What are you training for?

from FOF Gym Chat · host Kenzie and Josh Presnell

What are you training for? Well, when I was asked that question about six or eight months ago, for the first time in my life, I didn’t really have an answer. I was back in the open gym at FOF working on something and someone asked me…."Hey Kenzie, what are you training for?" It was weird because for most of my life, I would have had an automatic answer. In fact, most of my adult life has been spent training for some sort of an event - a triathlon, an obstacle race, a marathon, a half marathon, a 50K, a Crossfit competition. As I look back at it, it was like a bit of an addiction. I had to be training for something…always.  My life looks different right now. I don’t have an event on my radar, much less on my calendar. I don’t have a training plan. I don’t have a list of things I need to make sure I accomplish before a certain date. What am I training for? If I don’t have an event or a race or a deadline, why am I showing up daily to train at the gym? It’s a legit question with an answer that went well beyond a simple one as I started to dive into it. Honestly, I’m training for life. Yes, that’s super cliche, but I’m going to expand on it. The human body is freaking amazing. It’s ability to adapt and overcome is absolutely incredible. When you really think about how phenomenal your body is, you won’t need an event to motivate you to make it better. When you think about what a gift life is, you’ll find that it’s the greatest event you’ll ever train for. So, what are you training for? Enjoy!

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What are you training for? Well, when I was asked that question about six or eight months ago, for the first time in my life, I didn’t really have an answer. I was back in the open gym at FOF working on something and someone asked me…."Hey Kenzie, what are you training for?" It was weird because for most of my life, I would have had an automatic answer. In fact, most of my adult life has been spent training for some sort of an event - a triathlon, an obstacle race, a marathon, a half marathon, a 50K, a Crossfit competition. As I look back at it, it was like a bit of an addiction. I had to be training for something…always. My life looks different right now. I don’t have an event on my radar, much less on my calendar. I don’t have a training plan. I don’t have a list of things I need to make sure I accomplish before a certain date. What am I training for? If I don’t have an event or a race or a deadline, why am I showing up daily to train at the gym? It’s a legit question with an answer that went well beyond a simple one as I started to dive into it. Honestly, I’m training for life. Yes, that’s super cliche, but I’m going to expand on it. The human body is freaking amazing. It’s ability to adapt and overcome is absolutely incredible. When you really think about how phenomenal your body is, you won’t need an event to motivate you to make it better. When you think about what a gift life is, you’ll find that it’s the greatest event you’ll ever train for. So, what are you training for? Enjoy!