Freedom from compulsive tracking: We know nutrition is a numbers game.or drag a sled for 30 minutes on their day off. The freedom? Being stronger and more fit than your competition who’s unwilling to go to bed at 10 p.m. Going to bed instead of staying up to watch TV, turning off the computer and cell phone before bed so you’re not too wired to relax, doing your cardio so your aerobic system is strong enough to recover between workouts – none of these things are particularly exciting, but it takes discipline to do them consistently. Recovery: Similar to injury resistance, taking the necessary steps to recover requires discipline.Sometimes knowing when to back off takes more discipline than mindlessly pushing through despite your body telling you to stop. It means recovering like a champ by eating right, sleeping well and performing active recovery. It means doing the not-so-fun things like foam rolling, warming up properly and not training through pain. Injury resistance: Building the resilience to ward off injury takes tremendous discipline.
If you have the discipline to train submaximally for extended periods of time, your maximal strength will skyrocket when it’s time to cash in your chips and test your max. Rather than testing your strength, you must train your strength, which means lots of volume with submaximal weights. It’s fun to train as heavy as possible, but it’s not necessarily the best way to make progress. Submaximal training: It’s tempting to go balls to the walls every time you hit the gym.The more disciplined you are with technique, the better your technique will hold up once the weights get heavy, making you stronger in the long run. It takes no discipline to slog through each set, giving in to bad form at the expense of just moving the bar. Exercise technique: It takes discipline to make every rep as technically perfect as possible.In true Bonvec Strength fashion, I’ll tackle strength training first. How does this concept apply to different aspects of fitness? Strength Training Those who eschew discipline for shallow freedoms and instant gratification will never become champions. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.” I hated every minute of training, but I said, “Don’t quit. partying, sleeping in and eating nutritionally-devoid foods). Then, when you’re ready, you can cash out some of this freedom and enjoy deep, meaningful freedom (i.e. more time with family, financial freedom and a lifetime of health) rather than shallow escapisms that we normally associate with freedom (i.e. The longer you sustain your disciplined ways, the more the interest grows. Think of it this way: discipline is the currency of freedom.įreedom is like a bank account, and every time you are disciplined, you put money in that account. This act of discipline bought them freedom quicker cleanups meant less time with their guard down and less time in enemy territory.Īs I digested the parallels between discipline and freedom, I began to realize this connection rings true in nearly every aspect of life, especially when it comes to health and fitness. Instead, Willink delegated evidence-gathering assignments to different members of the platoon and forbade the mindless rampage which had become standard. Despite the adrenaline rush of going berserk after securing an enemy stronghold, it was a waste of time and put the platoon in potential danger. Their original method involved smashing everything in sight, leaving them to deal with the cleanup and potential destruction of valuable items in the aftermath. Willink recalls how his platoon struggled to efficiently collect evidence from areas which they captured from enemy forces.
The book was beyond inspiring, especially the section where Willink described a concept summed up in three simple words: discipline equals freedom. Navy SEALs Lead and Win, a book by retired SEALs Jocko Willink and Leif Babin. I recently finished reading Extreme Ownership: How U.S.
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