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Compete For Youth

Do you remember the anxiety you felt prior to engaging in a sporting competition? The event was all you could think about for days, and when it was over, you found yourself craving that adrenaline burst again and again. It made you feel alive and challenged. If you can’t relate to the sports scenario, perhaps preparation for a stage performance or public speaking gave you that same anxious feeling. At one time in your life, you experienced the trepidation and the anxiety that accompanied novel and exciting experiences that made you reach deep inside to excel.

If you no longer experience such feelings, it is time to wake up those emotions that made you strive to perform at your best .

I have either competed or will be challenged by the following events in the next few months:

The Pennsylvania State Powerlifting Championships
Participating in a Brazilian Jiu-jitsu seminar conducted by Royce Gracie
Teaching and training with my martial arts students most days
Testing under my Grandmaster Jin Pal Kim for a 2nd Dan Black Belt certification
Grappling with Jiu-jitsu students, while being observed by my instructor Francisco Neto, for a possible belt promotion.
Preparing for the Iron Lion Powerlifting competition.

All of these events will create a great deal of competitive anxiety. Ultimately, I am competing with myself to perform at my highest ability level.

Most Ageless Athletes are competing with themselves or others. It is the will to improve and the challenges that each faces along the way that makes them youthfully inspired.

If you have lost that feeling of drive and determination, I strongly suggest becoming competitive, whether it be with yourself or others. Set goals that are quantifiable and aim to achieve. Tell others of your quest for encouragement and accountability. The anxiety, training and determination necessary to succeed will make you feel alive and youthful.

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