How Badly Do You Want to Be Fit?
“This force, which is the best thing in you, your highest self, will never respond to any ordinary half-hearted call, or any milk and water endeavor. It can only be reached by your supremest call, your supremest effort. It will respond only to the call that is backed up by the whole of you, not part of you; you must be all there in what you are trying to do. You must bring every particle of your energy, unswervable resolution, your best efforts, your persistent industry to your task or the best will not come out of you. You must back up your ambition by your whole nature, by unbounded enthusiasm and a determination to win which knows no failure…. Only a masterly call, a masterly will, a supreme effort, intense and persistent application, can unlock the door to your inner treasure and release your highest powers."How badly do you desire to be healthy and fit? As people begin the Combat Endurance Training, all of you must make a decision and find an answer to that question. All of you have had a moment or more in your life where you accomplished something that gave you a true sense of achievement along with tremendous joy and happiness. It’s those special achievements that stir our souls onto bigger and better things.
-Orison Swett Marden
Making a decision to be strong and healthy and then committing to its achievement is a worthwhile goal for a lifetime. Many times I’ve seen people begin a journey with the best of intentions. As time passes they encounter bumps in the road which take away their drive to succeed. Some of these obstacles may include :
- It’s harder than I thought it would be
- I have to get out of bed in the morning
- I have to arrange my schedule to do it
- It was a nice thought, but it’s really not that important that I do this
“You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true.”Let me tell you about two people who made a commitment, stuck to the commitment and now are reaping the rewards of their self- discipline and drive.
-Richard Bach
William Cornell is the 25 year old Chief Instructor at my Karate School, Nicklaus' Martial Arts America in La Crosse, WI. Over the past 4 years William has decided that he is going to become the #1 rated Martial Artist in the country in his particular discipline. In order to do that he has committed to a rigorous workout schedule, much of which he does after finishing with an evening of teaching classes.
He has committed time, energy, travel, and dollars to achieve his dream. A big part of William achieving his goal requires that he travel around the country to the different venues where these tournaments are held. He must travel as far as California, Boston, and Florida to name only a few of the locations.
His efforts to this time have been very rewarding. In 2004 he won a World Championship in Chicago and since then has won national titles in Minnesota, Rhode Island, Virginia, and Kentucky. There will be more to come. He is currently the #2 rated person in the U.S. and I have little doubt that his effort and determination will very soon make him #1.
Even though he has been pursuing the #1 ranking for the past two years in his current martial arts association, and has not yet achieved it, he continues to do the things necessary to achieve his lofty goal. He looks upon the fact that he has not yet reached his goal as a learning experience and not as failure. When he looks back on all of the work, knowledge, travel, time, and dollars that he has put into this endeavor, he realizes that all of it has shaped him into a stronger competitor and more effective teacher and person.
Melody Arquillo started Combat Endruance Training early in January 2008. She wanted to get fit and lose weight. The difference with Melody and many others who fall just short of their goals was that she really wanted to achieve her goals. It wasn’t just talk with her and giving up or changing plans at the slightest obstacle. She was going for it.
4 months later, Melody lost the weight she wanted - 56 lbs. and 54 inches. It certainly wasn’t an easy challenge. She decided that she was going to make a decision that would not only affect her but also her entire family.
Along with her commitment to the Combat Endurance Training program and other fitness alternatives, she decided that she would make a drastic change to eating healthy. She found a food plan that she knew that she could stick to and decided to follow it religiously.
I’m sure that she encountered many challenges along the way. Along with changing her own eating routine she also made the decision to have her husband and kids join her on this journey to better health. It’s working. Everyone in her family is healthier and happier because of Melody’s commitment to improve her health.
At latest check Melody has lost 60 pounds and is proud of her “killer abs.” What a great story!
“Nothing stops the man who desires to achieve. Every obstacle is simply a course to develop his achievement muscle. It’s a strengthening of his power of accomplishment.”Desire is not a part time thing. It’s a total focus and full speed ahead trip. That thought alone scares many people off. It’s why so many people lead lives of quiet desperation always wanting something better but never willing to make the commitment to making it happen.
-Eric Butterworth
This fall can mark an important time in your life. Future Congratulations for your choice to try Combat Endurance Training in making yourself healthier. Now it’s important to ask yourself what more do you want and what changes are you willing to make to make it happen?
Rest assured, there is more that you can do to become even healthier, stronger, fitter, and happier with your willingness to become your best. You’re in the right place with the right program to achieve your health and fitness goals.
Go For It!
Fred Nicklaus
Combat Endurance Training Coach
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