Comparing to your past fitness

It’s super, super common for people to compare their fitness levels now to a specific time in the past and feel crappy.

I think what we often forget is to compare the whole picture – eg what else are we doing now that we weren’t doing then, are our responsibilities (and injuries, health etc) the same, what have we achieved in other areas of our life since that time etc? It’s rare that we spend a lot of time thinking about how much better we’re doing in certain aspects of our lives than in the past, so if we must reminisce, let’s do it fairly.

It’s ok to want to get fitter etc but I think we need to have a realistic idea in our head of what is sustainable, what we enjoy these days, what we have time and passion for and what’s actually important to us, so we can find the right balance and be fair to ourselves.