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Ed R's avatar

Brilliant. Simple yet rich, profound and practical. A bucket of gold nuggets:

- Develop the capacity to absorb load.

- Optimise for sustainability and repeatability.

- Avoid equating sophistication with high performance.

- Master the fundamentals first.

- Appreciate that training stress and life stress draw from the same “recovery pool”.

- Execute well before executing more.

- Invest in performance through long term compounding vice wagering on short term quick profits.

- Shun the seduction of “high speed” innovation as a short cut hack. Rather…

- Cultivate the “low speed” virtues of patience, consistency and honesty.

Thank you.

Reinout Van Schuylenbergh-phd's avatar

Interesting article again and conflicts with the practice of many coaches and athletes to chase quick wins. It’s probably not a popular or easy to sell statement but training and adaptation needs time.

Patrick's avatar

I love the simplicity and common sense informed by practical application and experience. I occurs to me this extends beyond just training and to life and achievement in general.