WIN YOUR FITNESS BATTLES!
PHYSICAL BALANCE. It is not an easy principle. Simple, but not easy.
Exercise, like eating, means changing personal habits that over time may have become very comfortable. Indeed, wide is the gap between the “purchaser” and the “user”. After an initial burst of enthusiasm, fancy equipment starts to gather dust. Boxes are stacked on the treadmill. Other tools lean on the exercise bike. Cobwebs sprout on the barbells…
“Now, if you are going to win any battle, you have to do one thing.
You have to make the mind run the body. Never let the body tell the mind what to do.”
-- Gen. George S. Patton
In his book, Patton’s Principles, Porter Williamson recalls several of the General’s pronouncements concerning the value of a healthy mind and body. Patton demanded every soldier to run a mile daily, twenty-five years prior to the popularity of jogging. He warned his officers to stay away from desks; they were supposed to be conversing with the troops. Too much desk work, according to Gen. Patton, “soured the brain”. Patton taught that one must exercise way past the point of exhaustion to achieve superior strength and increased stamina. To overcome the body’s weakness, the mind must play its role. The General encouraged his men to gain mental strength by reading the Bible daily.
When it is finally time for battle, he believed that the mind must take charge of the body since the body will always gives up first.
Patton’s troops were some of the most feared and respected men of World War II. Many times, enemy soldiers would purposely arrange to surrender to Patton’s units; that would be considered as no disgrace. Patton required greater physical fitness from those under his command than did any other leader. His emphasis on health gave his soldiers the advantage over enemy troops that would easily tire and get exhausted in battle. Today, we know that physical fitness is an important component of our own ability to face the “battles” of daily life. Exercise and diet directly influence our mental health and our ability to effectively carry out our activities.
So, CONDISER THIS: Is your life controlled by aches, pains and tiredness---or by a mental determination to reach your life goals?
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