{"id":2229,"date":"2018-08-13T07:00:17","date_gmt":"2018-08-13T05:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wimwam.nl\/?p=2229"},"modified":"2023-08-09T12:08:04","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T10:08:04","slug":"being-too-comfortable-adapt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wimwam.nl\/index.php\/2018\/08\/13\/being-too-comfortable-adapt\/","title":{"rendered":"Being too comfortable\u2026..ADAPT!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">There is no growth in being comfortable. But being comfortable is what most of us feel @ their best. <\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">The last couple of weeks I came to figure out once again that needing, wanting or waiting for external forces to kick me in the but is not going to happen. So I\u2019m opening myself up to face different things that make me feel (very) uncomfortable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2234\" src=\"https:\/\/wimwam.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20161211_144227-e1534104419562-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wimwam.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20161211_144227-e1534104419562-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wimwam.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20161211_144227-e1534104419562-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wimwam.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20161211_144227-e1534104419562-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wimwam.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20161211_144227-e1534104419562-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Like not pressing that snooze button when the alarm goes off. Cycling to where I need to be.\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Swimming, using the car less and walking to the grocery store. But what has this to do with powerlifting you may think? Well even changing my grip, stance in the gym and wearing other shoes. Why? Just because I can, and It will introduce me to new things to realize and experience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2233\" src=\"https:\/\/wimwam.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/201703_ProjectGhana_D800_DSC_1288-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wimwam.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/201703_ProjectGhana_D800_DSC_1288-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wimwam.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/201703_ProjectGhana_D800_DSC_1288-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wimwam.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/201703_ProjectGhana_D800_DSC_1288-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wimwam.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/201703_ProjectGhana_D800_DSC_1288-1200x801.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Of course I will not do all things named above at once, but for sure I\u2019ll be specific on what I will <u>focus<\/u> myself on the coming period. Letting go of the old\u2026.making room for the new. Back it up and try again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Sometimes you have to do transitional jobs\/ things to get to where you want to go. But that doesn\u2019t mean that it has to kill your dream or the path that you are on. Act the way you want to feel and soon you feel the way you want to act is what a wise individual once told me. I am willing to experience if things really work that way \u2013 <em>for me \u00ad-. <\/em>Rome wasn\u2019t build in ONE day. Neither am I.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Don\u2019t wish for less problems but wish for more skills !!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><em>Funfact<\/em>: I am Four weeks out of competing at the West European Championships and picking up Equipped lifting again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2231\" src=\"https:\/\/wimwam.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG-20180414-WA0012-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wimwam.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG-20180414-WA0012-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/wimwam.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG-20180414-WA0012-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/wimwam.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG-20180414-WA0012.jpg 747w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Let\u2019s go!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Have a nice week everybody.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is no growth in being comfortable. But being comfortable is what most of us feel @ their best. The last couple of weeks I came to figure out once again that needing, wanting or waiting for external forces to kick me in the but is not going to happen. So I\u2019m opening myself up [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,151],"tags":[135,186,20,15,123,170,22,21,132,136,18,122,182,181,68,241,46,17,45,126,47,28,174,44,180,61,179,69,171,150,16,124,185,183,175,54,19,298,119,129,24,143,184,109,32,42,152,178,145],"class_list":["post-2229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-training-blogs","category-iris-kensenhuis","tag-adidas","tag-bakker","tag-bench-press","tag-cardiopowerlifting","tag-classic","tag-claudia","tag-conventional","tag-deadlift","tag-drc-cup","tag-eleiko","tag-epf","tag-equipped","tag-europa","tag-europe","tag-face-the-heat","tag-girlpower","tag-ilrish","tag-ipf","tag-iris","tag-joost-de-groot","tag-kensenhuis","tag-knee-sleeves","tag-knkf","tag-nationals","tag-nederland","tag-nike","tag-nk","tag-no-pain-no-gain","tag-oudijk","tag-powerliften","tag-powerlifting","tag-raw","tag-ricky","tag-sandra","tag-sectie","tag-spartacus","tag-squat","tag-superwoman","tag-titan","tag-titan-netherlands","tag-titan-support-systems","tag-wesley-ortega","tag-wildeman","tag-wim-wamsteeker","tag-wimwam-nl","tag-workshops","tag-www-powerlifter-nl","tag-www-powerliftster-nl","tag-www-wimwam-nl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wimwam.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wimwam.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wimwam.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wimwam.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wimwam.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2229"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wimwam.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2229\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2237,"href":"https:\/\/wimwam.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2229\/revisions\/2237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wimwam.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wimwam.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wimwam.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}