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To be a maximalist, you must first be a minimalist. That’s an aphorism I first heard from Michael Joyner, the Mayo Clinic physiologist and human performance expert, and it resonates. To truly reach your potential in one or a few areas, you have to be disciplined about all the other ways in which you could fritter away your valuable time and energy. Excellence requires tough choices.
Strength Training: How Low Can You Go?
All this is to say that when it comes to strength training, I’m not ashamed to admit that my number one question is “How little can I get away with?” I’m fully convinced that strength training has important benefits for health and performance, and I recognize that lifting heavy things can be a source of meaning and self-mastery. But I’ve got miles to run before I sleep and, metaphorically, a bunch of errands to run before my kids get home, so a recent…
