217 Knowing When to Show Up - Nailing the Training Mindset for a Time-Starved Athlete
The mission of this episode is to provide a framework around your training mindset that will both optimize the results from your training and also prevent the performance journey from becoming a second job.
The KEY for any athlete, but especially the time-starved athlete, is knowing WHEN to show up; that is to say, reconciling your commitments with the need to ensure that the training process is joyous and facilitates a de-stressing effect.
While distractions in key sessions can lead to poor execution and limited results, and random will always generate random results, there is a sensible path in which you can glean all you need by being present in training, while at the same time ensuring that the bigger part of the long performance journey includes plenty of fun and enjoyment.
You'll learn:
"Most coaches and athletes fail to even consider such a basic question - stumbling toward a goal by simply embracing the daily ‘grind’ of work. It is no wonder mental and physical fatigue impacts so many.
Your goals are important. To achieve them will require commitment and consistency of training. The journey will include setbacks and some adversity, but, undoubtedly, success will emerge from successfully integrating training into your life.
Training is a demand and stressor that enable adaptations for performance, but that doesn’t mean each session should be debilitating. Much of training can and should be soul-filling - beneficial for developing tissue resilience and general cardiovascular conditioning, but equally facilitating a dishwasher effect to the brain and a globally restorative impact on the body as a whole.
By implementing these key points, not only will you enjoy it more, but you will get better training results, fewer injuries and you will go faster.
Episode Timestamps
0:00-012:10 Introduction and Matt's Personal Picks
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12:20-14:30 Word of the Week - Stress - "Each of us is an adaption machine."
14:45- The Meat and Potatoes - Knowing When to Show Up - Nailing the Training Mindset for a Time-Starved Athlete.
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