Setting Goals

So to continue this topic about Setting Goals I decided I'd like to share more. I'm a big fan of Evan Lysacek (he is our current gold medalist 2010 Ice Skating champ). He has accomplished a lot in his life already. He is the first American male to win the gold medal in 22 years. That's huge. This is a sport that's been dominated by one Russian male for over 12 years. How did he do this? Since he was about 8 years old he has been skating, for as long as he can remember he's been wanting the gold medal around his neck. He's been working toward this for years. He trains 7 hours a day, he doesn't party and stay out late, he eats well, he gets his sleep every night, and he stays focus. When asked why did he do Dancing with the Stars, he said it was b/c he needed a new goal and structure. Also, he needed something to fill the void that he was afraid he would feel after winning the Olympics. To me that's amazing and it was so inspirational. I started thinking about how many hours do I devote to training and how can I train better and smarter. If I run or workout twice a day that's anywhere from 3-4 hours depending how far I run, ROM days give me another hour, core work.......well that's another 30 mins and I can't forget physical therapy which is another 90 mins.

But he has accomplished all this through setting goals (small ones all leading up to the Big One). As an athlete I have to set goals even if the goal is I need to attend two times a week for rehab and then do exercises on my own 2 days a week as well. But I need to keep in mind my one Big Goal as well (whatever it may be)
Setting goals will help us all be better runners, swimmers, cyclist (athletes)