Today I woke up feeling good. I’m glad I had a rest day to let things recover a bit. Time to get back after it, and ask myself for more.
I chose the image above today for my motivation because if we don’t choose to motivate ourselves, why would anyone else? When we talk about goal setting in class, we encourage students to do two things. First, we ask them to write them down and put them in a place they can be seen every day. Most students chose to write it on a post-it note and put it on the mirror so that each morning they can read the goal while brushing their teeth and getting ready in the morning. The second thing we ask is that they share those goals with others. If you have the opportunity to do amazing things in your life, I strongly encourage you to invite someone to join you.
In class, we also talk about integrity. For our younger students, we talk about doing the right thing, even when no one is looking. For our adults, we talk about honoring our commitments. When that isn’t possible for whatever reason, we need to go back to them, explain why and try to renegotiate. When we are asked to train or do something on our own and are given specific requirements, we need to be mindful to bring our discipline and integrity. In our Legacy program, where we train future instructors, Master Niska would tell us that we will never know who is watching us. We will never know who comes to the school just to see us and copy what we do. We are asked to always be mindful of the impressions we make on others and conduct ourselves accordingly.
Challenge for today: No matter when or where, always bring your ‘A’ game, because you never know when it’ll open doors for you.
Today’s workout
Theme of the day – Discipline
Training qualities – Pivot, bend knee/solid sole, hand position, body alignment
- 2 Mile Run/Walk (22:38)
- 50 Squats on Bosu ball (2 sets of 25)
- 20 Slow (2 sec) Front kicks each leg
- 25 Pushups
- 20 Slow (2 sec) Side kicks each leg
- 25 Pushups
- 20 Slow (2 sec) Round kicks each leg
- 25 Pushups
- 20 Slow (2 sec) Hook kicks each leg
- 25 Pushups
- 20 Crescent kicks each leg
- Songahm 1-5 one time
- 15 min stretching
- 20 min meditation/visualization
- Visualize current ranking form
See ya tomorrow!