Monday, March 21, 2011

Stronger Than Yesterday

Everyone needs a team and a coach. 
We are not meant to work out alone. 
We are FOR you.




Good workouts are simple, competitive, and make you better at something. 
You don't need much. 
A race up a hill, possibly backwards, is perfect.

Fit athletes are agile, strong, flexible and can endure. 
We're not ultimately interested in what you look like. 
What can you do?


As you get better at athletic things, your body will get "in shape". 
It might take four months or a full year of steady effort. 
But it will most certainly happen.

Nutrition is key. 
Your body needs real food and fellowship around a table. 
Drinking anything more than small amounts of alcohol messes with your fitness. 
So does sugar and stress 
So does eating too little.

Rest is the secret ingredient to quality fitness.

Good coaches are not there to make you comfortable. 
We don't mind if you whine a little, or even curse. 
Just do one more.



When you are failing and frustrated, good coaches will calmly ask you to do it again. 
This time faster, please. 
The best athletes will.

Mature athletes are intentional in their commitments. 
Their energy is focused, they look up and out, and are ready-to-share. 
They are compelling.


All About Athlete athletes are practiced at being brave. 
It takes courage to sprint all-out. 
Or do a hand-stand push-up. 
Or carry someone.
Or show up at all, if you are new.

Fear of failure ages the body and weakens the spirit. 
Perseverance and accomplishment strengthens the mind and fortifies the will. 
Friendships refresh the soul.


Exercise in nature whenever possible. 
Watch the sun rise while you run stairs. 
Cover the trails, hills, greenbelts, tracks, roads and parks with your footprints. 
Even when it's raining, cold, or August in Texas.


She will run and not grow weary. 
He will fall seven times and get up eight. 
They are athletes in every shape, size and history. 

All About Athlete:  stronger than yesterday.

2 comments:

  1. This is awesome, it will be easier for me to tell even more people about AAA's awesome philosophy

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  2. This is cool! Love it. I found out this morning my least favorite, and possibly my slowest exercise: skipping backwards uphill! HARD!! Oh, and btw, it's a talent of Sherri's. ;-)

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