Shawn Phillips | Start Strong Monday

Success Lesson #5:
At Some Point It’s Going to Hurt

You’ve heard the saying. And may have heard others declare it a myth. What is the truth? Should training hurt? And if so, how should you deal with pain and even benefit from it in your training? You can wish it weren’t so, even argue against it, as many have, but we all know deep down, in quiet moments of solitude, that you’re either getting stronger or spinning your wheels and wasting your time. That’s just a part of “the masterplan”—the part that unfortunately lands so many millions smack down on the sofa for the vast majority of their lives.

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The Race to Nowhere

How long would it take you to ride an exercise bike for 185 hours? No, this is not a riddle or IQ test. I mean it quite literally. If you rode a respectable 30 minutes, 4 days per week you’d finish in just under 2 years—93 weeks to be exact and Tom Seabourne would nip you by a mere 92 weeks.

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