High Ground Performance

Stop training like you’re 25. That’s the actual problem, not your willpower, not your schedule, not your discipline.

I see this constantly with dads in their 30s and 40s trying to get back into shape: they pull up the same high-volume program that worked a decade ago, wait for a mythical hour-long window that never opens, and train hard with no actual plan behind it. Then they wonder why they’re either hurt, burnt out, or both within six weeks.

Here’s what most fitness advice won’t tell you. more effort isn’t the fix. A plan built around the life you actually have, not the one you used to have, is. I’ve seen it clinically and I’ve lived it as a dad training around a full-time job and two kids. The guys who stick with it aren’t the ones grinding harder. They’re the ones who stopped fighting their own schedule.

Swipe through for the three mistakes I see most.

Save this for your next training block, or send it to the guy in your group chat who’s been “starting Monday” for the last six months.

Truckee half ✅🤦‍♂️😅

Coach Nick, PS-CPT took second overall

Danielle crushed her first half

I survived

😂😂 nah I ran an almost identical time to last year but it was much easier overall

Cramping was worse but it was hotter and I ran out of water between aid stations for about 20 min

Now 8 weeks until Ridge Rambler 1/2 Marathon | Bridgeport, CA.