Jun 23, 2023

I'M NOT HERE TO CODDLE YOU

I WAS RECENTLY LISTENING TO A GROUP OF GUYS AND GALS I love and respect report on their training. To me it sounded like they are dumbing down what...

... they agreed to be held accountable to.

Here is my message to them (and you).

As you tailor your metrics, be sure you aren’t holding the bar low. We are here to be stretched, not coddled.

For example, my minimum is 5 pull ups, 15 pushups, 3 squats every day – often 2-3 times more. On Monday, Wednesday, Friday… I run 1 mile, and do the whole Rip On RaceDay circuit which adds: sled, nodics, hip flexors, box jumps, toe raises, calf raises… and other things I think up. Recently, I added the running because I feel everybody should be able to easily jog a mile without feeling like they’ve been in a car wreck the next day.

Here’s what I’ve found.
Doing the minimum daily makes it normal.
What was once a major stretch becomes the baseline,
it’s no harder than walking up a flight of stairs.

It is so powerful to always have an A race to look forward to.

Right now, I have two: one in September of this year, and the other in August of 2032. If you don't have an A race, find one and sink your teeth into it.

Otherwise asking this question makes no sense…

… Will this make me faster?

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7 hrs
Rip On RaceDay Crossfit
20 minutes recovery
60 minutes reading + Journaling

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