Rise Again From The Struggle

Static holds definitely work the physical aspect, but they are great tools to work your mind as well. They do a lot of work on your nervous system and really get the whole chain fired up. But the mental process you go through to stick with it when you start getting tired and shaking is next level. Your thoughts go all over the place and give you lots of practice getting m catching that flip.

When water goes through a point of struggle, we see the beauty of the water. Ever wonder why we love an underdog story? They struggle a LOT. So why do you keep avoiding it?

Your excuses will eventually take you down, if you let them. There's good news, though. You can stop making them at any point and start taking control of your life.

I felt the panic creep in along with the whiney voice at first, then I caught it and turned it around. I didn't have it today. I could not get my partner off me, and at first it got to me. But then, I switched tactics and used that time to get better at counters, defense, and technique over strength. I learned a lot tonight, all because I took back control over my thoughts. And my effort was all I...

I don't believe in luck anymore, but this quote still has merit in the message. Spend less time feeling sorry for yourself. It could be worse. Just because it didn't work out how you wanted it in the moment, doesn't mean it wasn't how it was supposed to work out for your future.

It's easy to feel sorry for yourself or tell yourself you don't have the energy for something. But what if that thing were the thing you needed to gain the energy? Don't let your current emotion dictate your future opportunity.

We don't control outcomes. The only thing we control is our own effort and attitude. So what if it doesn't work out? You'll still learn and grow if you choose to.

You're supposed to cycle through your emotions thoughts and feelings. They aren't meant to be permanent.

Little by little, a little becomes a lot. As I said yesterday, small progress compounds. That eventually turns into something you one believed to be impossible. Keep going. You got this!

Not all progress needs to be huge. Some skills are just more complicated. Maybe you have a bigger learning curve. Start paying attention to the small things. As those build, they become massive.

When you spend more time understanding the problems and solutions, and less time trying to figure out how to get out of it quickly, you actually learn the skills that allow you to live through faster. Learn the trade and leave the tricks for the amateurs.

You don't just live once. A version of you dies of each time you want to grow and develop. Learn from the past, but let it die so you can live again.

If you're never challenged, you won't grow. That means you need to be willing to lose, and not lose your mind because of it. To compete is for both parties to bring the best out of each other. Be the one that can do that for yourself and others.

None is us are finished products. See the vision for the future version, work on the present version.

Sometimes your body forgets it's alright to move a certain way. Maybe it hurt once, but your body didn't forget. Now you accept the limitation without knowing why. That's where you need to be able to retrain your nervous system. Introduce the smallest segment possible and grow it bit by bit. Before you know it, you'll be moving better!

With all the training and travel, my body likes to fight back at times. So yeah, I know what is like to fight those internal battles. Yet somehow I'm still calm and don't make others deal with my obstacles. Instead, I analyzed my bodies reactive patterns and learned skills that help me move through these moments to get to a better position. And yes, there are days like today where that skill gets...

Give a researcher long enough and they will give you plenty of reasons to explain why breathing is bad and why your parents are the reason your lungs now have to live with the trauma of air coming into them. Sounds ridiculous, right? So does blaming your parents for you wanting your house to be clean. Your parents weren't perfect. That doesn't mean everything they did was wrong. The way you do thi...

I had to put this stuff into practice today. I didn't need to be obnoxious, rude, or try to be anything more than subtle. That wasn't the time nor the place. I also knew I didn't want to be part of their negative spiral, so I simply introduced myself as soon as there was a lull in their conversation. That put an end to the discussion. It wasn't my role to try and change them, but that didn't mean...

Think about this during your next conversation. Are you simply talking about people? Events? Ideas? You'll have your answer soon enough.

If you just chase success, you're likely to lose yourself. Chase being the one that adds value to those around you. That's the real win. And success will find you anyway.

When you push through and find a way through a challenging moment, something inside you changes forever. Did deep and push through. You'll know it in the end.

Well, I actually did better in one area I wasn't sure was up to par. It was another area I wasn't expecting that created more problems for me today. Those fails, at the end of the obstacle, cost me energy and time for both the attempt at the obstacle and the penalty loop I had to do to pay for the failure. Again, I'm only looking to identify the things I have control over changing. That's the only...

This goes back to my distinction of excuses and reasons. I'm looking at things I did or didn't do to prepare myself for this challenge. All the things I'm looking at are things in my control. Choices I made prior to the event and choices I'll need to make going forward. A review of training methods and how these goals of mine fit together, if you will. There's a big difference there.

The longer you ignore the emotion, the longer it delays your growth. I don't need to continue laying blame on this lady for anything. Her actions created real danger. My nervous system responded with action while experiencing fear. She didn't cause my bodies response, she only laid out the conditions for me to perceive and respond to. By acknowledging this and accepting that reality, I'm able to l...

True character is revealed when shit hits the fan. You can't know your true nature until then. You only know what you want yourself to be.