Training
The Streak Went Back to Zero for a Reason
Duolingo spent June handing people their dead streaks back, and meant it kindly. But the zero was the only part of the arrangement that was teaching you anything.
Training
Your Recovery Score Is Not a Verdict
Wearables have started deciding whether you train today, and they are often right. Letting them decide is still the wrong arrangement, and the reason is not the data.
Training
Discipline Is Not a Feeling
The people you think are disciplined are not walking around full of resolve. They have simply removed the question — and the removal, not the resolve, is the transferable part.
Training
5 A.M. Is Not the Point
The morning routine has become the most oversold product in self-improvement. What the early risers are actually buying is available at several other hours, and it is not the hour.
Training
Train for the Bad Days, Not the Good Ones
Any plan works when you are rested, well-fed and enthusiastic. That describes perhaps a third of your year. Build for the other two-thirds and the third takes care of itself.