Staying motivated during the pandemic
When the pandemic first hit last year, the closure of Legacy caught me by surprise. Competition was what drove and motivated me to train, but with the lack of events, I lost motivation and gained 15 lbs last spring as I had a hard time adjusting. Since then, I did some serious reflecting and now I do not solely depend on competition to stay motivated. Combat sports is what I love doing and it represents a means to develop my character and grow as a person. As a result of the lockdown, I adapted by finding different ways to remain in shape; Calisthenics, outdoor jogging, a healthy eating plan, and Zoom muay thai classes are helping me stay fit until reopening. I have since lost the extra weight and found renewed motivation to stay on path.
Here are 4 steps that helped me stay motivated during the pandemic:
- WHY DO YOU TRAIN?
This is the most important step of them all. Getting clear on why you train is the first step to finding motivation to push through during the lows. Most will just glance over this point...but without a clear reason as to why you train, you will not have enough conviction to battle through those periods where you just don’t feel like doing anything. Grab a pen and start jotting down all the intrinsic and extrinsic reasons why you got into training in the first place. A good place to start is at the very beginning of your journey. Try to recall this memory and the feeling you felt when you first fell in love with your sport. What made you start? Why do you train? Let's bring our awareness to some of these questions.
- PLAY THE LONG GAME
Once you have finished step one it’s time to start viewing your training endeavors as a long term pursuit. TRAINING IS A MARATHON, NOT A SPRINT. You already know on a deeper level why you train, and now you know that these setbacks are just a small blip in your overall journey.
- CREATE NEW GOALS AND MANAGE YOUR EXPECTATIONS
Stop dwelling on the glory days of your training because times have changed. It is not your fault that you are not performing or training the same as you previously were. We are in a pandemic after all. Create new training goals and expectations for yourself. An example of a new goal can simply be to maintain your fitness level with modified workouts until the time is right to return to your old training regimen. DON’T FORCE MOTIVATION. We do what we do because we love it, not because we are forced to.
- CHANGE YOUR TRAINING PROGRAM
It is time to accept that we may have a little longer before returning to our old training routine and exercises. I suggest you modify your training program to better suit the times. For the martial artist, you can still improve your game in alternative ways. Consider doing various solo drills, shadowbox, heavy bag work, study professional fights, watch instructionals and fight analysis on YouTube, listen to fight podcasts, and/or cross train with other sports and activities. Examples of sports that can be done alone and can help supplement your martial arts training include yoga, meditation, track and field, CrossFit, powerlifting, weightlifting, calisthenics, and gymnastics.
No more excuses. Let's get back to work.
.
Don't hesitate to comment below or contact me directly for additional advice and suggestions!
62 comments
I want to use this opportunity to tell the whole world on how I become rich and famous. I’m 93 years old. I was passing through difficulty in business and there was no hope of me coming out of my debt. I borrow money in my bank to do my business and I run at lost on the business I got frustrated and decided to be playing lottery to see if I can win and make my business grow and I have played for years now nothing good is coming my way on till I meet someone online talking about Dr Ayoola on the internet. He was taking about how this Dr Ayoola help him to win mega million lottery game. I said to myself if this is true and decide to contact him and told him to help me as well I later read more about this man and see how he has been helping people all over the world. I have faith in him and choose to work with him. After working with him he told me what I need to do for the number to be given to me which I did after he finish working he said I will have a dream and the number will be review to me in the dream. That night has I was sleeping I dream a number immediately he call me and gave me the same number I dream of and ask me to go and play the number. Today I’m here testifying of the good work he did for me I played the number and I won the sum of 1, 000,000 million dollars in a lotto max. You can contact Dr Ayoola for help if you want to win big in lottery game he has the gift of giving right number contact him today and thank me email him today Via email: drayoolasolutionhome@gmail. com or https://www.facebook.com/Dr-Ayoola-105640401516053/ text or call +14809032128
I want to use this opportunity to tell the whole world on how I become rich and famous. I’m 93 years old. I was passing through difficulty in business and there was no hope of me coming out of my debt. I borrow money in my bank to do my business and I run at lost on the business I got frustrated and decided to be playing lottery to see if I can win and make my business grow and I have played for years now nothing good is coming my way on till I meet someone online talking about Dr Ayoola on the internet. He was taking about how this Dr Ayoola help him to win mega million lottery game. I said to myself if this is true and decide to contact him and told him to help me as well I later read more about this man and see how he has been helping people all over the world. I have faith in him and choose to work with him. After working with him he told me what I need to do for the number to be given to me which I did after he finish working he said I will have a dream and the number will be review to me in the dream. That night has I was sleeping I dream a number immediately he call me and gave me the same number I dream of and ask me to go and play the number. Today I’m here testifying of the good work he did for me I played the number and I won the sum of 1, 000,000 million dollars in a lotto max. You can contact Dr Ayoola for help if you want to win big in lottery game he has the gift of giving right number contact him today and thank me email him today Via email: drayoolasolutionhome@gmail. com or https://www.facebook.com/Dr-Ayoola-105640401516053/ text or call +14809032128
Top Secret Way To Win The Lottery With The Help Of A Magic Lottery spell caster called Dr Kumar…….I saw testimonies online on how Dr Kumar helped a lot of people in winning huge amounts in the lottery, so I decided to contact him for winning numbers. I contacted this man and he did a spell and he gave me the winning lottery numbers to play. Believe me when the draws were out I was among the winners. I won a $2.19 million jackpot. I have confirmed Dr Kumar and he is real and guaranteed. Now I am a living testimony of the good works of Dr Kumar, a gifted man with great powers, it is my secret but I decided to make the world known too. It might be a help to anyone who is interested. My comment might look funny to you but it is the truth and I promise you that it will not be funny when you win and share a testimony with others. This is a secret to win the lottery so I advise you to do the same. It’s not everybody that is naturally lucky, if you have problems in winning the lottery? then the solution to win is to contact Dr Kumar for the winning numbers and you can reach Dr Kumar on email: spellcasttemple@gmail.com or WhatsApp +2347051705853
Are you looking for someone that can make you a millionaire by playing all types of lottery games. if yes contact this man call Dr Ayoola for help. I was financially down I was not able to pay my bills because all the money I have I use it to play lotto . But I love playing games because I believe in it and can also change my life if I win. I have been playing this lottery for so many years without winning one day I saw someone talking about this man call Dr Ayoola how he help her to win lottery by giving her the right number I was amazed and I contacted him for help. Which he told me what to do. the way he talk to me I was confident and I believe in him which I did what he ask me to do after doing it Dr Ayoola give me a winning number which I played and won the sum of 10, 000,000 million euro and I told my friend about this man and my friend contacted him and he also help me friend to won the some 13,000.000 million euro as well by giving my friend a winning number too. the reason I’m sharing this here is to thank Dr Ayoola and also help people that are passing through financial crisis I’m happy to tell the whole world what Dr Ayoola did for me and my friend you can contact him as well if you want to be happy like me contact him via drayoolasolutionhome@gmail.com or https://www.facebook.com/Dr-Ayoola-105640401516053/ website https://Drayoolatemple.com text or call +14809032128
This platform doesn’t let me reply directly :(
Shelly: Not easy at all. Respect to you for having the utmost integrity for following through with protocols and for being so consistant with Zoom.
Michael: Glad to hear we both found the same solution! Evolve or or fall behind. GL buddy.