Happy New Year to all ye who enter here…I wish you all a prosperous new year!
I was about to post one of Eric’s articles on training the anaerobic energy system today but I thought that would not really be in the spirit of the new year.
I happened to be going through my inbox and found an email that Eric sent me and thought that it summed up everything that I was thinking about writing for my first blog post for the new year.
Now I am a big fan of the movie The Secret but what Eric talks about in his email was that merely thinking and dreaming that your life can be amazing and any dream that you have can be realized is not enough.
Setting goals and taking the appropriate steps in the right direction is paramount to your success, whether it is in you training, business or relationships.
But I won’t go on…here’s Eric’s email…go visit the link to his blog and read the post on setting and achieving goals and start applying it today and make 2010 the best year of your life!
Eric Wong – Setting Goals and Achieving Them
I just wanted to wish you a Happy, Healthy, and Successful New Year Matt and I hope that 2010 is a great year for ya.
As I talked about in my previous blog post about setting (and achieving) goals, get thinking about EXACTLY what you want to achieve, and once you have a clear picture in your mind, think about it constantly and create plans to make it happen.
That’s one fallacy in some of the teachings that you see (The Secret) is that setting goals is step #1, but then you’ve got to have a plan and TAKE ACTION.
Successful fighters (and business people, parents, etc) aren’t always the smartest, most genetically gifted, or have the best environment, successful people are focused on what they want and they’ll do whatever it takes to make it happen without excuses or getting sidetracked.
To drive from California to New York, all you need to see is the next 100 feet… You don’t have to see your destination at the start. Just keep driving, 100 feet at a time, in the right direction, and you’ll get there.
You might not always know every step to achieve your goal, but I’m sure you can get started on something NOW and you’ll figure the rest out once you get momentum.
Here’s an example…
If you want to WIN your first MMA fight in 2010, then these are some possible first steps for you:
- MMA SKILLS: Analyze your MMA skill set now (or better yet go over it with your coach) and determine exactly what holes you need to fill and what strengths you need to hone… it could be your head movement, transitions on the ground, takedowns, strength and conditioning, whatever it is, make a point to focus on those things so they’re not weaknesses anymore
- STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING: Get a coach who you trust and can get solid advice from… fighters who follow my Ultimate MMA Strength and Conditioning Program have access to my personal email and ask me about training, strategy, planning, and more – things that as a new fighter you won’t know but a coach who has helped fighters go through it before will
- PLANNING: Plan your training schedule ahead of time to take into account events and functions that might interrupt your normal training routine – if you’ve got a party to go to when you normally workout, get your workout in the day before or earlier in the day
- SLEEP: Improve your sleep! This is one of my goals for 2010, and I’m sure 99% of you can do better in this area.
- NUTRITION: This is huge! What you eat is the fuel for your body. If you want to perform like a Ferrari, don’t put in cheap gas! If you don’t know what to eat, how to supplement, when to eat, or how to cook, my Nutrition-itsu book will tell you everything you need to know… it’s included in the Ultimate MMA Strength and Conditioning Program
These are just some areas that you can work on in terms of MMA training itself, so pick one and get to it! Winners take action, losers sit on the sidelines and make excuses about why they’re not in the game.
To your success in 2010!
Eric Wong, BSc, CSCS
Your MMA Performance Coach
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