Keeping Training Fresh: Science, Methods, and Strategies

About this episode

Steve Magness and Jon Marcus discuss the importance of consistency in training and coaching, emphasizing how repetitive actions lead to achieving larger goals.

In this episode of the ‘On Coaching’ podcast, hosts Steve Magness and Jon Marcus discuss the importance of consistency in training and coaching. They delve into how simple, repetitive actions over time foster the capacity to achieve larger goals. Highlighting historical examples such as the training logs of Jack Lovelock, they emphasize the value of…

People in this episode

Hosts: Steve Magness, Jon Marcus

Topics covered

• training consistency
• coaching methods
• goal achievement
• historical training examples
• repetitive actions

Keywords

• training
• coaching
• consistency
• goals
• Jack Lovelock

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