On training, smoking, poontang, and mental toughness Feed Icon

Published by: Machete
Posted: October 13, 2009, 9:23 am

What is it with smoking and girls that takes the conditioning toll on us average, untalented athletes? They say smoking fucks the lungs and sex fucks the knees. To some degree, that is probably true, but in my opinion there lies a deeper psychological connection. Most people who fuck around with girls know deep down inside that they are not supposed to be doing that. Most people who smoke claim that they want to stop. But they keep it up. They don't stop. It's a vice.

They know it's bad for them, but they refuse to cease the habit. Because quitting would become an inconvenience for them. They do not want that. THEY CANT HELP IT. They have to have one more stick, one last lay.

They lack the mental toughness to make it happen.

A person who can't stop himself from doing things on impulse, rather than doing what he should be doing? What's to stop him from abandoning the gameplan when he gets hurt? What's to stop him from curling up into a ball, or going all Roberto Duran when things don't go his way? What's to stop him from stopping at 60% intensity in training, convincing himself he's too tired? What's to stop him from screwing up his diet, or not making weight? (i.e. Dawn Boyd from Oxygen's Fight Girls) NOTHING. Because he doesn't want to be inconvenienced.

Mental toughness is doing something when you don't have to. It is always easier to quit halfway. When every muscle is burning in Lactic Acid, telling you to stop NOW, when your gasping Lungs and Heart are telling you to slow down for fuck's sake, when your aching legs are screaming at you to skip the 6 am roadwork and just stay in bed, what's to stop you from ignoring your mind's nagging you to "GET THE FUCK OFF YOUR ASS, YOU PUSSY?" Mental toughness. Even your mind itself may play tricks on you. "You can do it tomorrow." or "You don't need to push harder. You're ahead of everyone else." Fuck everyone else. Mental toughness is doing something when you don't have to. Because most of the time, we all know what's right. We just lack the balls to do it. And it's not entirely our fault. Some of us are just born with pussies. It's not like we had the choice.

Mental toughness. It's strange how it goes by completely different names. Competitors and commentators and fight fans call it by that overused cliche pop-culture term: "Heart." Although 90% of them do not know shit about heart, it always becomes a topic of discussion and critique. Nonetheless, it's all the same; Heart, Mental toughness, Balls. It's how far you would go. It's how much you would give up. It's how bad you want it.

Like the body, the mind must also be constantly trained and put under stress. How do we do this? Mental resistance training. Always do what's right. Because the right choice is almost always the hard choice. Do it even if the choice will be unpopular. Yes, it means you'll become a total tool and a square. But mental toughness isn't about being cool. It's about how bad you want it.

Wake up early, do the dishes, help out with the laundry, pay your taxes and bills on time, spend time with the relatives, eat your vegetables, sit up straight, don't play ball in the house, stay in school.

Cuddle your wife, talk about her day, listen to her nagging, change the toilet paper when it runs low, flush the toilet and leave the seat down, don't pee in the shower.

It simply means constantly challenging yourself; setting new goals every day that will eventually lead to fulfillment of your long-term goals. Don't just jump from one goal to another. Develop new skills. Run one more mile. Cut 10 seconds of your 100 Burpee time. Do more pullups. Read more fucking History Books. Anything.

Strive for excellence in everything you do, every single day. Make the right choice. Grow some balls.

Excuses make us terrible citizens.


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