THE POWER OF CONSISTENCY
Working out once every three weeks, no matter how hard you go, is not going to make you fit. But working out ten minutes a day? That can completely change your life.
This month at RUN-N-RAVE, we’re talking about about something bigger than running. We’re talking about the key to fitness, to success, and honestly to life itself: consistency.
What does consistency really mean?
When we talk about consistency two questions usually come up:
What does it mean to be consistent?
Why does it matter?
There’s a quote that captures this perfectly:
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not a personality trait, but a habit.”
You aren’t born a marathoner, or a DJ, or a space explorer.
You become one by showing up again and again until it’s part of who you are.
Why consistency changes everything
Here’s the truth. We’re all normal. People who think they are especially talented or good at things when they don’t practice are lying to themselves (and annoying us all), just like people who think they are especially bad at things that they never do are holding themselves back. We all start off at square one.
Not everyone runs marathons, becomes an elite athlete, achieves the extraordinary. For those who do, it’s much more than luck. It’s not magic. It’s hours. Thousands and thousands of hours or showing up and getting better.
You don’t get better at something just by doing it mindlessly (otherwise we’d all be Olympic-level phone scrollers).
You improve by making a conscious effort to grow.
So whether you’re chasing a world record or just trying to get stronger in your everyday life, the principle is the same. Consistency is what moves you forward.
What consistency Looks Like At RUN-N-RAVE
Let’s take a look at our community.
In 2023, RUN-N-RAVE grew from a little group of friends to a community that shows up every single week at an ungodly hour to do something tough but rewarding.
The difference maker wasn’t talent, perfect training plans, great marketing, free stuff, or any other weird trick - it was consistency.
People who thought they “couldn’t run” found out that running a few kms every Thursday added up to something life changing. We developed fitness, a community, and a whole lot of new identities as runners. A whole lot of RUN-N-RAVERs went from “can’t run” to smashing half marathons just by showing up consistently and taking one step at a time.
This is the crazy thing about consistency, it makes time your friend.
Showing up once every three weeks? Nothing happens.
Showing up every day? Big growth over time.
Consistency is how beginners become experts, and how our community became a movement.
What our runners say
We asked a few RUN-N-RAVE members what consistency means to them. Here’s there answers to our two questions
1) What does consistency mean to you
2) What’s something that has changed in your life because of consistency?
Precious
Consistency to me means showing up over and again. It’s not doing something for a while and then leaving it to come back again when you feel like, it is showing up even when you don’t feel like but you know you have to.
I have a habit of always applying to opportunities so few months again when a friend sent me an opportunity at midnight, I opened it even though I was about to sleep. I saw that the application had closed the previous day but the form was still open so I applied still. Eventually got a call that I got in and that opportunity took me and my team to San Francisco for a global pitch where we came second overall.
NOSA
Consistency means to me, being strongly in touch with what is good for your soul, body and mind. Not depending on others perceptions but your true feeling of how you go through life.
One thing in my life that happened because I was consistent is that I keep on getting new opportunities and being seen, booked and appreciated for never stopping.
NILS
Consistency is a very important tool to achieve the goals you want to reach. It’s showing up even when u don’t feel like it and sticking to a plan. It’s a structure that gives u power because u know u following a path by being consistent.
I consistently trained boxing over 3 years before my first boxing fight. Not one day missing a session. Always on the grind with nobody watching. Won my first fight after a tough match and felt like king of the world!
