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Interval BAseline
Intervals are the best way to improve your endurance or your work capacity; the ability to get stuff done without getting worn out.
Cardio is traditionally touted as boring, and sure, endurance by definition is:
the fact or power of enduring an unpleasant or difficult process or situation without giving way. There’s no way getting past the grueling nature of it, but that doesn’t make it any less important.
Intervals can be tricky, getting the right stimulus and right training effect comes down to holding the right intensities, or the appropriate pace.
It’s hard to know your paces without a baseline test. Something we’ve implemented recently, is exactly that, a simple baseline test.
This test, allows us to gather some data to inform our efforts in the coming weeks. This knowledge lessens the edge of conditioning work by giving it purpose. Something to focus on, something specific to improve on, and the numbers show you that you’re getting better.
If you’re hammering your intervals but feeling lost on where you’re headed, let us know and we’ll give you a baseline test and get all your paces dialed in to get the most from your training.
Justin Miner
@justinminergain
Sign of An Excellent Routine
It’s a common misconception that every workout needs to be brutally hard. People can be especially hard on themselves when they skip a set or cut a workout short.
Some even stay away from the gym altogether because they believe every session has to be excruciating.
After spending a lot of time in gyms, I can tell you — it just isn’t true.
Yes, you’ll need to push yourself at times. Some workouts should be hard. But more importantly, you need to simply keep showing up and keep training consistently.
The plan that leaves you completely wiped out after every session might not be the one that keeps you in the gym for the long haul.
I love this quote from Mel Siff, renowned coach and author of the classic strength and conditioning textbook, Supertraining, that captures this perfectly:
“To me, the sign of a really excellent routine is one which places great demands on the athlete, yet produces progressive long-term improvement without soreness, injury or the athlete ever feeling thoroughly depleted. Any fool can create a program that is so demanding that it would virtually kill the toughest marine or hardiest of elite athletes, but not any fool can create a tough program that produces progress without unnecessary pain.”
— Mel Siff
Justin Miner
@justinminergain
MOnday Momentum
Greetings. Here with yet another Monday check in for you. The premise is simple, do something today to set the rest of your week up for success. Meal prep, write out to-do lists, go on a walk, hit the gym, call a friend, sit on the floor, do some mobility work before bed or some breath work as soon as you get up.
There’s no shortage of things you can do to help yourself move more and stay fit. Get the ball rolling today and build some momentum for the week!
Justin Miner
@justinminergain
Just a Little Speed
Lately, one of my favorite ways to help someone better understand a lift—especially a deadlift, squat, or push-up—is to add a little bit of speed.
Newer lifters are often juggling multiple cues, trying not to mess up their form. This can lead to overthinking or being overly cautious. And when you overanalyze a movement, it changes how you perform it—usually not for the better.
In these cases, I try to get the person to move a little faster. The goal is to smooth out the lift by reducing how much they're thinking about each part. More often than not, the result is a more confident, fluid movement.
There are two main reasons this works. First, moving faster encourages a more natural pattern. If someone tends to pull a deadlift with their arms, for example, speed can expose that flaw—making it obvious that something feels off. That awareness helps them adjust and pull with better mechanics.
Second, speed activates more muscle. When you try to move quickly, your body recruits more muscle fibers to help. More muscle engagement means more force—and that means more strength.
I'm not saying you should recklessly rush through your lifts, but the next time you're in the gym, try putting a little zip into your squats, deadlifts, bench presses, or push-ups. You might be surprised at how much stronger and more connected you feel.
Justin Miner
@justinminergain
PR Weight Jumps
There’s a fine line between doing enough work to feel warmed up and doing so much that you’re already fried by the time you reach your top set.
If you’re chasing a personal record, here are some basic rules to follow so you’re fresh and ready to ring that PR bell:
Do the minimum amount of work needed to get there.
Don’t work up to a 3-rep max by doing sets of 10 the whole way up.When in doubt, spend more time with the empty bar.
I typically hit at least 50 reps with just the bar when warming up for a heavy back squat.Keep your weight jumps consistent or smaller as you get heavier.
Yes, this makes plate math harder, but it’ll save your energy for the sets that count.Limit attempts over 90% of your best to just three singles.
Managing CNS fatigue is just as important as muscular strength when it comes to hitting big lifts.Rest 3–4 minutes between all sets. Seriously.
