You Don't Need More Sets
If you're doing 4, 5, 6+ sets of every lift, you're wasting time, energy, and recovery.
You're not a pro bodybuilder. You're not a powerlifter trying to max out your strength.
You're a hybrid athlete. Or a hybrid style trainer, or a strength and conditioner, or whatever you want to call yourself if you don't like the word "athlete."
Point is, you need to be strong, powerful, and recovered enoug...
Performance Over Looks
Somewhere along the way, fitness turned into photography.
"Fitness" became simply how you look.
It doesn't matter how strong you are, what your aerobic fitness is like, your mobility, your flexibility.
Just whether or not you have abs and veins everywhere.
Progress is measured in the mirror, confirmed by the phone, and compared to people you see online.
I think that's backward.
Sure, you should...
Mileage Is Not Training Load
You can run the same mileage 2 weeks in a row and have very different training weeks.
Say it's 20 miles both weeks.
WEEK ONE
WEEK TWO
Running: four easy 5-milers
Running: 6x800 at 5K pace, a 10-mile long run, a moderate 4
Lifting: two moderate full-body lifts, leaving 2-3 reps in the tank on every set
Lifting: a heavy squat and bench day, a hard deadlift and press day
Bike: none
Bike: ...
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