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For a long time, I believed progress came from stacking hard days. More intensity. More volume. More grit. And for a while, it worked. Until it didn’t. Recently, I hit a rut in my training — not because I wasn’t working hard enough, but because I was working hard all the time . I overloaded the hard sessions and blurred the line on easy days. Recovery quietly disappeared, and so did the sharpness in my performance. That experience reminded me of something simple but easy to ignore: Progress...

If you’re a triathlete, there’s a good chance your training doesn’t feel “official” until it’s uploaded. Strava has become part training log, part community hub, and part motivation engine. It’s fun to see what your friends are doing, celebrate milestones, and give out kudos like high-fives across the internet. But there’s another side to it — one that can quietly chip away at confidence, perspective, and even performance. Let’s talk about it. The Good: Why Athletes Love It There’s a reason...

There’s a moment in almost every race or training session — maybe right before the start, maybe halfway through the bike, maybe at the first really painful mile of the run — where your brain asks: Do I really want this? In the book How Bad Do You Want It?: Mastering the Psychology of Mind Over Muscle , Fitzgerald explores how elite athletes use anticipatory attitudes — the expectations we hold before effort or adversity — to shape performance and handle pain. And the really powerful part?...