When you see a really good powerlifter, you aren’t that surprised that they’re really good. Because to be quite honest, they’re muscular as hell. Their quads jut out from their body in quadtastic glory. (There’s a powerlifter who can crush a fricken watermelon between her thighs!) Their triceps and biceps will make you cry. And […]
deliberate practice
How to Get Great at Anything
Even if you really suck at something, you can get great at it. By great, I mean really great. You can become an expert. I am going to tell you how. Train using “deliberate practice” to become great at just about any measurable skill. What does that mean? Swedish psychologist, Anders Ericsson, published almost exactly […]
I suck at sports but I want to be a great powerlifter
I have always been a mediocre athlete. Born with little body awareness and nonexistent intrinsic understanding of how to perform a new movement or task, when learning any new physical feat, fear and an immediate awareness of how bad I am at learning new things flood my system. The truth is, I have always been […]