A wise coach once told me, “Comparison is the thief of joy.”
Whenever I encourage new lifters to consider competing, the most common response is, “I’m not ready. How would I compare to other lifters?”
To which I always respond, “Don’t worry about other lifters. IT’S YOU VERSUS YOU.”
Somewhere in China, there is a female teenager who is warming up with my maxes. But this doesn’t bother me. Because if I worry about competing against other lifters I don’t even know, if I worry about other lifters I may never see on the platform again, the energy I could otherwise use to compete against myself and improve myself will go to waste.
If you are better today than you were yesterday, you are winning against yourself. Come to think of it, this applies in all aspects of our lives.
HoofGripWL 