Diary: Day 32

So, with January behind me I realized a few things about myself along the way. I focused heavily on self-improvement and begun the month with a strong emphasis on devoting my energy and time in mental toughness. I realized that studying MT and applying everything I learned is remarkably different. Applying mental toughness when I felt it was applicable was stupid. It made more sense to evolve the teachings I learned through the month in my day to day life beyond the work I put into the gym. I knew in order to be successful I had to execute in this way of thinking in all aspects of my decision making including events and actions I would normally have shrugged off as inconsequential. If I was opening a jar of pickles I became determined to open the jar no matter what. So in the course of the month I geared down from solely focusing on the gym as my laboratory and expanded life being my stage to op-test everything I was learning. Overall I am happy where I’m at with my state of mind in regards to locking in on a task and performing. The mission of February is athletic training. The purpose is to level up the intensity and move from the confines of the gym, where I developed confidence and mental agility, to a less stable environment where now I am folding in elements that are outside my control. The month of February is meant to be high impact. This is where I begin to work on endurance on an athletic performance level. The reason I need to do this is because March training will amplify and force me to extend my work on endurance in an athletic environment but with an emphasis on sustained performance in time. March intensifies and leverages time as another lever. Ok, so to be clear, the work in January is ongoing cumulative with the mission of February; High impact athletic training.