Most champions are built by punch the clock workouts rather than extraordinary efforts. Dan John More Quotes by Dan John More Quotes From Dan John I don't care what you bench. I care if you have friends and family you love, a career that you love, and helped someone you don't know today. Dan John benches family-and-friends careers I think there are two keys to success. One is to show up. The other one is to keep going. Most people don’t keep going. Dan John keys two thinking Without challenges, the human body will soften. We thrive when we push our boundaries, reach goals, and blast personal records. We perform better, we look better, and we feel alive. Dan John goal challenges looks Here's an idea: eat like an adult. Dan John growing-up sweet kids Look at your goals. Look at your behavior. Does your behavior match your goals? Dan John goal doe looks The problem is yes, everything works. Doing everything at once makes you marginal at everything... at best. Dan John problem I said it was simple. Not easy. Dan John simple easy said Fat loss is an all-out war. Give it 28 days - only 28 days. Attack it with all you have. It's not a lifestyle choice; it's a battle. Lose fat and then get back into moderation. There's another one for you: moderation. Revelation says it best: 'You are lukewarm and I shall spit you out.' Moderation is for sissies. Dan John lifestyle-choices loss war If something is important, do it every day; if it's not important, don't do it at all. Dan John important ifs The Goal is the keep the GOAL the GOAL Dan John goal If you're spending so much time at the gym that your mail is forwarded there, you're not dedicated - you've got a mental disorder. Dan John spending disorder mail Back in the 1970s, I ate a high-protein diet to get bigger and stronger. As a senior at Utah State, I weighed 218 pounds with eight percent body fat, and threw the discus over 190 feet. Then I got some advice from the people at the Olympic Training Center. I needed carbs, they advised, and lots of them. They pointed to studies done on the American distance runners. Being an idiot, I took the advice to eat like emaciated, over-trained sub-performers. It took years of high carbohydrate grazing to learn the evils of this advice. Dan John senior distance workout The best tonic for soreness is to do the movement that got you sore in the first place. Dan John soreness movement firsts I only judge people by the depth of their squat. Dan John depth judging people There are “bus bench” workouts and “park bench” workouts. A bus bench and a park bench look exactly the same, but your expectations sitting in them are radically different. Dan John workout different expectations Squats don't hurt your knees; what you are doing hurts your knees. Dan John knees hurt Please understand nearly every concept I hold near and dear has been stolen from others much brighter and better than me. Dan John stolen dear please It's hard to peak when you've been training since 1965. Dan John hard training If it's important do it everyday. Dan John everyday important ifs Their highs are too low and their lows are too high. Dan John lows
