Archives for January 2013

Happy New Year Team! We are so thankful to start another fantastic year with all of you. We’re looking forward to another year of pounds lost, muscle gained, and more victories!

Today’s Coach’s Corner comes to you today from Inc.com magazine’s article on 8 Beliefs That Make You More Resilient, for you sake we’ve only picked 5 that we think are pertinent to our students. We’ve also added our own personal caveats to make them relevant to you and your training.

“Today’s success can breed tomorrow’s failure if I let success make me complacent about staying motivated and moving forward.”

When you have a great class, or you get an A on your test at the end of the month – definitely pat yourself on your back and give yourself the credit you deserve, but DO NOT let it lead to you missing your next class because you worked super hard the day before. Before you know it you’ll be back on the couch eating Cheetos! We have a saying here at The Academy, “GOOD, BETTER, BEST – NEVER LET IT REST.” This is a mantra that has allowed so many of our fighters to become champions and so many of our students to lose weight and get into the best shape of their life.

“I learn more from failure than from success. Failure renews my humility, sharpens my objectivity, and makes me more resilient.”

Success is great, but failures are what help us learn and make us better. When you have a class or a training session where you feel awkward, or you’re just not getting the technique down right – don’t give up. If you can’t do 30 flutter kicks this month, don’t feel embarrassed, work on them each time you come to the gym. Try to do one more than you did the day before. Let it be the fuel you use to do 40 next month!

“Goals that contain, “I’ll try…” are self-defeating. If I want goals that truly motivate, I use phrases like “I will” and “I must”.”
Having goals that start out with I’ll try assumes that you’re giving yourself room for failure! Instead, make goals that sounds like, “By next month I WILL lose 5 pounds.” Then make your action plan around that. Don’t give your mind the slightest notion that you might slip up. When it comes to health goals, like losing weight and eating healthier – adopting a do or die mentality is not that dramatic. Training down to a healthy weight and eating well will significantly decrease your risk of disease and promote longevity.

“What holds most people back is fear of failure, but if I don’t take action, I’ll fail by default, so what have I got to lose?”
Fear will define the limits of your life, guaranteed. Don’t let it hold you back from doing the things you want to do and accomplish. If you’re thinking about doing your first competition, but have never competed before – don’t psyche yourself out! Come to us for support – we are here to help you push through that fear and achieve!

“What I say reinforces what I think, so if something is about to come out of my mouth that doesn’t serve my purpose, I should simply keep my mouth shut.”
It does you no good to put yourself down or to put others down when they’re having a hard time. When you feel frustrated with yourself, pause  for a moment and remember that there’s no such thing as perfection – but there is progress. Remind yourself that you are better than you were a month ago and you will be better a month from now. But the interim is a time of inevitable frustration, don’t let that get to you. Instead of telling yourself that you’re weak and you’ll never reach your goal, tell yourself that you are stronger than you ever have been and you are going to crush this goal into oblivion!