I want to elaborate on the most radical and misunderstood facet of the Nautilus training protocol—the concept of ONE SET TO FAILURE. Follow me down the rabbit hole.
I’ve learned how to frame my meets so they are a positive and successful experience— no longer do I drink and cry (afterward). From goal setting to learning from mistakes to gaining some perspective, I hope a few of these tips help you.
The point of this article is not for me to tell my personal story about how tragic the accident was, how Kobe affected me growing up, or how big of a fan I was, etc. Instead, I would like to focus on the takeaways from Kobe’s life that can teach all of us how to pursue our own passions better.
Live and learn from your failures and mistakes. Be willing to learn, and maybe more importantly, be willing to be wrong. Now go and pass that along.
People who succeed in this world have an iron will and a never-say-die mentality. Do you?
Everyone loses sometimes, but that isn’t the mentality you should mold your life around.
Winners create their chances and don’t wait for opportunities. They are relentless, ruthless, and focused.
Making progress in training or in life means taking ownership of your future. Are you a passenger sitting quietly or are you grabbing the wheel and pressing the gas pedal?
After you’ve reached the heaviest set of the day, is there a reason to reduce the weight and do more reps?
It’s okay to fail. It’s okay to be uncomfortable. Defeat can lead to victory if you learn from it and gain experience along the way.
If you lack credibility and influence, attempting to reduce variance and error by controlling every process and detail of your business unit will erode the loyalty, urgency, and purpose needed for success.
Through my years in the gym I have learned a lot about training, about life, and about myself. From my personal account, these are the most valuable lessons the iron has taught me.
I don’t need my stash of parables any longer and will be releasing them one-by-one for anyone to take and use. This one is a story of 6,000 failures or 6,000 successes, depending on how you choose to look at it.
You may have heard that committing to your goals means eliminating the possibility of failure. The problem? This isn’t realistic. You can’t always win.
Do great work and take note of who discourages your success. There are critics to listen to and there are critics to ignore.
It’s only a matter of time before I fail again. I used to cringe at the thought of failing, but not anymore.
When faced with failure you have two options: sit down and quit or push harder. Several weeks ago I found myself in this predicament.
My journey from hospital bed to Jim Wendler’s power rack started with one decision: to do what the doctors said I couldn’t.
You’re guilty of at least one of these things. Don’t be a shithead. Stop.
Six REAL factors to getting strong, not the same crap we’ve read over and over… and over again. Seriously, how many times do we have to be told to train hard, be consistent, follow a program and eat right? Those may not even matter anyhow but these do.
Why don't you just go the safe route? Sit on the couch and think about all the things others have accomplished.
Choosing how you view the outcome, will determine if you advance in your goals.
You can learn the darndest things from people with hard-to-pronounce names.
In a world in which society is more connected than ever before, where has individual connectivity gone?
If you want to lose fat and do so by diet and increasing your conditioning, is it no wonder you got weaker?
Train to Failure, or Not Train to Failure? That is the Question!
Let us look at the benefit and practical application of cheating exercises for advanced lifters.
What if I said that failure is, in fact, an option and it can actually improve your performance and understanding of the task at which you failed?
Did Arthur Jones have it right when he essentially devoted his life to convincing people they needed to train to failure?
