If you are an advance athlete, i.e. you've been training consistently for 6+ years, stop thinking you can get away with just showing up and going dummy hard.
You cannot just show up and do whats on the paper, you need to understand it and have feedback for your coaches.
You cannot just forget about your diet because you are too busy or don't know how to cook.
You cannot just ignore your sleep, because you have work or studies.
Thinking you are above basic physiology because you read some Goggins or Willink is not just silly, it is immature.
If you want to just show up and go hard, have a good time, and beat your chest, you are in your full right to do so. As long as you are respecful of course.
And I don't blame you cause that is fun.
But don't tell yourself you have these goals while ignoring all the basics, because it is just not true. If you are not willing to do the work outside of the gym, then you don’t have goals.
After a big day of training, you need to recover, but chances are you still need to train.
So pick less demanding modalities like zone 2 cardio, some upper body hypertrophy, or even some high intensity activites performed in very short spurs and separated by long rests.
You will be fatigued, and this will probably feel kind off hard.
“People are always angry at anyone who chooses very individual standards for his life; because of the extraordinary treatment which that man grants to himself, they feel degraded, like ordinary beings.”
Volume and Intensity are the main drivers for the adaptations we are after in training.
It is important to understand the role of each.
The intensity game can drive tremendous results in a short period of time, but often times these are short lived and can cause big recovery deficits.
The volume game is a slow but consistent grind that can create long lasting results, and for high end skills is absolutely needed. But it can be a silent killer, creating soft tissue and oversue injuries.
Finding this balance takes time, and discipline, but knowing where the line is for you can be a tremendous asset for your long term goals, and overall health.
“It is said that the best horses lose when they compete with slower ones and win against better rivals. Undercompensation from the absence of a stressor, inverse hormesis, absence of challenge, degrades the best of the best.”
Milo
If you are an advance athlete, i.e. you've been training consistently for 6+ years, stop thinking you can get away with just showing up and going dummy hard.
You cannot just show up and do whats on the paper, you need to understand it and have feedback for your coaches.
You cannot just forget about your diet because you are too busy or don't know how to cook.
You cannot just ignore your sleep, because you have work or studies.
Thinking you are above basic physiology because you read some Goggins or Willink is not just silly, it is immature.
If you want to just show up and go hard, have a good time, and beat your chest, you are in your full right to do so. As long as you are respecful of course.
And I don't blame you cause that is fun.
But don't tell yourself you have these goals while ignoring all the basics, because it is just not true. If you are not willing to do the work outside of the gym, then you don’t have goals.
You just have dreams.
1 year ago | [YT] | 3
View 0 replies
Milo
Big days, followed by smaller days.
This is a simple concept but is hard to pull off.
After a big day of training, you need to recover, but chances are you still need to train.
So pick less demanding modalities like zone 2 cardio, some upper body hypertrophy, or even some high intensity activites performed in very short spurs and separated by long rests.
You will be fatigued, and this will probably feel kind off hard.
And thats the point.
This is how you train hard everyday.
1 year ago | [YT] | 1
View 0 replies
Milo
"In striving for excellence, perfectionism is not the path, but the greatest barrier, because perfectionism is a function of shame."
- Brene Brown
1 year ago | [YT] | 1
View 0 replies
Milo
“People are always angry at anyone who chooses very individual standards for his life; because of the extraordinary treatment which that man grants to himself, they feel degraded, like ordinary beings.”
- Friedrich Nietzsche
1 year ago | [YT] | 2
View 0 replies
Milo
Volume and Intensity are the main drivers for the adaptations we are after in training.
It is important to understand the role of each.
The intensity game can drive tremendous results in a short period of time, but often times these are short lived and can cause big recovery deficits.
The volume game is a slow but consistent grind that can create long lasting results, and for high end skills is absolutely needed. But it can be a silent killer, creating soft tissue and oversue injuries.
Finding this balance takes time, and discipline, but knowing where the line is for you can be a tremendous asset for your long term goals, and overall health.
1 year ago | [YT] | 5
View 0 replies
Milo
“The higher we soar the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly.”
- Nietzsche
1 year ago | [YT] | 1
View 0 replies
Milo
Keeping life simple is hard, making it complicated is easy.
Saying "no" more often and choosing to thoughtfully prioritize some things over others at different times, is one way to keep it simple.
1 year ago (edited) | [YT] | 2
View 0 replies
Milo
"There are more things likely to frighten us than there are to crush us; we suffer more often in imagination than in reality."
- Seneca
1 year ago | [YT] | 1
View 0 replies
Milo
“It is said that the best horses lose when they compete with slower ones and win against better rivals. Undercompensation from the absence of a stressor, inverse hormesis, absence of challenge, degrades the best of the best.”
-Taleb Nassim
(Yes, that is a Quidditch picture)
1 year ago | [YT] | 5
View 0 replies
Milo
An hour before 9 is worth 2 after five?
1 year ago | [YT] | 0
View 0 replies
Load more