Welcome back to another episode of Arnold's Pump Club.

As the world starts working on the New Year's resolutions,

I want to remind you of something very important.

At some point, your goals are going to be challenged. Instead of waiting for this to happen, I want you to prepare for this to happen.

This might sound negative, but it's about helping you build resilience.

Every year I watch people with great intentions get pushed down by life and they never get back up.

You are not a failure unless you completely give up

and I know you don't want to give up.

So it's time to stop acting like this will be easy. Change is hard. Your body wants to live this life you've been living. Your mind is used to the habits you had last year. January 1st wasn't some magical day that erased all of your

routines and your muscle memory. You're fighting against all of that to conquer your

resolution whether it was to go to the gym, eat less sugar, stop smoking, stop drinking, meditate more, lose weight, read more books or work on your relationship to make sure you stick to your new habits.

Make sure you are using the right kind of motivation.

Are you trying to use negative motivation? Are you telling yourself I want to do this because I hate how I am now? Stop it

negative motivation will run out fast because change takes time. Instead, reframe how you think about

your motivation for change. Think about how you want to change because you love

yourself. If you are trying to change because you appreciate yourself,

I think you'll have plenty of long-term motivation.

You made a resolution because you wanted to change something.

You wanted to change something. You wanted to change

something for a reason. So as you hit the wall and think about giving up, think

back to the reason you wanted to change. Think about why you might be struggling. If you take this approach, I'm

confident that when your plan doesn't go the way you want, you'll still be able to

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