{"id":1824,"date":"2017-12-14T10:36:26","date_gmt":"2017-12-14T18:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fananddigital.com\/nakoafit\/?p=1824"},"modified":"2017-12-14T10:36:26","modified_gmt":"2017-12-14T18:36:26","slug":"grind-know-grind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fananddigital.com\/nakoafit\/grind-know-grind\/","title":{"rendered":"Grind\u2026.what you all know about GRIND???"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two Saturdays ago I found myself arriving home around midnight, after more than a couple celebratory IPAs and an ill-advised whiskey nightcap. \u00a0Sleep was in major need but not gonna happen, as I was still buzzing from my friend Keanu Asing<\/a>\u2019s requalification on the Championship Tour. \u00a0So I decided to throw on one of my favorite movies of all time, Platoon. \u00a0One of the great scenes in the movie is when Tom Berenger\u2019s vicious Sgt. Barnes walks in on a group of soldiers plotting to kill him. \u00a0The scene ends with Barnes muttering the iconic line \u201cDeath…what you all know about DEATH???\u201d \u00a0Now let me offer a little background to explain this morbid reference being the motivation for the title\/sentiment of this blog:<\/span><\/p>\n

I absolutely HATE the word Grind. It is BY FAR the most shamelessly overused term on social media today, especially in the Sport and Training worlds. \u00a0And it is not simply that I don\u2019t believe in the notion of grinding, it is how it is constantly BASTARDIZED in posts and hashtags for what Westside Barbell legend Dave Tate brilliantly stated \u201cdoing what you are SUPPOSED TO DO!!!\u201d The major issue is that there are those select FEW that actually are GRINDING- constantly persevering in the face of endless obstacles to eventually achieve success in their journey, that are lost in the shuffle. \u00a0And I believe if you look at the last year of Keanu Asing\u2019s life you will AGREE is one of those select few:<\/span><\/p>\n

GRINDING is overcoming the fact that you are the first professional surfer to EVER to win a Championship Tour event and STILL fail to re-qualify for the next year\u2019s World Tour<\/span><\/p>\n

GRINDING is losing your major sponsor, and having to fund your travel around the world to compete on the Qualifying Series <\/span><\/p>\n

GRINDING is being the ONLY recent CT surfer at multiple 1000 and 3000 pt events, putting your head down and WINNING THEM<\/span><\/p>\n

GRINDING is being the constant underdog in EVERY SINGLE HEAT surfed against another CT surfer, which the announcing teams are always quick to declare to the audience<\/span><\/p>\n

GRINDING is training whenever possible, but even more importantly taking your nutrition, supplementation and recovery as seriously as anyone in the sport<\/span><\/p>\n

GRINDING is coming to grips with the fact you may not be as talented\/radical as many of the other competitive surfers, and yet can rely on your preparation, heat strategy, mental toughness and consistency to earn victories<\/span><\/p>\n

So was all this GRINDING worth it?…..<\/span><\/p>\n