Anytime we’ve been doing a given type of training for a long time— making progress gets harder and harder and slower and slower. It’s just the nature of being more advanced. And when we are new to a type of training we have this really fun window when we make progress really fast!

I train for bodybuilding primarily- meaning I’m mainly concerned with training to create a physique that I like aesthetically. Because of how long I’ve been training, creating big drastic changes in my physique doesn’t happen over night. At this point growing enough muscle to make a visual difference takes months and years!!

Above… the first photo (green pants) is August 2023 vs December 2023 comparing the start of my backbend adventures to my progress just 4 months in. BIG change

Second photo is December 2023 vs December 2024 comparing the last 12 months of my progress! Still a significant difference but not as drastic as those first few months… I share this because the initial BIG progress times can lead us to expect progress will continue like that- but that’s not typically how things go.

We’ll have periods of fast progress and periods of painfully slow progress (as I’m sure everyone here has experienced). Lols. Which is why we always emphasize learning to enjoy the process as you go. If you enjoy creating- if you enjoy the process- then you get little bits of joy as you go- which often actually leads you to stay engaged long enough to create the outcomes you’re interested in✨