Who remembers what to do when you fall in quicksand?
I should imagine that you’ve heard many times that you’re to stay still and wait for help.
Don’t struggle and move too much as it’ll make it worse.
I’ll be honest, it’s proved less of an issue in adult life than I was led to believe it would be.
That and having your arm broken by a swan (anyone actually know a single person who this has happened to?).
I’ve actually heard that the quicksand thing isn’t right.
But, either way, most of life is the exact opposite.
Doing nothing makes it worse.
Clawing, scratching and pulling your way up is the only way to stop you sinking.
No one is coming to save you.
People can throw you a rope (that’s what we do – check www.myrise.co.uk/apply to find out more about how), but you have to take hold and pull.
It’s not always easy.
It’s rarely easy.
It’s often really hard.
Sometimes all our efforts just barely stop us sinking more.
But that’s better than sinking more.
Over the last two years, I’ve seen many FitPros “wait till this is all over”.
And sink.
Beyond trace.
I’ll be honest, we’ve sunk overall compared to the two years previously (nine months of not being able to operate in person and nine months of restricted capacity combined with increased costs will do that to you).
But we’ve clawed and fought our way to massively minimise that.
To make it so we can still pull ourselves up over time – there’s not “too much” to be undone.
And all you can do is the same.
Keep going.
Even when you don’t feel like it.
Especially when you don’t feel like it.
Keep doing something.
We can course correct and improve the ROI of our efforts, sure.
But doing nothing is never the answer.
This is life, not quicksand.
You’ll just sink.
Much love,
Jon ‘Silver’ Hall
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RISE in Macclesfield was established in 2012 and specialise in Group Personal Training weight loss programmes for those that don’t like the gym and find diets boring and restrictive!
