Getting Back on the Horse?

Ugh...

I am now 35 years old and can say that yes, I think I feel the lack of drive to workout.

I am faced with that proverbial "getting back on the horse" and getting myself back in shape. Well, not "back in shape" but back to the athlete I need to be. Note I said the athlete I need to be and not the athlete I used to be. I think it is more important to surpass the athlete I was, especially at this age.

Yes, I have to say that finding the motivation is increasingly difficult. Have I settled? Do I enjoy looking at the girth around my mid-section? Is that 30 minutes extra of sleep worth just going through the motions of an average life? No.

I used to remind myself, "somewhere out there is a kid training 5 times harder than you...he is just like who you USED to be. One day you will run into him and he is going to drop you." That used to motivate me... Today, while driving, a new thought popped into my head... "somewhere out there is a man training 5 times harder than you...he is going to drop you...and he is 20 years your senior."

Yes, I have seen men in their 50's and 60's who have more GRRRRRR than I do... They still have the will to move forward.

That is one of the core principles of Wing Chun which drew me to it...we always go forward. I apply that to my training too. In Wing Chun, we do not back up, we fight forward.

I need to remember that, because someone else probably is too.

Dominick Izzo
Self Defense Advocate / Self Defense Instructor
I Am Self Defense
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