Coaching Field Notes No. 1 is live.
When I sit down to program for a client, I often find myself taking a pause when building metcons or intervals to ask myself: what are we trying to improve here? That question is the driver behind intentional training.
There is this prevailing sentiment in the fitness racing space that "just training hard" is a solution to every problem. However, that idea is only a small part of the truth. Hard work is necessary but not sufficient to achieve any goal, but intentional work is what drives the greatest long-term improvements.