Hills are a cyborg-factory.

Consistency is king. Progress takes time. Stay consistent, and keep plodding.

The idea is that you want to develop a high level of base strength and then ‘convert’ some of that strength to power or power-endurance.

it’s easy to be hard, it’s harder to be smart.

The ANS consists of the anaerobic-lactic, and anaerobic-alactic systems. The lactic system performs for about 60-90 seconds at full throttle, and the alactic gives you everything it’s got for about 10 seconds give or take.

you will develop things like resiliency and everything else you need through all facets of your training, by simply showing up and doing the work.

Ultimately, to successfully work hard for a long period of time – you have to work hard for a long period of time.

Go ahead and see what happens when you commit to something for a year. After the year’s up, and if you still want to – go ahead and return to your previous habits. I have a hunch that won’t be happening.

It’s good to shake things up and not get too attached to one modality. Remember, our goal is overall performance, not waddling up to the heaviest object you can and picking it up once.