Training Motivation Tip
Do you ever have difficulty getting the oomph to train? Is it sometimes a hassle to practice martial arts? Do you with you had a training motivation tip that worked?
Not to brag, but some call me the master of martial-arts motivation. At least, I have been told that I offer worthwhile suggestions. (Thanks for the kind words, by the way.)
Even though I can get very creative when I show martial artists how to overcome procrastination, sometimes the basics … well, they work. Don’t get me wrong, I appreciate the “tricks” that I have uncovered and developed as much as the next guy or gal, but there is definite worth in stretching your self-discipline muscle just a little.
Here’s what I am talking about….
Training Motivation Appointment
If we were to discard all tips and tricks, and get down to the basics of getting up and training, we might come up with a small list like this:
1. Decide on what you want to train that you have been procrastinating. (For me, it has been combination kicks that fire off in multiple directions.)
2. Make an appointment with yourself … for today! At what hour will you turn off the TV, get up off the couch, and start practicing your kicks, or punches, or nunchaku twirling? (I’m going to kick as soon as I hit send on my martial arts newsletter.)
3. What small reward will gift to yourself, after you complete your martial-training task? (I’m going to have a small bowl of Greek yogurt with some dried cranberries, Grapenuts®, and some sort of puffed, good-for-me cereal mixed in. Yum.)
4. What small punishment will I undergo, if I fail to keep my appointment with myself? (If I don’t do my kicks for five minutes, I will sweep the back porch … which is not normally “my” chore.)
Martial-Arts Training, Today
So, while writing this article, I just committed to a couple of set of multi-directional combination kicks. I really will do them in about an hour … maybe even less, depending how fast I write.
The big question is, will “you” commit to some small training exercise, now?
When will you be performing the drill? What’s the reward? What’s the punishment if you fail to complete such a small, piddly, easy-to-accomplish task?
And thus … we start the process of self-discipline.
May you be motivated to train … a little, today,
Keith
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