March/April Part 1 - That Minor Injury You Just Had? Best Thing That Ever Happened to Your Training...

How is that for a long title? First off, my apologies for my lack of writing in the past month...I could list excuses, but they don't matter.

While trying to decide how to best recap the past month, I concluded that I would break it up into several parts that may be useful to you in your own training...here goes

Ok, so a couple weeks ago I broke my cardinal rule when freerunning..."When you are going to do something DO IT and when you aren't DON'T!" in short...commit or don't try it when you combine the two you Get Hurt.

I was getting psyched up for a big jump (big mental not physical) when I realized that something on that particular day wasn't clicking there. Instead of walking away and coming back a bit later I instead pulled the "major foolio" card and went for it without taking proper time to overcome it mentally. now let me change font color here and note something: This is not to say that you have to plan out every move in your head or contemplate a move every single time, HOWEVER you should be confident in it through an understanding before attempting it. a.k.a. the standard don't try this at home [unless you know what you are doing]. So I "went for the jump" and bailed on the idea of landing while in the air EVEN THOUGH I had enough of a jump to make it! Then I put my feet down to land in front and became suddenly aware that I was about to slam my knee into the CONCRETE in front me.

This is where practicing "how to fall" comes in handy....

As soon as I hit, I twisted my body to the side. I still bashed my knee into the concrete, but I only bruised it instead of potentially breaking it lol.

I feel like I am digressing too much into the story so lets get back to the point.....

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This minor injury (bruised knee) kept me from training for about 5-6 days. By properly resting it and taking care of it I am healed now, but for that short period of time...training was not an option.

During this time my ability to move in ways I used to was temporarily taken away! In this time I found myself frustrated. NOT because I was injured, but for how much opportunity I have wasted while HEALTHY!

My GREATEST motivation this whole month has not been something like, "that awesome video that just came out" or "that show that is coming up soon" but INSTEAD that EVERY DAY is an opportunity to improve and although I trained nearly all of them...I felt I could have done SO much More!

So I challenge you, in EVERY aspect of your life...

What opportunities are you wasting? Decide TODAY how you are going to work to use them to reach a Goal!

Whether that goal is becoming a better Freerunner/Traceur, being more productive at work/school, improving your relationships with friends and family, or glorifying God, you can make choices today and EVERY DAY to not waste opportunities to reach your goal!

Think...reflect...perhaps comment on this blog (what a crazy concept right?)

...and wait for part two =)

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MB