TOUGHNESS – WHEN YOU HAVE TWO PATHS TO ACHIEVE SOMETHING, AND YOU CHOOSE THE HARDER PATH, THAT IS TOUGHNESS.
Although fitness is important, we are going to face many challenges in life that we will not be able to overcome just through our fitness. Our ability to still accomplish the task will be dictated instead by our physical and mental toughness and possibly that of our teammates and leaders. Therefore, regardless of the battlefield where we compete, the best teammates, team leaders, or both physically and mentally tough.
ACTION ITEMS FOR DEVELOPING PHYSICAL TOUGHNESS
- GRIND. Do whatever you do until it hurts, and then keep going a little while longer.
- DEPRIVATION is a good thing. Practice self-control on things like video games and sweet treats.
- DON’T WORRY ABOUT A LITTLE RAIN. Exercise in, or at the very least, spend time in – an environment that is not climate-controlled. We all must work, play, and live with the weather during some part of every day. The more we train in it, the physically tougher we become.
TOUGHNESS ACTIVITIES
- PERFORM YOUR CURRENT FORM, upon waking, 10 times consecutively, with no breaks, no water, no breakfast.
- ADULTS – SKIP ALL MEALS THE DAY OF YOUR EMA CLASS, then attend and push yourself hard. Only water is allowed all day.