I love this time of the year for many reasons, like family time, food and, of course, football. I don't know about you, but I
watch football almost non-stop, just ask my wife. In the South, no matter your
age or gender, college football is the sport that everyone loves. I love it too, but I also love professional
football. While I was watching all the college and pro football games this
season, I realized how much you can learn from the sport to help in training
and overall health. So here are five ways we can learn from football:
1.
Kickoff. The
first thing that happens in the game is the kickoff, and what team gets the
ball first is determined by the coin toss. This is a perfect reflection of
training and a healthy lifestyle, you have to start somewhere if you haven't
been doing it already. This is the most important step, and probably the
hardest, because it's not easy to get started. The team who wins the coin toss gets
to choose if they receive or kickoff. With so many choices in diet and exercise,
it’s important to choose wisely in this area, like the strategy of a team choosing
to receive or to kickoff. Whatever you choose, the kickoff has to happen to get
the game started and to start moving towards better health.
2.
Huddle. One
thing I love about football, that is different than other sports, is the
planning that goes into every play. Other sports, like soccer for example,
there is strategy, but it's a lot of reaction instead of specific plays like
football. Each person has an assignment on each particular play, and the huddle
is the place for the quarterback to tell everyone the plan. If you don't have a
plan in football you won't be successful, and if you don't have a plan in
training or eating well you will fail. Just like coaches have different
philosophies, so too, there are different philosophies in training and eating.
Choosing the right one will determine whether you succeed or fail. Choose
wisely.
3.
Referee.
There are so many rules, actually too many rules in football, so the referee is
the one that makes sure both teams are playing fairly and following the rules.
Sometimes, the refs are terrible, but I’ll save that for another post. The ref
in training is the person, or people, who help make sure you are following a
solid plan. It could be a trainer or a coach that can give you feedback to make
sure you are doing things the right way, and not training incorrectly which
could lead to injury or maybe getting no results at all. Just like refs are essential
to football, someone in your life to guide you is essential to being healthier.
4.
Quarters.
There are four quarters in a game and inside those four quarters are so many
ups and downs, successes and failures. These four quarters are a perfect picture
of how living a healthy lifestyle can have many ups and downs. After the
kickoff of being healthy, you come out on fire and you can't be stopped. You're
training the right amount, you’re diet and amount of sleep are perfect, and the
touchdowns (results) come easy. Then something happens and you get a little relaxed and start eating a little bit more unhealthy food. Maybe skip a day or
two of training and you start to get down. This is where the good teams fight
through the hard times, and get it together and where successful people keep
fighting to be healthy. The team, or person, that gives up will certainly fail.
Keep fighting all four quarters.
5.
Team.
Other than kickoff, this might be the most important thing. Obviously if you
don't have a team, you don't have a game. In football, there are good teams
and there are bad teams. In trying to lead a healthy lifestyle, you need to be on a good
team if you want to succeed. Just think in football about the most successful
teams and the characteristics they have. They care as much, or more, for their
teammates than themselves, they are helpful, they are hard workers, etc. These
are just a few characteristics, but I think these are necessary to lead a healthy lifestyle. So many times we are discouraged by others and give up. If you surround
yourself with good teammates you will have a far better chance to succeed, and
you can share in the victories with others. Find good people who want to be
healthy too, and surround yourself with them.
These five points are what I love about Training
for Warriors. There is a program to help kickoff your training and healthy lifestyle in our 8 week warrior challenge class, or in personal training sessions. There is a plan that sets you up for success,
and coaches to help make sure you follow the program for success. There is a
team of people that love to see you succeed, and will be there to help you in
those four quarters, through all of your ups and downs in health and everyday
life.
We’ve got a new 8 week warrior challenge that
will start January 11th. I also have some spots open for personal training if you are interested in more of a one-on-one approach. You’ve just received the ball, and now it’s your choice to either run
with it or to take a knee. I hope you
choose to join us and take that first step towards improving your health and
fitness in the new year.
Hope to see you in my Dojo soon!
Chuck
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