Fight Day

Updated: Mar 16, 2023 Share

You've done the work, now it's time for desert!

• Don't have your best round warming up

  Talk to your coach, and trust them implicitly. You need to get warm, but not expend much energy. They'll know how to do that.

• Don't forget to breath

  Breathing can be used to hype you up, and calm you down, and everything in between.

  The Ologies podcast interviewed a laryngologist, and one of the things they talk about is high stress situation (Part 1, at 34:15), specifically for performing as an athlete or musician. It's a resource for learning how to breath for your best outcome.

  Also, see Don Heatrick's post on breathing to reduce anxiety . And his post on fight warmup exercises .

• Remember why you're here

  Keep your motivations top of mind (these are mine ). Write them down and keep them with you. On paper, on your phone, on the back of your hand, whatever works for you.

  It doesn't always happen to me, but I have had fights where I stopped wanting to be there. Both before the fight and during. And that sucks. You may be able to power through it, but I found that simply writing it down and keeping it where I could see it (my whiteboard at work specifically), had a dramatic affect on my desire to fight and continue.