Stop trying to do so many things at one time. Really. Just stop. If you want to achieve a goal— any goal, but we’ll stick with size and strength here—then you need to focus on that one goal. Duh, right? Pretty obvious. But, as I’ve written in other essays, the obvious sure does seem to get overlooked by the vast majority of our lifting population. So, obvious though it may be, let me repeat. Focus on one goal at a time . I started thinking about all this, and the cognitive wheels began turning in my mind to write an essay on it, when I read these words from Dan John in an article of his on the same topic. He wrote: One of the most overlooked aspects of muscle-building programs is a four-letter word: STOP. Stop playing basketball. Stop jogging. Stop doing cardio. I swear, if I get one more email like this, I will do something rash: “Hey, Dan: I’m interested in doing High...
Essays on Old-School Strength Training, Classic Bodybuilding, Traditional Martial Arts, and Budo Philosophy