Sunday, February 8, 2015

Train to the Standard

It doesn’t matter how much you lift. It matters that you lift correctly—which will keep you from getting hurt—and that you lift progressively heavier.

How fast do you need to be able to run? How far away is your cover? I can hit a C-Zone at 100 meters in less than a second. Will it take me an extra half-second to hit it moving? Maybe, but maybe not, since it’ll be a bigger target (after all, I don’t have to hit you in the vitals to stop you or slow you down….I can do that after I slow you down). How far away is your cover? You better be able to get there faster than I can notice you’re moving, and then shoot you. It’s that simple. You need to run faster than you did last time you ran.

You don’t need to be a power lifter. You do need to power lift. You don’t need to be a sprinter. You do need to be able to sprint.

This was taken from Train to the Standard by John Mosby.  John is talking about training in the tactical realm, but the underlying point is that we constantly need to be better today than we were yesterday and better tomorrow than we are today.  The kaizen principle.  Constant self-improvement.


Walking (3.1)
Time Incline    Speed
35 mins1.5%3.2mph

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