12/14/2023
Most, if not all, the pictures I post of myself are upper body. Iāve always preferred working out upper body. You will see a difference in your upper body faster than you will your lower body any day of the week.
I LOVE looking into the mirror and seeing nice shoulders and biceps or being able to see my triceps through a long sleeve shirt. I mean, who wouldnāt love that!? Iām very happy and confident in my upper body although there is still work to be done.
My lower body on the other hand⦠not my cup of tea. I HATE working calves, I ALWAYS second guess myself on form when doing a movement even though I have done it hundreds of times before, you donāt see progress as fast, etc. etc. One thing I never fail to do is take pictures. I may not be satisfied in how I look in the pictures but I still take them. Even if theyāll only ever be for me to see.
I decided to look back at previous pictures and compared the picture I found to one I took today and boy did I blow my own mind! 𤯠There is so much improvement in every aspect here! Firmer, bigger glutes, hamstrings making an appearance, the quads are quadingšš»āāļø, and even calves are even growing.
Had I of not taken the picture on the right, I NEVER would have noticed the improvement we see in the picture on the left. Which ultimately would have lead me to feel beat and down in the dumps! Several hours in the gym working for it all wasted.
Quite honestly, Iāll probably look back on these pictures at some point and think āoh my gosh, why would you ever post that. TAWNY YOUāRE SMALL!!ā. The truth is, at some point iāll get over myself, realize itās not JUST about having muscles, and Iāll look back at these pictures and be so grateful to have chosen a healthy lifestyle and to be able to feel pure confidence regardless of what doors I walk through. ā¤ļøāš„
Moral of the story.. TAKE THE PICTURES!!! You donāt have to post them now, heck you donāt have to post them ever if you donāt want to. But, if you want to see the progress you have made this is the tried and true method. ;)