Curious as to what drives everyone else during the off season. How do you push harder or train harder than the year before? Do you do the same year after year with the same results?
In my case, I made a promise to myself to be better than the previous year. What drives me? Success, failures and mistakes. Mostly failures and mistakes. I wear a parachute cord wrist band from Survival Strap. Never take it off. It represents those failures, those mistakes. When I feel like I can't lift any more or run or bike any further, I will look at the strap on my wrist and I think about those failures and mistakes. It makes me push just a little further and harder than I would have. There are days when I could find every excuse out there to not workout or to eat something I shouldn't. But its harder to cheat on yourself when it's right there on my wrist every second of every day. Next year, after the season is done with, the strap will represent some new challenges. It may be a little corny, but hey, it works great for me.
I quit trying to explain to people what it meant to me when they asked me about the wrist strap. Now I just say "you wouldn't understand" and smile, knowing that this year I'm better than last.
In my case, I made a promise to myself to be better than the previous year. What drives me? Success, failures and mistakes. Mostly failures and mistakes. I wear a parachute cord wrist band from Survival Strap. Never take it off. It represents those failures, those mistakes. When I feel like I can't lift any more or run or bike any further, I will look at the strap on my wrist and I think about those failures and mistakes. It makes me push just a little further and harder than I would have. There are days when I could find every excuse out there to not workout or to eat something I shouldn't. But its harder to cheat on yourself when it's right there on my wrist every second of every day. Next year, after the season is done with, the strap will represent some new challenges. It may be a little corny, but hey, it works great for me.
I quit trying to explain to people what it meant to me when they asked me about the wrist strap. Now I just say "you wouldn't understand" and smile, knowing that this year I'm better than last.