Paul OneidYou've probably been told that training to failure is reckless. That's how people get hurt. That smart lifters leave a few reps in the tank to "train smarter, not harder." Here's the problem: you're not training hard enough to create the adaptations your body needs to handle the loads you're asking it to move. And that's actually putting you at greater risk
Nat GallowayEveryone talks about the pursuit of happiness, as if happiness is something you arrive at one day if you run hard enough. But happiness isn’t found at the finish line. It’s built into the journey. Training works the same way.
Paul OneidA client asked me how to stop his weight from fluctuating multiple pounds between daily weigh-ins. His assumption was that something in his approach was creating instability that needed correction. The actual answer: you can't stop it, and trying to is a fundamental misunderstanding of what the scale measures.
Nat GallowayOne of the most common expressions of ego in the gym is this idea: “If someone doesn’t bench as much as me, their opinion is invalid.” It sounds ridiculous when said out loud, yet it quietly governs a lot of lifting culture.