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- Win The First 3 Hours | Mere Mortals in Motion #38
For me, Monday mornings are different.
I’ll get up earlier than usual, do my writing, get to the gym around 4AM, train, run or ride, get some work done — and still be home before the normal day really begins.
Am I absolutely cooked by 3 or 4PM? Yep.
But there’s something about starting Monday with intent that seems to change the cadence of the entire week.
This isn’t really about 4AM wake-ups.
It’s about finding your window. That part of the week where you deliberately get ahead, do the things that matter to you and create some momentum before life starts pulling you in every direction.
For me, that’s Monday morning.
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A 10 km Sunday morning run turned into a reminder of something very simple:
It’s a privilege to be able to move.
00:00 – A 10 km Sunday morning run
00:51 – Experimenting with sprint/walk intervals
01:45 – Using heart rate instead of distance
02:49 – New running shoes & paying for quality
03:44 – Training after weeks of sickness
05:08 – Taking the headphones off
05:27 – Gratitude for movement, family & health
05:53 – Make room for movement
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Training gets you stronger physically, but, as I get older, I’m increasingly convinced its biggest value is mental.
After a big gym session and a 4 km run in fresh shoes, I reflected on why I keep training with such consistency: it helps me meet the rest of life with more energy, resilience and capability.
The goal isn’t perfection. It’s finding movement you genuinely enjoy, then building a cadence you can maintain through poor sleep, busy family seasons, stress and the normal messiness of life.
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After 16 years of bodybuilding, powerlifting, running, cycling, Olympic lifting and CrossFit-style training, I am finally getting clearer on what actually works for my body.
The answer is not one perfect discipline.
My goal for the next 12 months is to become jacked, fit, fast, healthy and capable. That means returning to varied hybrid training, preparing for the Turf Games, continuing Olympic lifting, increasing my running, potentially adding swimming and finally taking mobility and prehab seriously again.
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Why do we keep abandoning worthwhile goals for something newer and more exciting?
After finishing a leg session, I found myself thinking about two connected ideas: the way you do one thing is often the way you do everything and one of the greatest threats to a goal is the temptation to chase another one.
00:00 Two ideas from today’s training
00:23 The way you do one thing
01:00 Training for ego versus longevity
01:59 Intent, mechanics and avoiding injury
02:48 Setting the next annual goals
03:10 The wrong kind of temptation
03:48 Why I abandon training phases
04:07 Choose a goal you can finish
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The marathon is finished. There is no new race on the calendar. Yet, for some reason, I keep putting on my shoes and heading into the darkness.
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Today was a return to the roots.
Heavy squats, hip thrusts, overhead squats, stiff-legged deadlifts, the kind of session that reminds me why lifting heavy has always been one of the foundations of my movement.
This one is not really about chasing a new PR or proving anything. It is more about fighting fragility. Fighting the slow drift backwards. Fighting the easy slide into weakness, stiffness, and comfort.
The point is simple: find the form of motion you actually enjoy, then keep returning to it for long enough that the compounding benefits become unavoidable.
In 20 or 30 years, you will thank yourself.
Mere Mortals In Motion #32.
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This episode is less about running, lifting, or getting fitter, and more about what movement actually does for my head.
Yesterday I didn’t train in the morning. I wasn’t sleeping well, wasn’t feeling great, and although I did get out for a walk later in the day, something was off. The day felt heavier. Work felt more frustrating. My patience was lower. My ability to handle the normal chaos of life just wasn’t there in the same way.
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The marathon is finished… but the movement hasn’t left the bloodstream.
This episode is a short reflection from a morning run after the big race. No clear plan. No new 10K, half marathon, marathon or competition locked in. Just that strange post-event feeling where the thing you trained for is gone, but your body and mind are still asking for something.
Maybe it becomes another race. Maybe it becomes a Spartan, Tough Mudder or some kind of adventure. Maybe it is simply getting back into the gym, rebuilding the legs, recovering properly, and staying prepared for life.
Because that is what movement is starting to feel like now. Not just performance. Not just chasing a number. But being ready. Ready to run around with the kids. Ready to carry the body through a full life. Ready for whatever comes next.
This is Mere Mortals in Motion #30.
0:00 A rosy red morning run
0:24 Running is still in the bloodstream
0:45 Getting back into the gym
1:12 No race locked in yet
1:36 The itch for another adventure
1:56 Movement as preparation for life
2:42 The post-marathon comedown
3:14 Recovery, rebuilding and what comes next
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One week after the marathon, the mission changes.
This episode of Mere Mortals in Motion is a short and sharp training note from the rebuild phase.
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