Back to Basics
Sometimes I worry that the focus of this blog curves too often into increasingly difficult, specialized health tips. More and more I am finding that it is truly the fundamentals of good health that will let us live the life-style we want.
One of my fave analogies for demonstrating this to people is basketball. Just a while back, I had to chance to watch Tony Robbins interview John Wooden, one of the most successful basketball coaches known for his work with the LA Lakers. He spent ten years training the club and during these ten years the club won the championship nine times.
As I was listening to this interview, I was struck by the emphasis Wooden put on the basics of the game. Tom Robbins asked him at a point,’What exactly do you do as a coach?’ Wooden’s answer was very simple ; he trained his players in the fundamentals of the game. A significant proportion of the training for the team was doing simple drills such as lay-ups and free throws.
This makes sense if you consider the follow eventuality : The clock is running down. There is only a minute left in the game and your team is behind by a single point. In the last five seconds of the game there’s a foul committed by the away team. Now you must sink two free throws to win the game. The group is cheering you on in anticipation.
Making the free throw, you have no time to consider anything. You simply must let your body do what it already can do. But if you are not grounded in your basic coaching or if your intelligence interferes, you won’t be in a position to make the shot. It’s the same in our everyday lives, which get busier each year. Without the basics components of nutrition, we will never be able to live how we’d like.
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