Gain Fitness, Don't Prove Fitness

Sometimes I have to remind myself that the point of a session is to gain fitness, not to prove fitness. This takes confidence and patience.
Easy to do properly when you’ve recently had a good race result.

— Reid Coolsaet (@ReidCoolsaet) September 8, 2018

Reid’s message is simple, but profound. Too often we look at workouts as proving grounds instead of stimulus designed to help us improve and sharpen fitness. From time to time you should press and hurt in workouts, but more times than not you’re better off trusting your body and leaving a little bit to give.