MOTIVATIONAL MONDAY:

IT’S EASIER WITH A TEAM!

By

Mark “Coach Rozy” Roozen, M.Ed., CSCS,*D, NSCA-CPT,*D, TSAC-F, FNSCA

A major corporation conducted a study on the flight of geese. In their study they found that geese fly in a “V” formation with one goose in the lead. After a period of time, this goose relinquishes the lead to another goose. During flight they noticed head movements of the leader that seem to give signals to the other geese flying, perhaps to let the others know how he was doing. They estimate that the formation flight pattern reduces wind drag due to the lift the other birds receive and believe it increases their performance by up to 70 percent. Another amazing thing that found: whenever one goose drops out, another goes with it. These two geese do not catch up to the original pack, but join another group later.

Independence is one of the strongholds of training. To be able to do what you do at your level is key to making gains…you can’t always do what someone else is doing – especially when those others might be at a lower level they you are in their training levels.  But a stronghold and a lift to elevate you to a new level is dependence on others – which is a good thing. It can bring us into new levels of training.  Having someone to hold you accountable, to know that will be there to hold you to that consistent level of training, and to push you when you can’t push yourself, having that type of team or training partner helps accomplish much more with less effort while meeting needs for each of us. We need to depend on others so that we don’t go it alone. By walking together we increase our strength. By going it alone we must carry a load we were never intended to carry. By joining together we accomplish more. Ask the yourself today if there is a team around you to help you reach new levels of success that you never thought possible!   Find your team – find your training partner to get the most from your training.