My mindset has shifted from "just get through this" to "how can I make every movement as efficient as possible and become faster?".  I'm no longer focusing on the misery but the mastery.

Honestly, I have no idea if I was actually any good at burpees that one day, but that doesn't matter because the change of perspective set me up for success and since then I have become good at them.

This leads me to wonder...if we were to face each movement, each workout, each challenge with the perspective of "I'm good at this." how much more could we achieve, and could we have more fun doing it?

Let's try it and see.

 - Coach Amy
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