I train with people who train hard but never compete and I just don't get it. If I don't compete, eventually, I won't train very hard. That will lead to not training at all. I need to have goals and train for meets so this way, I will keep the training going.
I think it depends, as Jeeves would say, on the psychology of the individual. Some get more gratification out of the daily workouts per se, and others want a long term structure to training with a big meet at the end of it.
I train with people who train hard but never compete and I just don't get it. If I don't compete, eventually, I won't train very hard. That will lead to not training at all. I need to have goals and train for meets so this way, I will keep the training going.
I think it depends, as Jeeves would say, on the psychology of the individual. Some get more gratification out of the daily workouts per se, and others want a long term structure to training with a big meet at the end of it.
