Be honest with yourself and really examine your goals in weightlifting. If you are not attaining your goals or you aren’t getting there as quickly as you would expect, then take a close look at what the reasons might be. Chances are, there are some limiting factors in your training or even in your personal life that is contributing this delay in getting those sought-after goals.
Everyone has strengths that have gotten them to the successful level they are at currently, but there are always those “weak areas” that are holding them back from breaking through. But the problem is that most lifters aren’t willing to really look at what those weak areas are and address them. It’s only human nature, when you stop and think about it. It takes a lot of personal discipline to work on what you aren’t naturally good at. Nobody wants to look bad in the gym, right? Ego, right?
I’m not saying to go the opposite way and only work on what you aren’t good at. If that were the case, it would be difficult to be motivated to even come into the gym. But instead, continue to refine your strong areas, but make sure that a significant amount of work on the weak areas are included to try to work that balance and to make sure that the weak area isn’t what is holding you back.
We have all heard the term, “A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.”. Well, in the field of weightlifting and strength and conditioning, the term fits quite well. If you don’t address that “weakest link”, you will still move forward but probably never quite reach that next level you are looking for.