Don’t rush. Your nervous system needs that time to reset.
Here’s an example of how someone might build up to a 200-pound squat:
2x10 @ 45 lbs
1x8 @ 95
1x6 @ 115
1x4 @ 135
1x3 @ 155
1x3 @ 175
1x1 @ 185
1x1 @ 195
1x1 @ 200
1x1 @ 205*
*Adding in a fourth single above 90% is usually a sign you’re having a good day.
These aren’t hard-and-fast rules for everyone or every lift, but they can serve as solid guardrails to help guide your weight selection.
Learning how to plan out a heavy lift is a skill that every seasoned lifter should develop.
Justin Miner
@justinminergain
How to Start at gain
Potential members at GAIN start with a 3-session trial. This serves as an opportunity to meet the coaches and see how we do things at GAIN. Our individualized, feels like a group, but isn’t actually a group, vibe is different, and unlike any other gym you’ve been to.
On the first session, you’ll work closely with a coach doing our Intro Workout. This gives us an opportunity to go over some finer details like bracing and breathing and seeing how much range of motion and stability your body has. We talk about injuries, training history and what you want to get out of your gym time.
Regardless of your fitness level and experience, we want you leaving the gym after that first session feeling as though you could have done more. Our saying is, we can write hard workouts, but don’t feel the need to prove that one day 1. We want you to build a new habit you can stick with, easing in is key.
You’ll learn a whole bunch of new movements and lingo, if you’re a newbie to the gym it can be a bit overwhelming. Just know that we’re aware of this, and try to take it slow and not overload you with gym jargon. On the first day we primarily focus on learning and breaking down the squat pattern, body weight upper body movements, the push up and ring row and some of our core training drills.
By the second workout, we’re ready to introduce some more movements and will do some conditioning (cardio) and get introduced to some of our favorite cool-down mobility drills. This workout focuses on pressing and pulling with the upper body, along with some single leg movements.
On the last workout of the trial, you’re learning and working on the hinge pattern. This can be a tricky one, but is important for everyone to learn. We revisit some movements from the previous two workouts here if needed. This will feel like a bigger workout for most, because we usually give you more to do on the third day as your body is starting to adapt to some new movements.
All in all, the 3-Session Trial is a crash course in all things GAIN. Learn our favorite exercises, get your movement broken down by an experienced coach and learn how to move better, feel more connected and get a plan that unique to what you need and want to accomplish. GET INVOLVED.
Justin Miner
@justinminergain
Gym Lingo: Suitcase carry
The suitcase carry—also known as a one-arm carry—is a simple but powerful exercise. All it takes is a single kettlebell or dumbbell held by your side. Despite its simplicity, it’s one of the best ways to build real-world, functional strength.
This movement challenges your grip, improves shoulder and hip stability, and strengthens your entire trunk. It pairs well with just about everything. Between heavy squats or bench press, it can help cue better bracing and create more stiffness through your midsection. In conditioning workouts, we use it as a “filler”—something to keep your heart rate up without interfering with other movements.
Mastering the suitcase carry will make your life outside the gym easier. Once you’ve handled a heavy kettlebell for distance, carrying anything else—groceries, jugs of water, kids’ gear—feels like practice. You might not even need the wheels on your suitcase anymore.
How to Do It:
Start Position:
Place the kettlebell next to your foot.
Hinge at your hips, drive your butt back, and bend your knees to reach down and grab it.
Push through the ground as you stand tall.Grip & Posture:
Keep a firm grip—don’t let it dangle from your fingertips.
Engage your core and start walking. Keep breathing.Walking Tips:
Don’t shrug. Keep your shoulder away from your ear.
Reach your free hand out to the side for balance if needed.
Keep the weight slightly away from your body so it doesn’t bump into your leg.
Walk slower than usual. Stay tall and avoid leaning.
Control the turn—don’t let the weight swing around.
Loaded carries are one of the most underutilized tools in the gym. They build real, usable strength and give you a chance to push yourself in a low-skill, high-return movement.
Justin Miner
@justinminergain
Friday thoughts 77
Welcome to this week’s edition of Friday Thoughts - where I share things on my mind and some of my favorite post I saw on the internet this week. Enjoy!
Ignoring My HRV Status
According to my heart rate variability, things are critical. I’m not recovered. I’m too stressed. I need to relax.
