Responsibility

Today has so far been an irritated mix of cancellations and lost time.

I had 2 last minute cancellations (not you, Croc), following on from another of the same Friday evening.

As a trainer, it's frustrating to put time and effort into helping people, only to be left feeling that their goals are more important to me than they are to them.

It's something that's all to common in today's society...

Abdication Of Responsibility

It's not just training related.

It's life related.

It's society related.

It's personality related.

How often do we see a crime or incident on the news, and we're either told, or it's glaringly obvious, that passers by could have made a difference, but they didn't.

Didn't stop and help, or just didn't care.

Either way, they then share the responsibility for the bad thing that happened.

Because if you have the power to prevent something happening, but you choose not to, you are responsible for that thing happening.

Just because something is not your fault, it doesn't mean it's not your responsibility.

Every time you, I, or anyone abdicates responsibility, the world around us becomes a fraction worse. It slips a little deeper into decline.

Isn't today's blog about training?

Of course it is.

When you hear people say 'training is my life' they are often laughed at.

But if we take the lessons that we can learn from the Iron and apply them to everyday life, then we become better people, better members of society.

Hopefully, better Sheepdogs.

At the very least, better sheep.

Today's Training:

am:

a) Renegade Rows x 5 x 5

b) Double KB Front Squats x 5 x 5

c) VWC x 20 minutes

pm:

a1) Clean & Press x 5L/R / 20 Swings

a2) Halos x 10 / 20 Swings

a3) Snatch x 5L/R / 20 Swings
Repeat 4 times, minimal rest
b) Swings x 25 on the minute every minute for 10 minutes.

Total Swings for The Month: 3090

And not abdicating responsibility applies to ourselves as much as anyone else.

I sit here irritated by lack of commitment...but then I think.

How many days of my life have been wasted in pointless activities, in doing nothing, when I could have been training, or learning?

I've written on this page before about how my training was limited by time.

But it's just an excuse.

How long does a 20 min VO2 Max VWC set take?

Yeah, that's right, 20 minutes.

How long do 10 minutes of Tabatta swings take?

10 minutes.

Correct, have a gold star.

Is anyone's day really that busy?

No.

Maybe you choose to prioritise training below other things.

That's fine.

Just don't claim not to have time.

And don't bitch that the results aren't coming.

Effort In = Results Out

Providing you have a solid training plan, that is.

But we've talked about that before, haven't we?

I lose count of the number of people who say to me:

'But I spend 2 hours a day in the gym, why aren't I getting results?'

Because I have no idea how long you spend training, but in my experience the more time someone spends in the gym, the less time they spend training.

Does this sound familiar?

Stop dreaming...
This is real life.
Stop talking...
When you should be acting.

Whay you know doesn't matter.
What you do, matters.
Becasue you, I, everyone of us...
We become what we do.

General Out