Every time I run into a former client, a few thoughts run through my head. 

Are they still training? 

If they are not training, what’s the trigger for the switch that can get them going again. 

These thoughts get especially amplified when I meet a client who got really strong, mobile, well conditioned and had a consistent, long stint before dropping off the radar. 

They didn’t need to be sold on the virtues of physical strength. They were living it. And once they got a taste for the strong life, I figured there would be no going back. 

I was wrong. The desire to be strong, physically capable and conditioned waxes and wanes. 

And the waning phases are much easier to maintain than the waxing that requires plenty of elbow grease (every joint really). 

Long story short, I have no clue how that desire goes dormant. Priorities, stress, life, loss of novelty must be part of it. 

The sad truth about physical strength is  that it takes years of effort to acquire it. That required effort, desire and discipline. Losing it took a loss of those things and much less time. All I can hope is they find the trigger words, space or event to spark the desire again.