The greatest sign of success for a teacher… is to be able to say, ‘The children are now working as if I did not exist.’ Maria Montessori I have not blogged in what seems like ages, but with this topic fresh on my mind, I thought it would be nice to remove them and send […]
Category Archives: Motivation
Why Compete?
The ultimate victory in competition is derived from the inner satisfaction of knowing that you have done your best and that you have gotten the most out of what you had to give. Howard Cosell Why compete? Why put yourself in a situation where you only have a set amount of opportunities to get it […]
Pure Health Athletics
I’m not impressed by the individual who is willing to exercise to the point of vomiting or a loss of bladder control—this is not that unusual. What I’m impressed by is the individual who shows up every day at the gym, does what is necessary, doesn’t complain, doesn’t look for recognition, does what’s necessary outside […]
Mission in Strength
It is my opinion that, as an athlete, you need four ingredients to achieve a high level of success: supportive gym/community, superb coaching, an iron will to succeed, and food. The last couple months has been packed with travels to compete, and compete we have. If you have kept up with any of our social […]
The calm after the storm
Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer’s day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time. -John Lubbock Your competition is complete and regardless of how you did, it is behind […]
Train to Compete
The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop […]
Momma knows best
“Mama always had a way of explaining things so I could understand them.”- Forrest Now, although it is not my mothers birthday (far from it) and mother’s day has since but past (in hind sight, this would have made a wonderful mothers day post), I was sitting at dinner trading stories about me being […]
Growth: Why, how, and when
People spend too much time finding other people to blame, too much energy finding excuses for not being what they are capable of being, and not enough energy putting themselves on the line, growing out of the past, and getting on with their lives. –J. Michael Straczynski I was mindlessly scrolling through Facebook last week, […]
Your body is a temple… so treat it like one
There is an Indian proverb or axiom that says that everyone is a house with four rooms, a physical, a mental, an emotional and a spiritual. Most of us tend to live in one room most of the time but, unless we go into every room every day, even if only to keep it aired, […]
Carpe Diem
As a child, you are taught a seemingly impossible task, walking. Think about it, the ability to be bipedal is there, but the hours of dedication it takes in order to get upright is astronomical, but eventually, everyone is able to do it. I mention this because think about how impossible it must seem at […]
