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How to Be Your Own Drill Sergeant. Order yourself to get healthy or face the consequences, maggot!
You will need Willpower Long-term goal with benchmarks Motivational tool Mirror and battle
cry (optional). While this video is awesome, it didn't go to medical school. Always consult
your doctor for actual medical advice. Step 1. Develop authority over yourself -- drill
sergeants establish theirs early and decisively. Completely cut one unhealthy habit from your
lifestyle right away to prove you can rise to a challenge without crying to your mama.
Step 2. Embrace discipline, the cornerstone of any drill sergeant's approach to subordinates.
Set an overall goal for getting healthy and come up with challenging but achievable fitness
and diet benchmarks, which you can post around your base camp and reference daily. Step 3.
Pick a motivational tool, whether it's a mantra, a visual stimulus, or the possibility of a
painful consequence if you fail to achieve your goals. Refer to it frequently. Want to
reward yourself with cheat days or items that will get you off track? Wrong answer, soldier!
Good health is its own reward. Step 4. Test your limits. Designate speed and distance
objectives, and push yourself to beat them during every workout. Consistently set new
targets to avoid becoming just another disgusting excuse for a pile of puke. Set reasonable
targets -- doing too much too soon is an easy way to get injured, derailing your hard work.
Step 5. Focus on accuracy. No drill sergeant ever let someone get away with sloppy form!
Exercise in front of a mirror -- you don't want to look like a lazy sack when you make
yourself drop and give you 20. A well-timed battled cry can raise your adrenaline and
push you to the edge. Step 6. Adapt to changing conditions. Drill sergeants train recruits
for a wide variety of combat situations. Exercise at home or outside if you can't get to the
gym and stick to a healthy diet, no matter what. Make no excuses and do not accept failure.
Oorah! Did you know _Semper Fidelis_, Latin for "always faithful," became the motto for
the United States Marine Corps in 1883.