In Pursuit of Elegance: Why the Best Ideas Have Something Missing by Matthew E. May and Guy Kawasaki
In training as in my own life, I am always looking for ways to simplify things. I notice that many people seem to be caught up in the next thing, or the next miracle diet/program/gimmick.
I'm going to challenge you right now to consider that you "stop doing", rather than adding stuff to your life.
In reading Matthew May's book, "In Pursuit of Elegance", he mentions Lance Armstrong's trainer Chris Carmichael's "stop doing strategy". Carmichael discovered that "the extra time on the bike wasn't needed or helpful and just led to fatigue and longer recovery periods - it was just plain waste."
May also mentions..."Doing more and pushing harder than actually necessary can impede and even reverse progress by introducing overload, inconsistency, and waste."
I see this with my some of my one on one clients, and some of my boot camp clients. There is a sense that "more is better". In very few instances is more better. I try to stress that eating/nutrition, rest and recovery and training are all important and that by just increasing the training will not make up for eating lousy or not getting the proper rest and sleep.
So what can you stop doing? Is is to stop eating junk food? Is it to stop watching so much TV? Is it ot stop making excuses why you can't do something?
Stop doing something today. Clear out something that is stopping you from reaching your goals.
Post it in the comments for all of us to see.