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Train smart/remove your ego. Different domains respond to different training methods. If you’re working on certain aerobic qualities, it’s counterproductive to try to go as fast and hard as you can. If you’re developing the anaerobic system you will need to go as fast and hard as you can at times. If you’re training maximum strength – you need to b
... See moreK. Black • Tactical Barbell II: Conditioning
Primo Levi, who wrote about his survival at Auschwitz, described Elias, a dwarf who was interned in the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II. He was enormously strong, bestial, and quite insane, and with those qualities he not only navigated the Auschwitz system, where so many died all around him, but actually thrived. He ate, stole, an
... See moreJeff Bridges • The Dude and the Zen Master
The great Stoic Marcus Aurelius once admonished himself to be a “boxer, not a fencer.” A fencer, he said, has to bend down to pick up his weapon. A boxer’s weapon is a part of him—“all he has to do is clench his fist.”
Ryan Holiday • Perennial Seller: The Art of Making and Marketing Work that Lasts
Stretching Your Boundaries: Flexibility Training for Extreme Calisthenic Strength
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change with change is the changeless state.” In other words, when I express my true self and move with the world rather than against it, then change becomes something to flow with rather than resist.
Shannon Lee • Be Water, My Friend: The Teachings of Bruce Lee
Right Effort BL Translation: The therapy must go forward at the “staying speed.”
Shannon Lee • Be Water, My Friend: The Teachings of Bruce Lee
A good foundation means having a strong posture that is able to adapt and move in any direction. It means just the right balance of relaxation and tension such that responses can be immediate and efficient. And it means being able to move and reposition simply and with ease so that you’re never caught with your weight on your heels—“a simple and ef
... See moreShannon Lee • Be Water, My Friend: The Teachings of Bruce Lee
“Kobe sprinted through life like no one I've ever known. He had no hobbies or distractions. Didn't play golf, didn't hang out with buddies, didn't go to parties. Occasionally, he'd decide to see a movie and would rent out the whole theater so he could take a small group of friends or family to see it privately, usually twice in a row. Otherwise, he
... See more“Somebody may beat me—but they’re going to have to bleed to do it.” from Shoe Dog.