Balancing Life and Training: The Busy Competitor's way to be Successful
I only have 45 minutes to train. Can I actually have an effective strongman workout in 45 minutes? For whatever reason, we tend to think of training as so concrete. We put these arbitrary times next to our workouts without including the context of our lives, and end up tired and frustrated. I’ve been there. When I first started my “big boy” job after college, I tried every way to cram three sessions of two hours into my day. Here’s what I tried… Waking up at 3:30 AM to train. In my head I thought this was making me “mentally tougher”, but really I was just becoming more exhausted. The things we do at 22, right? (Note: NOT a knock on people who actually have to do this. There are some people who absolutely need to train early mornings. I’m poking fun at the guys who post things such as “WOKE UP AT 3:30 TO TEST MYSELF”! Congrats, your workout probably wasn’t as excellent as it could of been and now your just tired for work. Yay you!). Splitting my workouts into a morning...