Ham, Eggs and Your Commitment

“The difference between involvement and commitment is like ham and eggs. The chicken is involved; the pig is committed.” – Martina Navratilova

Today I was reading an article by one of my favorite coaches, Martin Rooney, but before I go in to the blog let me give you a quick snapshot about this guy Martin. You may have heard one of us mention him before. He is the founder of Training for Warriors (TFW) and most of your coaches are TFW certified. Coach Dean spent last weekend with Martin and the TFW family down in Charlotte NC sharpening the tools in his toolbox to help us all get better.

Martin Rooney is the type of coach (and probably the type of person) that when he speaks, people listen. He is incredibly engaging and somehow forces you to think outside of the box AND get excited about it. This guy fires me up like no one else. Quite a few months back on a Saturday we went to Boston to a conference where he was speaking at and let me tell you…I was bummed that Monday was kicking off a recovery week, because he fired me up so much I couldn’t wait to see you guys and coach you! That is just a little back story so when you see a lot of my blogs referring to this Martin Rooney guy you understand that he inspires me and I want to share it with you.

So back to the blog-

I came across this statement in one of his blogs and I just wanted to expand on it a little bit.

“To be successful in life, you must commit. If you freeze, you lose. There should be no halfway in anything you do.”

Commitment is a trait that all successful people have in common. Since I am your coach I am going to apply this to your health. So let’s think about this, you’ve already made the commitment to yourself, right? You walked through the doors of Get Fit NH and you agreed to let us help you get better.

Now let’s think about some of these other things we could be committing to,,,,’

1. Are you committed to training 4 days per week consistently? (Or 2 days per week if that is the plan you chose)

– Consistently meaning you almost never miss training unless you are on vacation or sick
– If work gets in the way you make it
– A priority to get to another training time and communicate with your coach 

2. Are you committed to your training program?

Yes, that is a different question then the one above. You could come in and go through the motions or you could get in here and kill it every single day.

“Kill it” meaning you’re paying attention to load selection throughout the weeks and you are progressing as you are able. Kill it meaning you are going as fast as you can on those metabolic days and not letting that little voice inside your head bring you down. (You know the one that is telling you that you should slow down) Your body is capable of much more than your mind gives it credit for!

Committed to your training program meaning you are so focused on what you are doing and how you are doing it that you are unable to talk through training (I say that with lots of love so don’t take it personal if you’re guilty!)

3. Are you committed to the other 165?

What is the other 165, you ask? Great question. The other 165 refers to the other 165 hours per week that you are not here in the gym training. That is a lot of time! That is a lot of time where you need to be committed to your goal without your coach breathing down your neck!

What you do outside of the gym matters. What you put in your mouth matters. How you fuel your body matters. You have a choice every single day, right? You can choose to get better or you can choose not to progress.

4. Are you committed to your nutrition?

This kind of goes along with the other 165 above, BUT let me ask you this…if you are committed to getting better and you are committed to your goals (whether your goals are to lose weight, lose body fat, get stronger) then it would be safe to assume you have made it a priority to get to one of the Whole 9 Seminars and catch a copy of our custom nutrition handbooks, right?  I know a TON of you have made that a priority and I am super proud. If you have not been able to attend one then make it a priority. We will be holding at least one of these seminars monthly.

Every single one of you came to Get Fit NH to get better in one way or another. You all have committed to walking through the doors to be better than you were yesterday. We all have areas where we can get better. What can you commit to in order to get better?

I am going to commit to trying 3 new recipes from the Whole 9 handbook! Now let me know what YOU are committing to? (If you don’t share it, whose holding you accountable!?!)

Write YOUR commitment in the comment box right below this article.

Make it Happen,

Meagan