Earn Your Training: A Perspective on Effective Training

How inversing your approach to training may be the ticket to unlocking big gains...and enjoying it.

As I’ve gone through the ebb and flow of seasons with athletes, I’ve noticed there is a theme that is becoming more and more evident: hard work is not an issue.

With improvements in fueling options, access to information, data tracking our every move, and the tidal wave of social media…everyone wants to work.

I’m stoked on this, don’t get me wrong. We are raising the competition to an unprecedented level and it’s exciting. However, energy spent is energy lost and (as a wise old friend once told me) we are ultimately just energy dealers. Each and every day.

As coaches or athletes, we have to learn how to spend it (energy) in the right direction at the right time. So, the analogy of “earning your training” is something that has allowed me to enable athletes to make the most of their training, including myself. It’s getting more out of the good days and respecting the bad ones.

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