Heart rate variability (HRV) measures the time between heartbeats—down to the millisecond. Our hearts don’t beat with perfect rhythm; instead, there’s slight variation between each beat. The more variability, the more recovered and ready to push it you are. Less variability suggests your body is fatigued and struggling to bounce back.
My HRV dropped below baseline over a week ago—and I didn’t change a thing. I didn’t feel tired, sore, or rundown. Actually, I felt great. My performance reflected that too: I was getting faster on intervals, increasing volume, and most importantly, having fun with training.
My desire to train was high. I was sleeping well, not overdoing caffeine (more than usual), and fueling properly. So when my watch flagged my status as “strained,” I didn’t buy it. Because yes, of course my body is strained—training is the process of creating stress and adapting to it.
I want fitness data to guide my training, not dictate it. If it told me I was “peaking” but I felt beat up, I’d be just as skeptical. A year ago, my old watch didn’t even track HRV, and I didn’t give it a second thought.
Maybe it’s foolish to ignore a warning just because it doesn’t match how I feel—but I’d rather use the data to help me better understand my body, not let it tell me how I should feel.
Toe Woes
As part of ignoring my HRV, I went on a trail run Monday afternoon—right after doing a 10k SkiErg time trial. During the run, I slipped on a rock in a muddy puddle and overextended my big toe. Classic turf toe.
I’m sharing this because... maybe I am training too hard. Maybe ignoring my fancy fitness watch isn’t the smartest move. After all, being under-recovered can increase your risk of injury, right?
Maybe. The data is mixed.
Yes, my HRV had been below baseline. But I still cranked out the SkiErg 10k and the 4.5-mile trail loop (even with the toe tweak) within 90% of my all-time best times—low heart rate, low perceived effort. If I were truly under-recovered, I’d expect to see a drop in performance: slower times, more struggle. But that hasn’t shown up.
That said, I’ve taken a couple extra rest days this week. The toe needed a break, and while I could train around it, it felt like a good time to test whether extra rest would improve my HRV.
So far? It hasn’t. I’m still showing as in the hole. My desire to train is strong, and I’ve been diligent with the toe —managing swelling, restoring range of motion and gradually loading it. I’ll probably get in an upper-body lift today and a bike ride over the weekend.
I’m eager to get back to running, but despite the paragraphs above defending why I don’t need rest days, the race I’m training for is still a ways off. I'd rather take it slow now than push too hard and end up sidelined longer.
Don’t Forget the Intervals
If you’v been a member for a while, you remember the days before we had a dedicated 20-30 minute interval day. We realized, about 5 years ago, that our program was a little strength training heavy, and wasn’t always balanced out with the conditioning side of things. We quadrupled our cardio fleet, started promoting walking more and upped the level of conditioning we were programming. You need to be strong, but you need to be able to utilize that strength too, and that means dedicated conditioning for metabolic and heart health.
9 Years Ago Today
Thanks for reading, see you next time.
Justin Miner
@justinminergain
Daily Walking Challenge Day 28
Almost there! Saturday is the final day of the daily walking challenge. Whether you are getting 30 out of 30 days, or only got a handful of walks in over the month - I hope you see the benefits of walking more and will get out there and get moving more often this summer.
Many people from last year’s walking challenge have held on to their new habit for well over a year now, and I’m certain that will happen with some of you too.
Keep a look out for an email from me, probably on Monday. If you went 30/30, reply to the email and tell me. Remember, it’s honor system, no charts or data required. After that, I’ll metaphorically pull a name from a hat and let the winner know. As a reminder, the winner gets a pair of training shoes on us. We’ll help you pick out a good pair for in the gym or for walking.
Keep stepping!
Justin Miner
@justinminergain
Limits of Linear Progession
Linear progression works beautifully for people new to strength training.
Squat this weight for 5 reps.
Then 2 sets of 5.
Then 3 sets of 5.
Eventually 4 sets, 5 sets... maybe 3 sets of 6, 4 sets of 6, and so on.
There are hundreds of ways to game it — and they all work. Eventually, you get stronger. By doing just a little more each week, your body gets the message: If I’m going to keep doing this work, I better adapt and make it easier on myself.
The progress is subtle. And when you’re new and not totally in tune with your body, it can feel like you’re not making any progress at all. But in reality, you are—it’s just a slow burn. The kind you don’t notice until you look back.
