Fitness is at the center of what we do.
To Tilla Fit, fitness isn’t optional.
It’s something that every person needs.
Over the past year, we shared 52 reasons WHY people need fitness.
Now we shift to the next question.
HOW do you start?
HOW do you stay consistent?
HOW do you build a lifestyle that lasts?
HOW do you get results?
Over the next 52 weeks, we’ll answer those questions.
Here is week 12 of 52 on HOW to approach fitness.
Confidence Is Earned
I’ve said for years that confidence is one of the most underrated superpowers a person can have.
When you’re confident, you’re willing to step into situations that scare you.
You’re willing to take chances.
You’re willing to struggle.
And when things get difficult, you believe you have what it takes to keep going.
I’ve stood on plenty of starting lines and found myself face-to-face with competitors where doubt inevitably starts creeping in.
Can I actually do this?
Am I good enough to be here?
If you allow that doubt to take over, it can completely change the way you perform.
That’s when you have to remember the work.
The early mornings.
The hard training sessions.
The workouts you wanted to quit but finished anyway.
You remind yourself that everyone puts their pants on the same way you do.
And suddenly, that challenge doesn’t seem quite as impossible.
But here’s the important part:
I wasn’t born with that confidence.
It was earned.
And fitness gives every single person the opportunity to earn it.
When you walk into a gym for the first time, you probably won’t feel confident.
Your movements might feel awkward.
You may not know where anything is.
You might feel like everyone else knows exactly what they’re doing.
That’s okay.
Your first workout builds a little confidence.
Then your second.
Then your tenth.
Then your fiftieth.
Every repetition is evidence.
Every time you show up when you said you would, you’re proving something to yourself.
Every time you lift something you couldn’t lift before, run farther than you thought possible, or simply finish a workout you wanted to quit, another piece of evidence gets added.
Eventually, you stop telling yourself:
“I don’t know if I can do this.”
And start thinking:
“I’ve done hard things before. I’ll figure this out.”
That’s confidence.
And that mindset doesn’t stay inside the gym.
You carry it into your career.
Your relationships.
Parenthood.
Competition.
And every uncomfortable situation life puts in front of you.
The Bottom Line
Don’t wait until you’re confident enough to start.
Start while you’re nervous.
Start while you’re unsure.
Start while you feel like you have no idea what you’re doing.
Because confidence doesn’t come before the repetitions.
Confidence comes FROM the repetitions.
This Week’s Challenge:
Do one thing in your fitness journey that makes you slightly uncomfortable.
Try the exercise.
Walk into the gym.
Add some weight.
Sign up for the event.
Take the class.
Then remember that moment.
Because every time you prove to yourself that you’re capable of doing something difficult, you’re building a version of yourself that believes it can do even more.