Hi Kev,
Don’t think of yourself as “Rhythmically Challenged”…
instead consider yourself “SYNCOPATED”!!! 
Seriously though, reading this thread brought to mind a couple of things…
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Justin’s lesson (back in Grade 1?) on tapping your foot. I have a hard time tapping my foot in time so I try to CONSCIOUSLY tap my foot, hands, fingers, bob my head etc. to music wherever I am & have found that this helps a lot.
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Putting songs I really like on the stereo & play the “groove” on the guitar WITH ALL THE STRINGS MUTED… no stress about fingering chords, no worries about hitting the right strings, no looking even - eyes closed & just grooving along to music I love - different genres & totally different time signatures etc. This REALLY, REALLY, REALLY (to quote Justin) makes me FEEL it.
Also, consider this - I remember Steve Martin in the first few minutes of “The Jerk”… he just couldn’t find the groove - until he heard music he identified with. Definitely not the most PC of movies & not something we all find funny - but I sometimes feel that same pain while trying to play along with the metronome over a challenging chord progression & being unable to “keep time”. Maybe trying to play stuff you love - Easy Guitar versions help - can make it a bit easier.
Just a few thoughts… But at any rate, count me in with the RCC (Rhythmically Challenged Club)!
Tod
… but once it’s worked out once, you KNOW it’s going to work again! Hills, Valleys & Plateaus… the scenery just keeps the journey interesting!!!
that’s why a slow pace is reccomended then! You can better enjoy the landscape! 
