When I was prearing to open the school, with lots of time in the pre-opening weekend, my fiance gave a very solid piece of advice. I'm proud of you. Don't be dissapointed when no one comes in on the first day.
No fanfare, no spot lights, no off the hook phone calls, the first evening came and went. But, on the plus side, I am most grateful I was able to amke it there. I woke up this morning and intended to go to my day job, then KABOOM, there was an xplosion in my head. My nose, my throat, my sinuses, chest, and ears were choc-full of bacteria inflammed. I started work then decided if I couldn't even focus on getting the books to the van, I probably couldn't focus on the road to safely drive. Like they teach you: safety first.
This brings me to my frequent post topic: Safety. Somethings are indispensible in your life. Your health and life, itself, are two of these. In you training, you need to push yourself, but if you can't do something, don't force it. Forcing is a concept we use for doing something a way you aren't suppose to be doing it.
The other invaluable piece of advice for training is preparation. Sure, this refers to warming up and stretching, but it also refers to your equipment. If you are going to spar, put in your mouthpiece, at the least. The largest bit of protection is worth more than smallest amount of rehabilitation or reconstruction. One roundhouse kick to the face gives a concussion, the other doesn't. The difference: the second kick had to contend a shock doctor.
Protect yourself. Train hard.
No comments:
Post a Comment