One of the biggest struggles I have at the moment is finding time to get my training done in an orderly fashion. I'm a pretty habitual guy in the sense that I like knowing what I'm going to be doing at any given time during a day. Right at the moment, it is a near impossibility to really schedule my days in a consistent manner. Establishing a clientele, managing a mechanic shop, working on my parent's house, training for an IRONMAN, and other activities all dig into a randomized schedule of who needs what when and often times my own personal goals take the sidelines. One thing that I have learned from being a constantly busy person and having to overcome this myself, is that your own personal goals can often times take the sidelines, but they do not have to be completely erased from your timetable.

We all understand that there are only 24 hours in a day and fitting in everything we need and want to do is a exhausting chore. Too many people treat time as an enemy to their lives, when it should be used as your greatest ally. The way we approach our day from the very start has a tremendous effect on the overall outcome at the end of the day. It's inevitable that for many not everything is going to get done, but when you use your time rather than fight it, even when things are too overloaded to successfully accomplish, alternate routes can be found to complete the tasks in an appropriate fashion.

As I mentioned earlier I'm a pretty busy guy. So how do I get in the time to write in this blog, train for an IRONMAN keeping up on my own personal goals?

1) "Start every day as if it were on purpose." A fantastic quote from the movie Hitch, and this quote has stuck with me in a very powerful way. This step is the most important step to finding time, when you get up in the morning don't just get busy and lose yourself in your task, take a minute to breathe and reset your mind so you start the day with a blank slate.

2) Schedule everything you can. Even though there are going to be things that you can't schedule the more you can plan for, the more efficient you will be while attacking your day. An important thing to remember is that items that are scheduled need to take priority... only extremely important events or emergencies should make you change your schedule and to really stick to this what is needed is the skill of prioritizing!

3) Sometimes, you just need to be a little selfish. I'm a big fan of helping others when I can, I like going out of my way to help someone in need within reason! One thing to consider is that it's really hard to help other people out if you yourself need help in the first place. Sometimes be selfish and help yourself get closer to your goals.

Remembering these three things will certainly help you attack the day. At least it helps me!

Today's training was quite interesting. I have decided to take a look at a program Jim Wendler wrote up combining his classic 5/3/1 program with triathlon training. twice a week lifting heavy and solid with some specific assistance to compliment getting strong! On top of that I tested myself on the bike. 30min Maintaining a 120rpm cadence I started at a medium intensity and upped the intensity every 5 minutes.

Every Day... A Little Stronger