Breaking
Barriers
There was a classic rock
band from my generation, The Doors. A set of lyrics from one of
their songs goes like this, "Break on through to the other
side". As athletes, we can surely relate to that. Training is,
in reality, a series of barriers that we must break through to get to
the next level.
To accomplish a break through, we need to first want it, then see it, finally, earn it. No one can give us improvement. It can be earned by leaving our known and daring to explore our perceived limits. When our desire becomes a vision and then a plan, we can get better. But we must to be willing to do what it takes, training harder. Continuing to train as usual will take us to a door but not through it.
We make a decision to journey toward health and fitness. With it often comes the unending quest, of the athlete, to be stronger, faster, better. We begin as slow plodders, our known, but we see the 'good athletes' moving effortlessly and leaving us in their dust, that is an unknown that seems pure magic. We see what is possible and desire it. Achieving that level of performance requires so much more than desire. Improvement comes when you go as hard as you can go and then just a little more. Each time you go past your normal effort, you increase what is normal. What is hard now will become easier, because each time you go further or faster you will become stronger.
To accomplish a break through, we need to first want it, then see it, finally, earn it. No one can give us improvement. It can be earned by leaving our known and daring to explore our perceived limits. When our desire becomes a vision and then a plan, we can get better. But we must to be willing to do what it takes, training harder. Continuing to train as usual will take us to a door but not through it.
We make a decision to journey toward health and fitness. With it often comes the unending quest, of the athlete, to be stronger, faster, better. We begin as slow plodders, our known, but we see the 'good athletes' moving effortlessly and leaving us in their dust, that is an unknown that seems pure magic. We see what is possible and desire it. Achieving that level of performance requires so much more than desire. Improvement comes when you go as hard as you can go and then just a little more. Each time you go past your normal effort, you increase what is normal. What is hard now will become easier, because each time you go further or faster you will become stronger.
The keys to breaking those
barriers, to getting better, comes from the heart. You have to love
the sport and want to push your limits. Improvement is won with
sweat and your willingness to endure. The barriers fall after you
pass your comfort level, not before. Go harder on your hard days.
You may just find that there is more to you than you ever imagined.
Train hard but train smart, and on your rest days, know that you are
building the strength that you earned by pushing your limits.
Training is one of the purest forms of magic. Our bodies are such a wonderful design. We can transform our body and shape it. There is always another door awaiting those with the courage to "Break on through, to the other side".
Training is one of the purest forms of magic. Our bodies are such a wonderful design. We can transform our body and shape it. There is always another door awaiting those with the courage to "Break on through, to the other side".
It's not just a step, it's
a start.
Dave
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