Staying the Course

Maintaining focus and consistency in training is all about finding the pieces and elements that excite you. And that can be extremely difficult, especially now, after such a long, difficult winter. (Those of you in San Diego, at lest just try to imagine that there is a thing called cold.), day in and day out in the gym, run after run. Staying on course is tough!

Over the next couple of entries we’re going to take a look at how taking tips from competitive athletes can apply to keeping you on track.

1. DO NOT BREAK YOUR RHYTHM: With everyone as busy as we are, its hard enough just finding those first couple of hours to get into our training routines. Well, once you find those hours, keep them, make them regular. If Monday at 7:30pm and that early Thursday spin class worked last week, hit them again this week and make dates for yourself. Make them regular anchor points in your week that you can look forward to doing something good for yourself. They're dates for which canceling and rescheduling is not an option. As soon as I skip one of my mid week morning workouts, I know next week, that same question is going to creep into my mind and ultimately I'm going to end up losing that regular session all together.

Don’t do it to yourself. Get regular and stay there!