Body Performance - Part Four

Getting To Race Weight

Many years ago, sometimes the lighting comes together.

In Part One, I wrote about the importance of knowing where you want to take yourself. Specifically, what you want your body “to do.” That section ended with an observation that emotional stability unlocks control over our actions.

In Part Two, a seasonal focus was recommended to balance between the goals of fat loss, muscle gain and athletic performance. I shared a strategy for creating lifestyle habits that make gains inevitable.

Part Three outlined five areas to free up time and energy for big goals: Sleep, Commute, Schedule, Binary and Less.

The three sections above are where you’ll find the biggest gains in your program.

That said, I know a number of you will want to get absolutely shredded. Given that you’re going to aim for that goal, regardless, we should discuss how to do it safely and optimally.

As an elite, I believed “Light Is Right.”

Looking back on my career, and reviewing my training logs, I got it wrong.

Lean Not Light

…and “lean enough” is something most of us will be unable to see in ourselves. Given our psychological profiles, we’re going to overshoot and cost ourselves performance.

Two of the best things you can do:

1. Connect with a coach who has different body composition biases than yourself.

2. Track performance data closely, across years.

Part of the reason I ended up “too light” was I created a circle that reinforced my biases. My circle didn’t have access to my data.

I recommend a three-part approach:

1. A System to avoid crossing The Limit

2. A Guardian Angel, who thinks differently

3. A Focus On Performance, not weight¹

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