Sticktoitness
Is a term I heard sometime ago and became a subtle and yet influential in shaping M-2 Sport and the language I use today. Sticktoitness is being resilient in relating to what is important. Where I am coming from? I work with discerning individuals and groups. The M-2 Sport clientele is wise, active in sport, leaders in business and community and great relationship builders. They are passionate and "do" all these aspects of their life with a whole heart. I benefit from how they function in their high frequency that raises the energy in the room they walk into or the session I am about to provide them, it is true. One aspect I have noticed they avoid small minded habits in order to remain present in the training experience. It is less about "gains" or being "good" physically and more about being present in any and all situations to face the slippery nature of life. This is the way to train to remain authentically and sincerely engaged with the conditions that create change in life. The enjoyment of training this way provides the physique and concentration for a resilient and functioning life.
Life is shaped by change, and I am here to sell you the benefits of movement and stillness (tension and relaxation) to assist in the stability required to see the changes in life that come and to not be swept away by them. Our response to change requires the senses to listen and the resilience to remain present in accepting the situation for what it is, as horrific as it may be. It is imperative to train physical movement to observe mental behavior or motivation. And therefor stillness becomes physically intended to observe the desires and aversions felt in the body, this requires concentration.
Your body is old karma (action), your job is to feel it!
Buddha
 Learning to be still provides insights quickly when observation is not being overshadowed by wondering why we can't, or desiring something else. The process involved in being still becomes the work, it is the relaxation after the tension. It is not about trying not to think, but simply being aware to only concentrate on observing and staying in what is being physically experienced in stillness. Remaining in the experiences that movement and stillness provides is enough with out adding the expectation of an outcome or comparing yesterday's results or creating a story. Finding "middle" that is between pushing in to hard or being lazy, it is finding the best way for not only your body but as well your nervous system. This is not an adjustment but to know a pace where you can stay present with the breathe and feel your experience fully. Do this at your next training session and your body (which is a true representation of your mind) will adjust accordingly into a flowing state.
Training to make physical gain in the moment overshadows the opportunity to learn an insight about yourself. Creativity happens in the present moment in fitness.
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