Momentum Based Training

I’ll let you in on a little secret…

I can be a little lazy when it comes to cleaning up my house.  I like to leave dishes in the sink overnight.  I don’t mind dropping clothes on the floor as I remove them for the night.  Some days my kitchen table looks like a tornado hit it.  Yes.  I can be sloppy.  But once I get going picking up one or 2 things, I start cleaning more.  Suddenly the clothes are in the hamper, the dishes are washed and put away, the table is neat, my desk is orderly, heck even the bathrooms are clean.  How does all this magic happen???  Easy.  One thing at a time.  One small task completed leads into another and another and another until, before you know it, it’s all done.  My house is cleaned by momentum.  Once I get started, it all falls into place.

Sometimes the cleaning and straightening up leads into my becoming even more productive in other areas of my life.  It’s like the small success in one seemingly unrelated area leads to improvements in other areas.  For example, this morning as I cleaned the kitchen, did the laundry, and started cleaning the master bathroom, I suddenly started having more ideas for my website, new workouts for my clients, my training programs, etc.  As soon as I finished the cleaning I used the momentum I’d built up and channeled it into brainstorming and writing.  As a result I now have several new ideas for Warrior Fitness 2015!  You’ll begin to see the fruits of my labor in the coming weeks and months as I produce and share it with you.

But does it have to be about cleaning?

Well, no.  That’s just the example from my life, today.  It can be anything.  Do 1 push-up and it leads to 2, then to 20, then to 100.  Eat one more vegetable each day for a week and see the effect.  Take a short walk every day and breathe deeply.  Do small things and build momentum.  Train for 5 minutes and let it lead to more.  Make one class a month.  Then one a week.  Stand for 5 minutes, then for 10, then for 30.  The key to training is consistency.  Build it through small victories and allow the momentum to accumulate.  By this time next year, looking ahead to 2016, you will be amazed at all the progress you have made!  Do it now!

Jon

Jon Haas, "The Warrior Coach" has been training in Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu for more than 25 years and is currently ranked as a Kudan (9th degree black belt) under Jack Hoban Shihan. He has also trained in Okinawan Karate, Tae Kwon Do, Russian Systema, BJJ, Krav Maga, as well as Internal Martial Arts of Yiquan and Aiki.He is a certified Underground Strength Coach-Level 2, a certified Personal Trainer as well as founder of Warrior Fitness Training Systems. In 2008, Jon wrote the book, Warrior Fitness: Conditioning for Martial Arts, and since then has created numerous other online training and coaching programs helping people around the world become the strongest, most capable versions of themselves!

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