Monday check in

New month, new week!

What’s floating around in my head this Monday morning?

Training a little bit for a long time is far better, in every single way, than training a lot for a short period of time.

If your training is all or nothing, you’re going to quit. Instead, think about training at an effort/volume that you could train at indefinitely. It might even feel easy. Don’t bite off more than you can chew—this is the key to a long-term gym habit.

The other thing I’m thinking about is optimization. We have this fascination with doing the most optimized routine. But going on the same idea as above, is the optimized routine even that good if it’s unsustainable? Isn’t the actual optimized routine the one you can stick with for the long haul?

Have a great Monday!

—Justin Miner

@justinminergain