Making a statement that you are doing your best with your training, you are doing your best with your food is a lot harder than what usually what happens in practice.
The hardest thing i have to achieve with individuals is getting them to believe in themselves, and to develop confidence in themselves, if i can do this, then i know i have won the hardest battle and things should move along very quickly after this.
All the great coaches in sport and in business pursue this quest all the time, and use different ways to do it.
Some people need a good shouting at, in fact they thrive on it.
Some people would crumble if you shouted at them, and their confidence would be lost forever, this is why every individual is different and needs to be handled with different degrees of care!
Telling someone that they will soon be capable of climbing any hill, any mountain and by climbing i mean running or walking hard! I am no expert in mountaineering and im not pretending to be, but i do know how to get up vicious hills and how to get others up the same challenging hills!!
It is all small steps, and you have to demonstrate to the individual that there is progress each and every week. If you focus on progress then you will already be in the fast lane of development. If you simply show up and go through the motions, your workouts will not only be very boring but unproductive too, and thats exactly the situation you don’t want to be in!!!
The positive nature of hill training can never be underestimated! Everyone who i have ever taken up hills always conquers their insecurities about their true ability and sometimes, a new and much more confident person is born from being able to conquer any hill in the area. You may also find that the same person will never run flat again, the prospect of hill running or walking can be addictive not only in the challenge factor, but the results in terms of fitness are always tremendous!!!
Get up there and give it a go as long as you have developed your fitness to a good standard! There must be a hill which you currently think is impossible, its to to crush your fears and surprise yourself so give yourself 6 weeks to conquer it, edging up further each workout, a little progress every week will lead to massive progress over 6 weeks so plan it and see how well you can do!!
