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The importance of not giving up

03/04/2019 by Cerin

This came up during a training session this afternoon… Is it more important to get it right, or not give up? Every situation is unique, and when you are learning how to do an exercise, it is certainly important to try to get it right, because practicing a move badly will just ingrain a bad … Read more

How to enjoy Christmas and get back into training afterwards.

16/12/2014 by Cerin

It’s nearly Christmas. It’s a predictable time of the year. We know when it is and we know the way things pan out during and after it. Usually something like the following: Training/exercise winds down in run up to Christmas. Eating/drinking winds up in run up to Christmas. Training/exercise stops entirely at Christmas. Eating/drinking rockets … Read more

Indomitable Will: Part 2

05/08/2010 by Cerin

Isn’t life full of coincidences? After writing yesterday about the willpower needed to keep on trying, I stumbled on this video from utube. It’s a speech from Rocky and it says basically the same thing I was trying to say…but in a much better way, obviously!

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

04/08/2010 by Cerin

“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will”.

Mahatma Gandhi.

I was coaching a general circuit training session, and we had a couple of minutes left before we had to finish. We could have just left it there. But instead we did one last flying lap round the circuit.