Steve Magness
Person on 4 sites
Performance coach and author of Do Hard Things; he coached college and professional runners for fifteen years, and writes the Steve Magness newsletter on…
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4 facts on wiqqi (opens wiqqi.app)
Who people, organisations and podcasts are, and how they connect, with sources.
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2 channels on ppll (opens ppll.app)
Where public figures publish, and what they are on record saying.
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7 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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Adding a watch and pace metric to a run can shift its worth from the experience itself to the metrics. (opens korrents.com)
“Add a watch and pace metric and now you’re stuck comparing. The worth of the run stops being about the experience itself and more about the metrics.”
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Exhaustion is easy to produce in training, so being exhausted should not be treated as proof that a workout was good. (opens korrents.com)
“Making someone exhausted is the easiest thing you can do in training. Fatigue is simple to achieve. It’s time to stop making it the proof that a workout is good or that it worked.”
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One bad night of sleep is generally compensated for, though it stacks the deck slightly against performance. (opens korrents.com)
“One nights sleep is generally compensated for and not a huge deal. But it does mean the deck gets slightly stacked against you.”
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Adding a watch and pace metric to a run can shift its worth from the experience itself to the metrics. (opens korrents.com)
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11 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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The Explorer's Gene (opens rcmnd.app)
“What Hutchinson argues is that our lives are more productive, more meaningful, and more fun when we sometimes ditch the maps and find our own way. It’s a kind of love letter for trying new things and sometimes getting…”
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Endure (opens rcmnd.app)
“In Endure , Hutchinson took the science of fatigue in a book that has now become a classic.”
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Wisdom Takes Work (opens rcmnd.app)
“I also loved his treatise on Lincoln. Well worth a read, especially in our current climate where social media is rotting our brains.”
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The Explorer's Gene (opens rcmnd.app)