Here’s a quick video I put together Friday afternoon to answer a question posed by one of my non-training friends.  I had described to him some of the brutal and intense workouts I put myself through on a weekly basis and he couldn’t quite wrap his head around why anyone in their right mind would want to do that to themselves.

I’m sure you’ve all heard the phrase, “pain is weakness leaving the body.”  Well, in my training for both me and my students, I’ve re-framed it.  My version now says – “pain is weakness leaving the MIND.”

Our bodies are immensely capable of almost anything.  It’s our minds, where the dark little gremlins of negative thoughts lurk –

This is too hard.

I can’t do this.

What am I crazy?

At my age?

I could get hurt.

I shouldn’t do this.

On and on they go projecting their poison of negativity and doubt into your mind. This is where weakness (and strength) start, in the mind.

I won’t spoil my answer to the question for you here, you’ll have to watch the video to find out what I said.  Enjoy!

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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