This is not going to be easy.

It is going to take a lot of hard work and effort.

But we are here to make it easier.

Athletes sign on to work with us with great intentions.

They’re finally going to address the movement deficits that have hampered their career for years.

Motivation is high.

They’re ready to take on the world.

They’ve committed to giving it their best.

And they get stuck in during week 1.

However, this motivation doesn’t often last long.

They realise that they have an awful lot of work to do.

And achieving big changes is going to take a lot of focus and consistency over a prolonged period of time.

A lot of the time this is where they’ll begin to cut corners and miss sessions because life gets in the way.

However, life never got in the way in the first couple of weeks.

Funny how motivation and prioritisation work isn’t it?

Sometimes we convince ourselves that we simply don’t have the time to get our work done.

It’s an easy out and can be a form of self-sabotage.

This is where we come in to help.

Not only to hold the athlete accountable.

But to also show them the minor changes that have begun to take effect.

It’s amazing how motivation can come back as soon as we see any sign of progress.

We’re also here to remind them of what they committed to achieving.

And more importantly, to make it easier for them to get the work completed.

If time is at a minimum then we can be dynamic in our programming and exercise prescription.

Sometimes completing the maximum tolerable volume isn’t necessary.

Sometimes we can get away with the minimum effective dose.

And if you made me choose between

One athlete that completed the program with 100% diligence for a fortnight every month.

Or…

One athlete who adhered to the program 70% of the time over the course of the full month.

I’d always go for the latter.

Training in spurts never works.

Consistency is the aim of the game.

Especially when we’re focusing on motor learning and ingraining more efficient motor patterns.

Frequency of exposure is incredibly important.

So, our job isn’t to get our athlete to adhere to the program 100% of the time.

We know that’s almost impossible.

Our job is to have the athlete be as consistent as possible with the program in order to achieve the positive outcomes we set out to achieve at the beginning.

And we can do our best with that, but ultimately it’s up to the athlete and their ability to make the work a priority.

If you want to achieve something, then you’ve got to prioritise it.

You’ve got to stay consistent with it.

You’ve got to be focused and intentional with the work.

And finally, you’ve got to be patient.

If you’ve been moving a certain way for your entire career to date, then we can make a start on changing that over the course of a couple of months.

But complete changes that are going to lead to drastic changes in performance are going to require you to continue to do the work over a longer time horizon.

Reach your short-term goals. Review, reassess, set more goals and begin again.

That is how we achieve success in the long run.

And that is what I outline to every athlete before we start working together.

1. This is not going to be easy.
2. You must stay focused and consistent with the work over a prolonged period of time.
3. No process is perfect, but we’re here to guide you through it.
4. You need to take the lead even if we’re steering the ship.
5. You need to stay patient, as good things take time.

If you do all of the things above, then it becomes incredibly unlikely that you won’t achieve success.

And that’s our goal.

To make it unreasonable that you won’t be successful.