You can ride this wave for a while. But the truth is, it won’t last forever. If it did, we’d all be deadlifting thousands of pounds by now. Take me for example—after 20 years of training, if I added a rep or five more pounds every week, the math just doesn’t work.
That said, linear progression does work when you’re just starting out, trying something new, or chasing a fresh stimulus. The long game isn’t about always doing more—it’s about doing enough, consistently. Staying strong and not letting yourself slide backward.
Squeeze all the juice you can out of linear progression, but know that it won’t last forever.
Justin Miner
@justinminergain
Solec
It’s rare someone comes in and doesn’t say that they want to work on balance. Balance can be frustrating to train, because you need to challenge your balance in order to improve it. I learned this acronym within the past couple years and think about it a lot as a balance test. And it’s something you should know, too.
SOLEC: Standing on One Leg Eyes Closed.
That’s the test. Stand on one leg with your eyes closed, see how long you can last.
Your eyes play a big role in balancing and when you take that away it’s a big challenge.
Try the test with your eyes open and compare to your eyes closed score.
There’s a big range for a good target time here. At least a few seconds eyes closed is the bare minimum and getting 15 seconds with eyes closed is the gold standard. This will show you the key role your vision has with your balance. Give it a shot!
Justin Miner
@justinminergain
Strategic Not HEroic
We all love intensity—going all in, giving it 110%, leaving it all on the field.
And intensity is great. It can push you forward and help you make serious progress.
But at GAIN, one of our core values is:
Consistency and moderation over intensity.
Too often, people skip the slow build and jump straight into all-out effort—only to burn out before any real progress sticks.
We’re here for the long game. This isn’t about a quick fix. It’s about building a healthier you for the long haul.
Let’s make consistency just as sexy as intensity.
Justin Miner
@justinminergain
Friday Thoughts 75
Welcome to this week’s edition of Friday Thoughts, enjoy!
Marathon Distance and marathon versus mile
I came across a post the other day and thought, no way, this can’t be right. Everyone knows the old legend: some guy ran from Marathon to Athens to deliver a message, collapsed upon arrival, and thus began humanity’s obsession with the marathon and the iconic 26.2-mile distance.
After some extensive research (i.e., googling), the distance from Marathon to Athens is actually 40 kilometers—or 25 miles.
So where did the extra mileage come from? Turns out the Queen of England really did have the course extended to make the finish more spectator-friendly, adding 1.2 miles and turning a nice, clean 40K into 42.195 kilometers (26.2 miles).
Thinking about the marathon led to a conversation with the noon class the other day:
What if the world obsessed over the mile instead of the marathon?
Would people be healthier? Would fewer people get injured running?
Is a fast mile more impressive than a slow marathon?
And which one actually leads to better fitness gains?
My take: training for a fast mile demands strength, power, and the ability to tolerate high intensities. That kind of training naturally improves running mechanics without requiring huge amounts of volume. You can get more done in less time—and still build solid long-slow-distance endurance in the process.
It’s an interesting thought experiment. As ultramarathon running continues to gain popularity, and people keep pushing the limits of distance, I wonder if we’ll eventually see a cultural shift. Like most things that swing too far in one direction, maybe we’ll see shorter, faster efforts being held in higher regard.
crsipy clean and jerk from 8-year-old
Rayya’s conversions from pounds to kilos are nearly as impressive as her clean and jerk!
Foot Dexterity
Catch me prancing down the stairs like that in my barefoot shoes.
fitness In a nutshell
I love the perspective in this video, and here’s the big-picture takeaway: media needs headlines and captions to be compelling, but that often harms the way strength training is portrayed. It turns training into a competition of extremes — do this, not that, this exercise is the most important, never do this movement! The reality is that good training is a blend of many elements. It’s impossible to say that Exercise A is inherently better than Exercise B because so much depends on context. What’s the training history? Injury history? Goals? Training age, experience, and interests?
Anyway, this video is about how banded-shoulder-thingymobobs may not be the holy grail of all shoulder movements because the shoulder does a lot of other things too.
More Rest, Less Reps
Here are some gym hacks you should know about. They’re not really hacks-they’re sound training principles that go against peoples’ expectation of what workouts should be like.
The first: rest more. If something feels hard, and your goal is to improve strength-chill out.
Resting allows the processes that happens in your muscles run its program to gear up for the next bout. That extra minute or two can be the difference in a weight feeling really easy or too hard.
