10 years for 3 minutes

The next days after a seminar are always exciting. The coaches and I had a great trip to Milford Conneticut to the Northeast Coaches Summit.

While I’ve got a lot of things on my mind, one that I couldn’t wait to share here was from national level gymnast and coach, Dave Durante.

He said he’s been chasing a 10 minute freestanding handstand hold for 10 years, and just recently completed the goal. I know that’s crazy in and of itself, but actually it gets even crazier, and speaks everything about consistency, long term focus and small gains.

When he started training for it, he was at 7 minutes. Already at 7 minutes! He was 70 percent there and the final 30 percent took 10 years.

Stick with it. As a mentor of mine once said, there are no shortcuts, just hard work.

Justin Miner

@justinminergain