Monday, November 9, 2009

#5 Reason Your Training Can Fail: No Accountability

While some of us prefer to train solo and others enjoy working with a team or group, having some sort of accountability is key.  Even when we are disciplined with our training program, not having accountability can limit our potential.  Accountability can be found in numerous places.  A coach or trainer, training partner, training team, etc.  Having someone to check in with, an appointment time with your coach or trainer, or practice time with your team can significantly increase your success rate.  

The truth is we get more done and do much more when we work with someone, when we work together.  We are more productive, we push harder, and we grow more when we work with others.  Working with others is never easy and in fact can be down right challenging at times, but in the end we become more.  We are humans and we are designed to desire relationships. So it would make sense that we need others to help us be the best we can be.  

When we make the commitment to a training partner, coach/trainer, or team and we honor the accompanying time commitments we are not only making ourselves accountable to the other, but to ourselves.  We are telling ourselves, "I count enough to make this commitment which will better me a priority, there I am a priority to me!".  

At Warrior Fighting Sports & Fitness, we provide the environment, the team, the coaches and you provide the "you"! We give you all the opportunity to grow, succeed (in and out of the ring), and change, you simply need to decide you are worth it!

All the greats in boxing didn't come from much but they did believe in themselves and had a team backing them and succeeded.  Now they could have decided that they weren't worth all the effort and bailed, but they didn't! They maintained their accountability to themselves, their trainers, coaches and their team.  If they hadn't honored their commitments and hadn't accountability they would not have accomplished what they did.  

Ask yourself, "where do I fall as a priority in my life?", "is training a priority to me?", "who or what am I accountable to?", "where do I need to make some shifts in accountability?".  The answers to these questions may help you uncover why your training might be failing you.  

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