As everyone has probably heard by now, Long Island Mixed Martial Arts is running a  New Years resolution contest. I’m stoked to find out who is going to be the one who  kicked off 2017 with a bang. Before the contest was posted I was rolling with my  brochacho Brian and he made me aware of this incentive based contest. I recall  agreeing with him on how it will promote attendance and it will increase the  competitive atmosphere. He shared with me how it was something they implemented in his yoga class. When I was in high school I too partook in a similar  contest. Being super competitive and goal oriented, when my football coach created  the similar challenge, I was first to lick my chops at the prize. We had to show up  after school and work out at the gym during the off-season. I showed up every  single day! The competition was close but only one kid genuinely gave me a run for  my money. Luckily at the time I was living in Florida and the kid caught a wicked  sunburn and couldn’t lift that day. I literally beat him by one day. I passed up on the  grand prize in the end but I walked away way stronger and reached many personal  best in addition to benefiting ten fold from the drive I had to beat out my fellow teammates. I became a main stay in the gym and promoted others to try and out do  me. So who will it be from LIMMA that comes out on top with the most attendance  stickers next to his their respective name? I was nursing a cranked elbow last week  but I will be getting my name on there by doing the trifecta of morning classes next  week and sprinkling in some days this week. I’m equally stoked to find out the prize  at the end as well. In addition to the New Years resolution contest LIMMA offers  other incentive laden rewards, for example when you get a stripe on your belt you  get to spin the wheel. On that wheel you find some pretty dope prizes (my personal  favorite is a high five from the Depo). I am sure now that we are reaching the first  half of the month the boards are stacked but it’s never to late to start doubling up  and checking out those weekend classes offered to sneak in some stickers.
-Pat Rivera