The Long Game
"Most over-estimate what they can do in a year and under-estimate what they can do in fifteen...you'll be astounded with where you'll be one day." Since I started this blog a year ago, I thought I'd write a post about time, progress, and how my relationship with those concepts have changed given some pretty cool improvements in how I move during my workouts. For the last few weeks, I have been using one foot plate instead of two in order to anchor my feet to the ground while I bench; the result is that I'm able to use my legs to power my bench instead of fighting against them while my arms carry the load. During tonight's accessories, my ankles remained upright during a plank instead of collapsing to one side and putting unnecessary pressure on my upper body. For the first time in a year and a half, it felt like my ankles were on my side instead of players on an opposing team. Another thing that has happened in the past few weeks is the resurgence o...