June 17, 2008 - Waking up at 5:45 am isn’t exactly my favorite thing to do. In fact, I think I’d rather stay awake until 5:45 am than go to bed to get up at that time. But I’ve realized if I don’t wake up to go to the gym, an entire day can go by without me going.
There’s an ad I once saw that had somebody running and it said something along the lines of, “If you decide not to run today, would it matter that nobody but you noticed?” I guess that ad has always stuck with me. I mean, if I decided not to get up in the morning, would it really matter? I doubt anybody would know. And if they did know, I doubt they would really care.
But the point of the ad is this: If I chose to sleep in instead of going to the gym to train, I’m the one who would feel bad about it. I would notice, and I would care. So I go, and by 8 am, I feel great. I’ve already accomplished a huge amount in my day before most of my friends have even awakened.
In the past I’ve been a huge fan of the, “well my cross-training for skiing is skiing” motto, I’ve also been a big fan of the non-exercise-exercise: you know, skateboarding, wakeboarding, tennis, etc… Not that I feel I didn’t get exercise from these methods, because I know I did. But I know that if I want to progress to the next level of skiing, I need to become stronger physically. So I’ve started sacrificing my late morning sleep for cross- training, and I’d have to say, I believe it’s well worth the sacrifice.
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