The three big areas where I see people fall down in their movement/training journey:
1. Sustainability (the work/practice is too intense)
2. Adaptability (the work/practice is OK, but the physiology isn’t set up to adapt due to other reasons. Total physiological load is too high, or resources (food) is too low)
3. Continuity (the consistency of doing something over time)
The first two are fairly clear, but the last is lost by many.
We go on holidays, we injure a wrist, we have a headache.. perhaps we can’t make it to our chosen class, or our favourite practice.
But it’s the importance of doing something.
Overall, we continue the movement in some form for as long as we are alive.
Just like in our work, it’s the big gaps that lead to stagnation, tension or frustration. The 6 months off. The 4 week holiday where we only sat by the pool.
Looking at our exercise or movement as something that doesn’t start or stop, but something that is continual and a part of each day, can be a helpful framework to overcome this more subtle trap.
