I’m listening to an amazing book right now called Extreme Ownership, by Jocko Willink and Lief Baben. I posted an interview with Jocko yesterday. In the book the two teach leadership with stories from the battlefield in Iraq. They commanded Navy SEAL units in Iraq. They now do business leadership consulting, so the book parallels battlefield examples with business examples.
One of the principles in the book is the idea of Prioritize and Execute.
In the battlefield as well as in business, there are a million variables coming at you all at one time. In order to accomplish your mission you must prioritize what’s most important and then execute on that priority until it’s done or has momentum so that you can progress to the next priority.
In the exercise world, I had a very similar conversation yesterday via Facebook friends when she (a gym owner) asked what we considered the most important aspects of fitness to get people results.
My answer was very simple…. consistency.
Then if you had to put a number two and three possibly interchangeably, intensity and nutrition.
So by the standards of the Prioritize and Execute model, THE most important thing in my opinion you can do for your fitness is be consistent.
When you can make that a priority and execute to where that happens all the time, many of the things you desire with your fitness will fall into place.
Once you’re executing on the consistency aspect, then focus on raising your intensity and dialing in your nutrition. That will lead to the most success.
3-17-16 WOD
OHP while resting for OHP you’ll do some back work with:
Pull Ups and Close Row
Met Con:
KB Swings (Heavy) x 5
Burpees x 5
Double Unders x 20
AMRAP 12 Minutes