Personality and training

Most of us would have taken some type of personality test in some point of our life.
some would claim that your favourite colour will indicate what sort of person you are and what spouse would be suitable for you to live together till the end of your lives.
And there are others which are more 'professional' that tell you how you would likely to respond to a situation after analyzing your answers to the 300+ questions.

knowing your personality can help you to see your weakness and strength in different situations but how can knowing that you are an intuitive person help you in your training or pursuit of excellence?

just a thought...
an extrovert would enjoy the company of people and be energize by them so training cannot be a solitude pursuit but rather a community sweating and yet having fun together.
an introvert may find long runs wonderful way of getting and being alone with your thoughts.

a feeling person likes to run outdoor to enjoy all natural or even the urban environment can offer but a thinking person rather focus on data from heart rate monitor, every KM time splits to track performance.

with self knowledge you can find a training program, a coach whose style you enjoy working and even a routine that nurture and allow your preference to dominate that eventually will better help you achieve your goals.

so what personality are you?
having fun working out yet?

Picasa Web Albums - py - cambodia 2006 1

Picasa Web Albums - py - cambodia 2006 1

Where was the slavedriver the last 3 weeks?!!

I was away in Malacca for Methodist Youth workers retreat (26-28 Sept). It was quite a retreat into the shopping mall and hotel seminar room..
the director of youth ministries in the Singapore Methodist church got a heart attack there! He is only in his forties. According to his team, his mantra in life is 'whether you eat or not, you will die and end up in the arms of your Father...'

just a reminder that there are many ways to go and you will still end up going to the same place but would you want to go before your time?

then I am away for holiday in Cambodia's Siem Reap and visited the world heritage site Angkor Wat in the ancient city of Angkor. Photos were uploaded at http://picasaweb.google.com/py.slavedriver/Cambodia20061
according to our very knowledgeable guide So Paal, Cambodians in the golden age 10-14 century were much bigger and very much the size of the Americans today as they have a lot more food and meat.
with all these fast food and high calorie food, our next generation may stand shoulder to shoulder with the Americans in American Football..

this week, I will be away for 3 days to run a triathlon running camp in the hippest spot in Singapore! Just meters away from the latest and likely to be the hottest shopping mall in Singapore Vivo city, on the hippest beach in Singapore... SENTOSA!

but training schedule would resume next week.
all things back to normal but hope that the PSI will stay normally good too...

Can you really teach old dog new tricks?

I believe you can and I think u believe u can too and that is why...
u are taking up a new sport, engage in a new regime of getting fit and getting faster or more efficient in whatever sport u chose.

I have 'graduated' one student in my one-on-one swim class recently. It was with great joy that I tell her to give me a call only once a while when she think she needs some 'fine tuning' in her strokes.

FATA will be 'graduating' soon... I really think so and feel so. Last Saturday at the NUSS pool, he swam a very 'beautiful and relax' lap and promptly hurt his hand without noticing he is at the end of the pool. So much for being focus!
although it was only 1 beautiful lap but if u can swim 1 beautiful lap, u can swim 2 and eventually 30 and more beautiful laps!

it is hard work to change your strokes or form. Just think about it, It is unlearning something that is a habit and natural for you for the last 10 years or more and learning new ways of making your body move and eventually acquire it as habit and the way u move.
time and dedication is needed!

FATA's 2 months+ effort of just unlearning and learning the new strokes is slowly paying off.

graduation date scheduled for Nov.