Habits of a Champion

Warrior-Mentor · 10-18-2005, 18:51

Training tips from Randy Couture, a 5 time UFC Champion...arguably one of the best athletes in the world.

Use them to help you prepare for SFAS...

1. Use a calendar to periodize your training, include your peaking phases for competitions or goal deadlines.

2. “The human body is amazing.” It will adapt to a workload in 8 to 10 weeks. Use that as a guide to adjust training and keep your training moving forward.

3. Keep a training log: include workouts, diet, sleep, and anything else pertinent to your training.

4. Set daily, weekly, monthly and yearly goals. Write them down and share them with someone close to you.

5. After a competition (win or lose), or at a goal deadline (accomplished or not) evaluate your program and routine. Keep what works, eliminate what didn’t, and move forward.

6. Establish a warm up “ritual”. Think of your best performance, what did you do to warm up? Repeat that! It’s a living, evolving thing. Make changes accordingly until you can put yourself in the “zone” every time.

7. “Iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.” Find workout and drilling partners that challenge you or you’ll never improve your game!

8. Proper rest is just as important as time spent training hard. Listen to your body and let it recover.

9. Over training is more a state of mind rather than body. Alter your routine to keep it fresh helps avoid plateaus and stagnation.

10. Strive to get 1% better each day. It doesn’t sound like much, but adds up in a hurry!

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longtab · 10-18-2005, 22:04

Good all around advice for anyone. Thanks for the post. I think I'll post it in the team room.

x95lee · 10-23-2005, 11:20

Couture's an incredible athlete. Thank you for posting this, Warrior-Mentor.

Re #3, I discovered a good resource at www.fitday.com for tracking my diet from which candidates may benefit. The program's user friendly, free, and available anywhere w/internet access.

The online program allows the user to track fitness activities as well. Users can also run reports (pie charts and graphs). The charts and fitness functions are unsophisticated, but better than nothing. I think the real benefit is tracking diet.

I think the site is designed for chubby housewives trying to get into shape, but it can be adapted to training use.

Thank you again for the list.

REMFlt · 11-07-2005, 17:16

more great advice, I've been reading the 'Get Selected" book frequently, and have started the additional readings and listening suggested. This is just one more thing to add. I suppose I'd add one more thing to this list: "If you're not making progress on a program, change your program"

Warrior-Mentor · 01-18-2006, 20:00

Training is WHY we grow,

Eating is HOW we grow,

Sleeping is WHEN we grow.

- Bill Romanowski
NFL Pro Bowl Linebacker

**The Reaper** · 01-18-2006, 20:12

Gee, I thought Romanowski grew from what he was shooting into his body?

TR

Warrior-Mentor · 01-20-2006, 05:43

A technicality...I suppose he'd call it another form of eating...

**Jack Moroney (RIP)** · 01-20-2006, 06:17

Ahh yes, and hanging a goober off the nose of a ref is just another form of self-expression.

Warrior-Mentor · 01-22-2006, 19:49

LOL.

He's a character alright... not a role model.

Warrior-Mentor · 02-15-2006, 21:28

1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969,
1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975

**Razor** · 02-16-2006, 09:09

The 20th Century?

Warrior-Mentor · 02-16-2006, 11:51

They're the years that John Wooden coached the NCAA Championship Team.

10 out of 12 years...not a bad record - in fact it hasn't beaten since then.

I'm reading his book Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court right now and it is excellent.

Will share some of his insights relative to our aspiring SF Soldiers in the next couple posts....

Guy · 02-16-2006, 13:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by Razor

The 20th Century?

Stay safe.

Warrior-Mentor · 03-05-2006, 16:31

"The Players were charged with trying to improve a little each day, trying to get closer to becoming their best. I tried to be hoonest with them in letting them know they wouldn't reach perfection.

But I was also honest in saying that I expected them to give everything they had in trying to reach perfection.

That's what we worked toward. Let's see how close we can get. We won't reach 120%, or even 110%, but how close to 100% of our potential can we get?

That was my challenge to them: How close can we get to perfect?

When individuals are sincerely motivated to take up that challenge, the results are astonishing."

"Are you a failure if you do your best?"

"Did you REALLY win if you gave a second-rate effort?"

-John Wooden

**Razor** · 03-06-2006, 09:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by Warrior-Mentor

"Are you a failure if you do your best?"

You may not be a personal failure, but sometimes the answer to that questions is 'yes' when viewed within the context of the larger picture.