Luca Dellanna on Resistance:
The point is that going to the gym is an activity, like many others, where you can technically produce its inputs in a negative mental state, but they won’t be good enough to bring satisfying results unless done with confidence. Therefore, chronic resistance is not something to dismiss or power through, but something to acknowledge, dissect, and address until resolved.
“Just powering through” resistance makes it more difficult to resolve its causes. In my view, the persistence and grit you develop getting used to powering through is a skill in itself, but Luca’s point is that resistance is telling you something about its causes. If you think deeply enough about the chain of causes, you can diagnose and treat at least certain aspects of the resistance to lessen its effect over time.