Train hard, fight easy. This oneliner is something that could be taken out of an action movie from the early nineties. However, it is a line that is often heard and used in many gyms. Many fighters use this motto and even some brands use it on their products. Why? Because it is very easy to remember an it covers the most important things about fighting. If you train hard…your fight will be easy. In other words: the harder you train, the easier the fight will be.
Of course you should train all the time to be in a state of basic fitness and have a good foundation in general conditioning. But when you are training for a fight, you better train hard. Unless you want to have a very hard fight. This slogan is also applicable on the rest of life, whether it is in business, sports or whatever. It actually says that your preparation determines the outcome. So prepare very hard and the thing you are practising for will eventually be easier than you thought because you went to a very thorough preparation.
There are several aspects in training hard that will make the fight easy. First of all, you train hard, so you become strong physically what prepares you for the hard fight. Secondly, you learn in the hard training to endure hardship and overcome difficulties mentally. Don’t quit in the training, take the punches, the moaning of your tired muscles, the aching bruises that you have all over your body.
If you quit in your preparation or take it easy, there is almost a certainty that you will not go all the way when it is time for the fight. Make the training so hardcore that the fight will feel like a walk in the park. Metaphorically that is. I never been in a fight that felt like a walk in the park.
That’s why it is essential for you to give everything you got in your preparation phase. Take this as a guideline through your life, preparation is half the result. And if you will not succeed, you know that you did everything in your power but at that moment in your life, it wasn’t enough.
So you will come back, train even harder, prepare better, give even more than you did last time. Never give in, never give up. Endure the pain, it is only temporary. Train hard and the guarantee is that your fight will be much easier than if you train a little. Better to have trained so much that you win easy and then move on to bigger events. There is never waste in hard training.
There is also never a guarantee for you to win, but wouldn’t you rather go out giving everything you got, until the last drop of energy in your body gets pushed into the last punch so you can honestly say that you fought until you were completely empty? Let me finish with an inspiring quote from an inspirational man, named Jim Rohn: “Don’t join an easy crowd, you won’t grow. Go where the expectations are high and where you have to stretch to reach your goals. Set your goals high, for what it will make of you to achieve it”.
In strenght and peace my friends,
Signing off,
MTD
