Big Things Come From Small Changes
We've all heard of the Butterfly Effect. It's a part of The Chaos Theory in mathematics outlining the effects of actions of one system to another. More specifically that simple systems can take a dramatic tole on the outcome and results of a more complicated system. Commonly associated with the myth that the flap of a butterfly's wings can cause a hurricane across the world, it is an effort to express the randomness of things that happen in the world of science.
Changing seemingly insignificant details can have dramatic consequences!
Why am I talking about principles of mathematics? I'm a trainer, an athlete, what does abstract math theories have to do with becoming stronger or healthier? It has to do with the decisions we make on a daily basis. What time you got up today, the amount of calories you consumed during breakfast, the amount of weight you put on the bar. There are an infinite amount of details that we can vary every day that change the reaction our bodies perform and changing that reaction changes the overall outcome of the months and years of training and development. As consistently as your try to be with your training, you are inevitably going to change something from one day to the next and this change can effect the results of any given days efforts. The attention to detail you take on your daily goings can help you better your training, but if not careful it can also hinder progress.
"It has to do with the decisions we make on a daily basis."
The goals you have for yourself drive the kind of training you perform, but it's more than just exercise that can produce certain outcomes in your transformation. The best athletes in the world have a team of people constantly analyzing their actions, meals, sleep, workouts, numbers, mechanics, etc etc. They do this because changing the angle of take off a single degree or manipulating the amount of carbs ingested before a race can effect the outcome of their performance making them a winner or only taking second. The many small things we do during our days can change how we train and how our body reacts to that training. Often athletes need to take a self inventory of the plan and how well it's working. This way you can find what little changes can have a big impact and optimize your training.
Think about your goals, think about your training, think about training smarter and harder!
"When a person trains once, nothing happens. When a person forces himself to do a thing a hundred or a thousand times, then he certainly has developed in more ways than physical. Is it raining? That doesn't matter. Am I tired? That doesn't matter, either. Then willpower will be no problem"
-Emil Zatopek
Every Day... A Little Stronger
