Athlete X

You don’t have a motivation problem.

You have a deciding problem.

Every morning you’re making the call again. Do I go, do I not, am I too tired, is it worth it, could I go tomorrow instead. Twenty decisions before your feet hit the floor.

The people who train consistently are not more motivated than you. They’ve stopped deciding. It’s Tuesday, so they go. That’s the entire system.

Motivation gets you through the door the first time. It has nothing to do with the ninetieth.

Book the session the night before. Take the decision off tomorrow’s plate.
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The 5am crew have a rule nobody wrote down.

If you’re not there on a Tuesday, someone texts you. Not a guilt text. A “you alright?” text.

Nobody asked them to do that. It started with one person noticing an empty spot on the floor, and it kept going.

That’s the bit that isn’t on the price list. You can’t buy it with a membership and we can’t put it on a timetable.

You get it by turning up enough times that people learn your name, and then notice when it’s missing.

Come anyway. Someone’s saving you a spot.
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Two sessions a week is not a compromise.

We meet people who think three or four is the entry point. That if they can’t manage that, there’s no point starting at all.

Here’s what we actually see.

The person who trains twice a week for two years is stronger, moves better and is still here. The person who does five a week for six weeks is not.

Frequency you can hold beats frequency you can imagine.

So pick the number you can do in a bad week, not a good one. Sick kid, late meeting, terrible sleep. What survives all that? Start there.

Week to week. No lock-in. Two is plenty.
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ATTN: Perth trainers and athletes

ROS is heading your way!

Learning Outcomes:
-Basic Flexibility Development
-Foundations of the Squat
-Old Time Training Applications
-Advanced Flexibility Development

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I’ve said some things about Monday I’m not proud of.

That it’s too early. Too full. Too much. That it ruins a perfectly good Sunday night just by being on the way.

And every time I said “I’ll start again Monday”, I wasn’t waiting for Monday at all.

I was waiting to feel ready.

Ready never showed.

Monday did. Every week. No week to catch up on yet. Nothing gone wrong so far. Just a clean run at it and an honest look at what’s in front of me.

It never asked me to feel like it. It only ever asked me to show up.

The feeling comes later. Sometimes halfway through the session. Sometimes not at all.

Some days you won’t feel like it. Come anyway. That’s the whole point.

Save this for Sunday night, when the dread creeps in.

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Cam doesn’t get good weeks. He gets weeks.

A dad. A mining roster. A plan that folds more often than it holds.

So he makes what he can work. Some weeks that’s three sessions. Some weeks it’s one. He’s stopped judging the difference. That’s the whole reason it keeps working.

He trains for himself. The people around him get the best of it anyway.

If your weeks look like Cam’s, you’re not behind. Your life is just full.

Come anyway. 🧡