Why Strong People Still Get Hurt (And What Actually Fixes That)
You lift. You run. You train. And then mid-deadlift, halfway through a tempo run, somewhere between box jumps and rope climbs, something goes wrong. Not because you are weak. Not because you pushed too hard. Because there is a difference between being strong and being resilient. And most training programs build the first without ever […]
Six Hours and Forty-Seven Minutes: What My Second Half Ironman Taught Me About Life
There’s something about endurance racing that strips everything down to its essentials. No shortcuts, no distractions just you, the course, and your own mind for hours on end. Last weekend I crossed the finish line of my second Half Ironman in six hours and forty-seven minutes. 1.2-mile swim, 56-mile bike with 6,000 feet of climbing, […]
Your Tendon Pain Doesn’t Need Rest (It Needs the Opposite)
You’ve had the same nagging pain for three months. The bottom of your kneecap when you stand up from a chair. The back of your heel on your first few steps in the morning. The outside of your hip when you roll onto it at night. You did the obvious thing. You backed off. You […]