Tim Spronk Training

100 days:

I just completed a 100 day practice, the requirements were simple, at least one set of Yang 108 and 12-15 minutes of standing meditation.

What have I learned:

You can always make time

People give space/ support for a challenge

All practice is good practice

It’s ok if it feels like hot garbage

Boy is it ever easy to lose track in the 108, especially with repetition

Doing it teaches something, whether you really pay attention or not.

Boredom is really painful emotionally, and useful

Eat less, move more…

Uh huh, sounds easy, why don’t we all do it?
The truth is we really don’t understand food in general. Eat less? Sure until you get hungry.
The enemy isn’t the food, it’s the convenience. The easiest foods to eat are the easiest to make and ship without spoiling. High sugar, high salt and heavily processed.
Start simple. Don’t snack, eat two or three times a day only. Drink water, tea or coffee (without additives) for the rest of the day. You’ll get enough in two or three meals.

One of the dudes I train with was off to compete in a Sambo tournament.
I wanted to wish him well, but “good luck” never sits well with me. “Break a leg” is a bit risky for an event that allows for leg locks and “merde” wouldn’t make any sense to him.
So I said “train hard, fight easy” and he smiled and happily acknowledged my intentions.
Because this is how life works, we don’t know when the hard stuff will happen. If you constantly practice challenge (strength training, conditioning etc…) the tough stuff starts to feel easier.
He won by the way. 👍congrats!

It’s really easy to push yourself once you decide to make a change.
Pick a workout, do the proscribed amount of push-ups, lunges etc… and feel amazing!
Until the next day, you wake up stiff, sore and questioning why you are doing this to yourself.
You wait until you feel better and maybe try again. Still hurts, so the wait between workouts gets longer. Eventually you quit because it’s not working, you don’t feel any better and you don’t want to try anymore.
That was my experience in my first few years of training, always intermittently overdoing it and feeling like I wasn’t getting it.
Start small but stick to it, get in the habit of making time to workout more than the effort.
A few strength exercises and a short walk will do. Stick to it, you start to add some more effort and it feels easier.
Eventually the habit is ingrained and you start to notice that groceries get lighter and the stairs require less effort.
Start small, win big!
DM me if you need a specific plan that fits exactly what you need. I’m happy to consult with you!
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