One of my daily routines is to read The Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday. Yesterday, the philosophical message of the day was one all athletes must understand if they don’t want their pain tolerance to be the reason why they don’t reach their goals. Holiday breaks down a quote from ancient philosopher Epictetus on the […]
Fatigue is the great equalizer in sports. The biggest, strongest, and fastest athletes are only a shell of themselves once fatigue causes exhaustion. Moreover, an athlete could learn how to master the process of conditioning in practice and still find themselves facing extreme fatigue in a competition. The reason for this is because fatigue is […]
There are two reasons why people consider elite athletes, elite. 1) They have performed consistently great over a statistically significant amount of time. 2) When they compete against other elite athletes at the most important competitions, they continue to perform at this high level. So, how is it possible that an elite athlete can lose […]