It is said that the Special Forces are always training, always keeping themselves ready for action, ready for combat and always on the “edge”.
Their philosophy is that if you train well all the time across a variety of scenarios, and you train with real intensity, then you are ready for any eventuality, physically and mentally, and you can rely on your training.
We are what we train to do, and our training becomes a massive part of who we are, creating not only a toughness in our bodies but a mental toughness and protection too, a stronger body means a stronger mind all ready for the daily stresses of life.
BUT without the exercise part, our minds don’t respond so well either, all sorts of laboratory tests prove this as the latest science shows..
We can train ourselves to get good at sitting down too on the settee, we can really good at remembering all the plots on the latest boxset, and it’s easy to “train” ourselves to do this through our daily habits.
We can get exceptionally good at posting on social media thinking we are an authority on all sorts of different subjects, venting our frustrations, our fears, things we don’t like and debate our time away thinking our opinion really matters on every controversial subject.
We got to ask ourselves what are really training ourselves for, is exercise becoming a part of who we really are?
I like many others, have found that in working out through our most stressful times in our lives is highly beneficial in the way it crushes stress, and gives us a clarity of thought that cannot be achieved through any other process.
We rely on our training to get us through any situation. Exercise isn’t just about “losing weight” or looking good, it’s about feeling our best, performing at our highest level when the highest pressure of life is on, protecting us against serious illness and making us mentally strong just when life threatens to overwhelm us at times.
