6 Principles of Athletic training: Applied to Writing and creative work:
Sweat: A History of Exercise:
Bill Hayes
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Principle of Specificity |
What you train for is what you get |
If your goal is endurance, train for endurance If your goal is strength, train for strength |
Be specific in your work out Goals |
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Principle of Overload |
Train the part of the body above the level to which it is accustomed to |
It is the practice of pushing yourself beyond your comfort zone and trying new things |
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Principle of progression |
You move on as you mastered a new task |
George O’Keefe says: make your unknown known |
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Principle of accommodation |
Without challenge, the body or spirit settles into stagnation or worse complacency |
David Bowie says: Always go a little further into water than you’re capable of being in – |
Go a little bit out of depth and when you don’t feel that your feet are quite touching the bottom , you’re just about the right place to do something |
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Principle of reversibility |
When you cease challenging your
yourself, the arc of progress bends backwards , undoing your gains! |
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Principle of rest |
Taking time to reverse from exertion, To replenish the Body’s
Energy and Soul’s store of creative
vitality |
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