OPT (James Fitzgerald) is wise beyond his years. When you read his stuff, it just makes sense… and it makes me wonder why everyone doesn’t think the same way!
Recently he posted a message about “doing the work” and how we live in a society of creating “short cuts”.
As I read it, it made me think about our RedShed Community of athletes and coaches… and the evolution of the local throwdowns. For the past few months, I have wanted to write about this topic, but I haven’t been able to really put my thoughts into the right words… until now. Reading OPT’s message kind of made it a bit clearer to me. We do the work to achieve the desired results, even when the desired results don’t lead to a “win”.
There are no short cuts in real life that will leave you with a feeling of accomplishment or fulfillment. That’s a true fact of life. I believe there is a difference between paying your way “into something”, and paying “for something”.
When I look at the RedShed, I see athletes who want to earn fulfillment… no shortcuts. There are no short cuts to getting stronger, faster, more mobile or to feel good… for life. We get what we work for (and pay for!), and we don’t keep that a secret from you.
Just take a look around next time you are at a local throwdown. Watch how we move, pay attention to how many “no reps” we get.
Knowing you performed perfect reps while pushing your body to do what it is capable of doing on any given day is (or should be) more fulfilling than cheating your movements just to go faster, just to win.
“But Coach, how do I get faster?”…
simple answer… “do the work!”
I can’t be more excited on a daily, weekly and monthly basis to create strength and conditioning for whoever wants to achieve it. Doing the work, creating the scenarios, testing the energy systems… and experiencing the results… it’s an incredibly gratifying job.
In August, I want to run my first Athlete Development Camp for our RedShed Community. If you want in on the first one, it will be discounted… first 8 athletes interested in learning more, email me.
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