How to deal with others lazyness!
You know haw anoying it is when you plan to go someware and the bus is late so you do not make it on time? You know what it is like to arange your day to do something and then others cancil it and you are left not being abble to do anything else worth while due to lack of time? How about the anger of seting out to fly somewhare but they overbook it and will not start the plain untill someone else is punished for thare messup by VOLINTERING to get of the plain and everyone else is stuck just sitting thare? And the two kings of them all for me….Getting to the gym and wating around for 1 1/2 hour to be told that your lifting partner is not comeing when he lives 5 minits away in town or less..getting to fighting practice and no one showes or calls so you just sit thare !!
Know these last to can realy mess up your goals, especealy if you live in the middle of noware and have to drive pretty far out of your way to go to eather. Fighting practics (A full armored deal with real armor and sticks) is a awosome cardio workout so figures into the weeks cardio, so when it does not happen it is a definate setback..not to mention the skill level is real hard to maintain without adaquat opposition to struggle and test yourself against. Even worse when you are trying to attain a skill level in a basicle martial art whare you do not have tests to gage your advancement in rank and skill. The only yardsticks you have are how well you do on any given day in adaquat compotition or if you go up in rank by being voted in by those who already have the rank. Loss of regular practice can be a real setback.
Now lets think about weight workouts with out a partner. When you get to the point whare you are hoisting 350 to 450+ lbs of your chest it is a good idea to have a partner. It is important to have a partner who can actualy pull the weight of of you when you fail..going to failor being the way to move up in weight, so you will be failing, only a question of when..insted of bulling thare owne back out or just watching and calling the rescue squad. So when you schedule the 1 day a week to travel 2 1/2 houres out of your way with todays gass prices it is a bit anoying to be told after helping the persons parrents with rakeing thare lawn that the person is to tired to show up. Heck, even if you are that tired you could get in the car and come over long enough to just do the spotting.Or you could call sooner and say that you will not be makeing it so that the person is not wateing around for you!!
YA, this is a bit of a rant..but when you are trying to reach goals that require that you interact with others it is a real pain in the neck if they are not thare to interact with!! Then at other times you have to hear about not makeing thare growth/ strength goals or not improving in thare fighting skills as fast as I did or as fast as they want to. This is not WORLD OF WARCRACK, you can not just go up levels sitting on youre butt..you have to get out thare and work at it!! And if you complain to me about not reaching eather of those types of goals than my response will be "I was thare, whare were YOU!!!"
I"LL be home doing pell work(Hitting a tree or post with a stick to practice shots) and doing pushups..And wishing you (The complaning person) was tied to that post or tree!!!!
April 27, 2008 at 5:14 pm
Remind me not to p!ss you off.
Hey, I hate disappointment and frustration as much as the next person, so RANT ON, BROTHER! RANT ON!
I especially liked, "when you are trying to reach goals that require that you interact with others it is a real pain in the neck if they are not thare to interact with!!"
Too funny.
But it’s no laughing matter to have undependable people in your life.
I’ve never had a problem asking people for a spot. It sometimes beats having a training partner. Most people are generous enough to spot you when asked.
I admire you for your discipline with martial arts.