I was asked by Rafi of The Fitness Advisor last week for my '#1 fitness tip' for a post he was putting together, Fitness Tips From The Best. I set aside my reservations about whether I belonged in that category and offered the following:
Try not to let your passion for training unduly influence decisions about volume. Almost everyone trains too much and gets too little rest. Less is more.
On reflection I realise that this really only applies to a subsection of readers. Many people need to do more than they already are, given they are doing more or less nothing; but I like to apply the less is more principle to giving advice as well ;-)
I was therefore duly envious of Mark Sisson's entry, which was both shorter and more incisive:
Make your easy workouts longer and easier, and your hard workouts shorter and harder.
Anyway, check out the other dozen or so pieces of advice here. Worth a read.
Wednesday, 19 August 2009
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3 comments:
His comment was a good one. Marks Daily Apple today also had a great list of primal quips that were pretty entertaining, such as:
"If you wouldn't ride in a rocket made by a chef, why would you eat food made by a scientist?"
-Bryce
I think it was pretty solid advice, Methuselah. Thanks for contributing!
-Rafi
Bryce - very good - not heard that one before!
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