I appreciate that what you have written applies to all of us in a variety of ways, not just to athletes. And I love that you quoted two of my favorite writers! Anne & Pema have influenced me for many years.
I've just come off the first intentional rest week in recent memory. I find that you can't beat a good cry to decompress properly. The mind will make you rest, eventually, if it keeps being ignored. You've just got to let it happen as you say. Rest is undefeated. Absolutely. 🙌 Some mantra to employ.
Pema Chodron is my all-time favorite. Rest is my all-time favorite. We must have the ability to "rest" on autopilot for long-term mental, physical health, and well-being. I am so happy to see another woman refer to her and quote her. She is an all-time great. I do not feel that we hear about her enough. Her messages are so strong. I do not feel many people even know her incredible journey, the gifts of her wisdom, and the life teachings she has given to humanity. Thank you for your post. Rest is critical, and Pema's messages are life-changing. With gratitude for your writing - Courtney
The point is not to prove fitness but to build fitness. Always more is what type-A personalities deal with a lot of the times. I personally deal with this big time and just keep pushing till I fall of the cliff once in a while with some kind of niggle or a long duration pain.
I needed this reminder today. Rest is such an important component that so easily gets sacrificed in our pursuit of goals. This resonated with me because it's hard to rest when progress is slow, or the results you were hoping for aren't quite materializing. This season, I've adopted a phrase my coach has been repeating to me: "Trust the Process." Trusting that rest is vital to the process has been hard, but, funny enough, now that I've given it the center stage it deserves, the needle has started to move towards the results I want. Thank you for today's Monday Mantra. 💛
Rest is where discipline gets tested by something harder than effort: surrender. Anyone can keep pushing when “more” feels productive. The grown-up move is knowing when the next rep, ride, email, or optimization trick is just ego wearing a training plan. Rest is undefeated because biology does not negotiate.
I appreciate that what you have written applies to all of us in a variety of ways, not just to athletes. And I love that you quoted two of my favorite writers! Anne & Pema have influenced me for many years.
Two of my favorites as well! Thanks for reading.
I've just come off the first intentional rest week in recent memory. I find that you can't beat a good cry to decompress properly. The mind will make you rest, eventually, if it keeps being ignored. You've just got to let it happen as you say. Rest is undefeated. Absolutely. 🙌 Some mantra to employ.
Couldn’t agree more! But somehow we have to learn the lesson four or five times just to be sure 😂
You said it.
Pema Chodron is my all-time favorite. Rest is my all-time favorite. We must have the ability to "rest" on autopilot for long-term mental, physical health, and well-being. I am so happy to see another woman refer to her and quote her. She is an all-time great. I do not feel that we hear about her enough. Her messages are so strong. I do not feel many people even know her incredible journey, the gifts of her wisdom, and the life teachings she has given to humanity. Thank you for your post. Rest is critical, and Pema's messages are life-changing. With gratitude for your writing - Courtney
Couldn’t agree more! If you haven’t read “when things fall apart” I highly recommend it!
The point is not to prove fitness but to build fitness. Always more is what type-A personalities deal with a lot of the times. I personally deal with this big time and just keep pushing till I fall of the cliff once in a while with some kind of niggle or a long duration pain.
It applies to so many aspects of performance - from illness to injury to simply managing recovery. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
I needed this reminder today. Rest is such an important component that so easily gets sacrificed in our pursuit of goals. This resonated with me because it's hard to rest when progress is slow, or the results you were hoping for aren't quite materializing. This season, I've adopted a phrase my coach has been repeating to me: "Trust the Process." Trusting that rest is vital to the process has been hard, but, funny enough, now that I've given it the center stage it deserves, the needle has started to move towards the results I want. Thank you for today's Monday Mantra. 💛
You have a smart coach! Trusting the process is often hardest in the moments when it is most important.
That respiration rate! 😳
The struggle was real!
The "wisdom to no escape" is also pretty amazing also highly reccommended
Rest is where discipline gets tested by something harder than effort: surrender. Anyone can keep pushing when “more” feels productive. The grown-up move is knowing when the next rep, ride, email, or optimization trick is just ego wearing a training plan. Rest is undefeated because biology does not negotiate.
You said it. Athletes' beliefs built on data, need that data to be accumulated