2 Steps To Stay On Point

Have you ever had to take time off of training due to an injury? I sure have- plenty of times! As an athlete, you’ll find that you’ll incur more injuries than your neighbor who enjoys TV far too much- but you’ll also keep diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease away as well! (THOSE are more dangerous than a pulled muscle or strained ligament!) During the more than two weeks I could not train, I did two very important things: 1-I stayed focused on the goals I had set and didn’t let this set back affect me in a negative way mentally, and 2-I stuck to my food intake as well.

1. Over the years I have not been the best of patients when I’ve had an injury as I used to get incredibly frustrated and irritable about the situation, but having to deal with this type of situation every so often allows you to get better at it and make it work for you. Rather than getting angry, you’ve got to learn to simply stayed focused on getting better because the sooner you heal, the sooner you can begin training again. Also, develop the skill of staying focused on what you want to achieve and allow yourself to get excited about reaching the goal, instead of feeling that you’ve fallen too far back and “what’s the use anyhow?” By being patient in healing and getting mentally focused and excited on your goals, you’ll be better able to enjoy the process when you do finally get back to training!

2. The other aspect of dealing with an injury is dealing with “Down-Time-Munchies”. Since you won’t be training you’ll have more time in front of the TV and that is a typical time to get a craving for chips, etc. Hopefully you don’t have chips in the house, so that will be a saving grace, but throughout the day you’ve got to stay on point with your food intake because that was the one place I know people will have the most trouble! The training will come, but if you stray away too far on the food, you’ll find that it can take a longer than expected time getting back to where you want to be.


Is That All?: No, there are so many MORE things you'll need to do in regards to dealing with injuries, like ice, heat, massage and better yet- go see your doctor if you think it's bad!! These are just two simple steps you can get increasingly better at to help you mentally and emotionally through a rough patch.

See you next training session!