If something feels heavy, remember that isn’t a bad thing if you’re trying to build strength. You need stress to build strength and that struggle is good!
Too much of a struggle can be an issue though. We want proper technique and often times the way to ensure better form with a heavier weight or harder skill is to cut back on the reps-which is my second point today.
If your program says do 8, but you just increased a weight for the first time, you can do 5 or 6 reps to build confidence and get some practice. Keep the movement quality high instead of completing 8 sloppy reps.
Experienced gym-goers get this, and it’s a valuable framework to keep you playing the long game.
Justin Miner
Day 20 Check in
We’ve officially hit day 20 of our the Daily Walking Challenge! The cold, wet weather over the past week has made it especially tough to get those steps in—but if you’ve stuck with it, that’s something to be proud of.
By now, your walks should feel automatic, just a natural part of your day. But if you’ve wavered—maybe missed a day or two—I hope you jump back in. Sure, you no longer qualify for the shoe raffle, but that’s not the most important part. One of the most valuable skills we can develop is learning to start again.
If we only aim for perfection, and quit when we fall short, we’ll never build anything new. So if you slipped up, don’t beat yourself u and get back out there. That’s the real point of this challenge: building a habit that sticks.
If you’ve hit 20/20 so far, let me know today!
Justin Miner
@justinminergain
Addition for Subtraction
One reason gyms are so effective at helping people make life changes is because they represent something new to add in.
You have to commute to the gym, spend about an hour there, and then get back to home, work, or wherever you're headed. You can’t fake it—you have to carve out that time and physically show up.
In contrast, health and fitness advice often focuses on subtraction. Take dieting, for example. Most diets emphasize removing something “bad”: cut out sugar, stop eating carbs, no more snacks. That kind of restriction—and the constant focus on what you can’t do—makes compliance more difficult.
Here’s the perspective shift: if you’re struggling to get to the gym, remember that once you add this one positive habit, other good ones tend to follow. And in turn, the less desirable habits start to fall away—not because you're forcing them out, but because you're crowding them out with something better.
Sometimes, the best way to subtract is simply to add.
Justin Miner
MOnday Mindset
Consider the following as you go about your day and kick off another week:
You should always work out on Monday.
You should never work out on Monday.
One of those statements is definitely more popular than the other. But from my experience—as someone who exercises regularly and helps others do the same—both can be valuable mindsets.
Starting your week with a workout can set the tone and get you moving in the right direction. On the flip side, skipping the gym on Monday to focus on planning and getting organized can be just as beneficial.
Right now, I train on Mondays. But there have been long stretches when I intentionally skipped Monday workouts to prioritize work and set myself up for the week.
It’s tricky—there’s no one-size-fits-all formula. You have to experiment, tinker, and ultimately figure out what works best for you and your life. Maybe that means breaking with convention and skipping Monday workouts entirely.
There’s no perfect schedule or “right” way to do it. The key is building a system that works for you.
Justin Miner
@justinminergain
Friday Thoughts 74
Welcome to this week’s edition of Friday Thoughts, where I share random idea, half formed blog posts and some of my favorite clips from the internet. Enjoy!
Daily Walking Challenge Day 16!
We’ve crested the halfway point, can you believe it? Word around the gym is that there are a lot of people going to hit 30/30 this year to be entered into win a new pair of shoes. Keep that consistency going. If you haven’t been consistent, time to get back to it. Just because you messed up, doesn’t mean the challenge has to be completely over. Good habits are adaptable, sure you won’t get a chance to win a pair of shoes, but you can keep working on building this valuable, lifelong habit.
Ten Day Training Cycle
As I prepare for the Mount Washington Road Race, I’m testing something that I’ve been curious about for a while- ditching the 7 day in week and instead writing my program in 10 day cycles. There’s a lot of different time domains and intensities I’m trying to hit during the week, and using a 10 day week let’s me play around with what I do when. I’ve always been curious about this idea but stayed away because it’s confusing thinking in different time chunks than you have been for your whole life. All in all the first 10 days went well, I did about 90% of what I had planned and tweaked a couple days based off how I’m feeling- which is the whole point. I want to a plan I can follow, but want the flexibility to move and change things based off how I’m feeling the particular day.
