Workout of the Day:
Three sets of:
DB Split Squat x 6-8 reps/leg
(elevate your rear foot on a bench, descend slowly and controlled, your goal is to handle 1/3 of your bodyweight in each hand)
Rest 90 seconds
Ring Push-Ups x as many reps as possible
Rest 90 seconds;
and then,
Eight sets of:
30 seconds of Russian Kettlebell Swings
30 seconds of Rest
30 seconds of Dumbbell Push Press
30 seconds of Rest
Are You Playing Hard?
Written by Nuno Costa
I was reading an article in Sports Illustrated on the UConn women’s basketball team, “Making A Run at Perfection,” and a few things resonated with me . . . .
“The magic of Connecticut lies in how hard they play. Everyone wants to talk about how great their players are – and they are – but you don’t beat people by the margin that they beat people unless you are incredibly disciplined to compete on every possession.” This made a lot of sense to me, I treat each day as its own unique possession where I get the opportunity to excel at what I do, regardless of whether it’s training clients or in training to achieve my own fitness goals. It takes discipline to eat healthy everyday; it takes discipline to get enough sleep to allow my body to recover and so that I can be fully present for my clients. It takes discipline to maintain a positive attitude on every interaction with everyone I come in contact with (and I don’t always succeed at this). It takes discipline to take my rest days when I am supposed to, even though sometimes I want to do more. It takes discipline to ice sore muscles, get massages, take fish oil, etc . . . . I play hard. I am incredibly disciplined, and from my experience those are keys to success.
Vince Lombardi said, “Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.” I realize that what I do may not be perfect, but while striving to achieve perfection I come pretty dang close to it. When I train my clients, I do my best to give them my full attention. There’s a certain level of training that I want to provide them and I put forth the effort that will produce the results. I want my clients to live in the world of possibility where they can get in the best shape of their lives: look good, feel good and perform better than they ever have before.
“With Connecticut, it’s like what the musician Artur Schnabel said – and I’m paraphrasing – ‘it’s not the notes, its’ the pause between the notes, that’s where the art lies.’ So I am disciplined and strive towards perfection – so what? What does that all mean? It means that I live without regrets, I live in the world where anything is possible, I energize those around me, I carry an infectious positive mindset that is worth spreading, and in this process I have become a force to be reckoned with!
Are you playing hard in your life? Are you in the game, or are you sitting on the bench in your life?
Found an Erg stashed away here in Fallon,NV. Did today’s CFE workout, which was a Ladder workout of intervals which I did on the C2 rower. Pretty good stuff.
Interesting post. I mostly agree, but think there are times when you need to let loose and party hardy, especially when you’ve been working hard. You only live once, Carpe Diem Baby!