Reading
The Miner household has been on a reading tear and we’re not slowing down. Months ago we ditched the nightly TV time for book time and we love it. On a podcast recently, someone asked how his friend reads so much, and his answer stuck with me, he said, “I read anywhere from 5 minutes to 90 minutes on any given day, sometimes less, sometimes more.” Like with most things, you’ve just got to get started and let the momentum take you. The biggest thing reading has done had made me less tolerant of Instagram. It’s funny, I almost feel like I’m having the opposite effect described below. Going from a book where you’re engaged and focused and swtiching over to doom scroll social media, it just doesn’t pack the same punch.
TEMPO
Tempo is a great skill to have in the weight room, and I think more importantly, it’s a really great way to progress someone and make them stronger without putting as much importance on how heavy their lifting, which with the aging population and for newbies is crucial to long term development. Remember, if adding 5 pounds to a lift every week worked like the text books say it does, we’d all have 1000 pound deadlifts by now and I’m still waiting on mine.
Good Training Is Boring
I know, we’re never going to win the internet or have the hottest, trendiest gym craze with a sentiment like that. We will, however, make real, sustainable changes and have the most impact. The real gyms, outlast all the trends. Remember the Lindy Effect. Keep doing boring workouts - you don’t need more entertainment, you need better training.
Thanks for reading, see you next time!
Justin Miner
@justinminergain
How Are Those Resolutions Going?
Now that we’re a quarter of the way through the year, it’s a good time to check in on any resolutions you made back in January. As you probably know, it’s become a bit of a cliché to set New Year’s resolutions only to abandon them weeks later. Hopefully, your motivation is still burning strong and you’ve been staying true to your goals.
But if you’ve slipped up, or never even started, that’s okay. Not all hope is lost.
Here’s the thing: the issue I have with New Year’s resolutions is that there’s rarely any accountability. If things fall apart a few weeks in, the mindset is often, “Oh well, maybe next year.” But why wait? Don’t punt your goals to 2026. Reset, refocus, and get back to it.
You’ve still got three-quarters of the year left! Time to get to work.
Justin Miner
@justinminergain
March By The Numbers
Welcome to this month’s edition of By The Numbers, where I look back at the data my watch collected over the previous month. I break down things like average sleep duration, steps, and total workouts. I’ve been doing this monthly reflection for at least 18 months now, and it’s proven to be a valuable tool for understanding my habits, spotting patterns, and finding areas to focus on. I highly recommend that everyone builds a practice like this.
Steps
245,344 total — Daily average: 7,911
Last week, Hannah hit her 300th day in a row of 10k steps, and I’m continually impressed with the dedication that takes. I’ve started training for the Mount Washington Road Race, so I’m sure this daily average will start creeping up as I start racking up more miles.
Sleep
6:55 nightly average — Average sleep score: 80
The slow decline of my sleep average continues. My score is higher than last month (for whatever that’s worth), and I’ve still been waking up feeling rested and energetic. I’m curious to see if that average ticks up over the next couple of months as training volume and intensity increase ahead of the race in June.
My resting heart rate has been at an all-time low and tends to respond this way whenever I crank up the cardio. On the flip side, my heart rate variability (HRV) was pretty low most of the month, finally dipping into the "below average/unbalanced" range the morning after the Ergathon. No surprise there—low HRV is an indicator of reduced recovery, and I was pushing it with more high-intensity intervals than usual.
What did surprise me was the heart rate drop that came alongside the HRV dip. I expected my heart rate to rise, and it did—but only by a few beats, and it still came in under my 2024 average.
Training
35 workouts — 3 rest days — 12 double-session days
Double sessions are easier than they seem—at least for me. Instead of doing a single 60–90 minute block, I’ll typically split it into two 30–40 minute sessions. That structure works well with my schedule (a little training before coaching, a little after), and it gives me two key advantages:
I get to train more frequently—which I genuinely enjoy. I don’t want to work out just three times a week; I want to do it every day.
It hedges against life happening. If a kid needs to be picked up early? No big deal—I’ve already banked a session.
On the surface, it might look like more rigidity, but in practice, it gives me more flexibility and helps me get more done in less time. It also gives me room to shift things around based on how I’m feeling. I do that a little too often, if I’m honest, and don’t always put enough trust in my former self who wrote the plan—but I’m working on that.
That’s all for today. As always, I hope reading this inspires you to take up a similar practice. Look back at March and ask yourself:
How did I do? What could I improve?
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Justin Miner
@justinminergain