25 Thoughts on Training from 2025

Each year, how i view training changes a little. A new need in my own training or working with a new client with a background or goals I'm not experienced in brings a new vantage point. Some things become confirmed in my thoughts, some are totally new to me, and some I'm able to learn to move on from. This list is in no special order. This is simply me reviewing my training logs from the previous year and also looking over our client's training logs.

1) Train easier today, build for tomorrow

2) Adjust training each season of life. (Life/Stress/Goals)

3) Process not outcomes

4) Preparation and recovery dictate success of training sessions

5) Train with people

6) Less goals, more focus

7) Repetition and volume over intensity

8) Ego stalls long term progress

9) Eat like an adult

10) Champions possess a larger and stronger foundation

11) Each training session : Move your feet, get up from the floor, move your body

12) Auto regulation and environment trump everything else

13) Healthy Body fat percentage changes everything

14) Walks on non training days improve lifting efforts

15) Have a plan, have adjustments for your plan

16) Adding weight to the bar is only one option to getting stronger

17) More is usually not the answer

18) Variety is like a spice. Some is beneficial, too much ruins everything

19) You need to recover from lifestyle habits more than training

20) Most training aids were created to protect the ego

21) Progress slower than you want

22) Break goals down smaller

23) Find a win every training session

24) Subtraction is more important than addition

25) Body part split routines make less and less sense

Honorable Mention List

Men - 2x Bodyweight Deadlift x 5 Reps, Women 1.5x Bodyweight x 5 Reps. These are gold standards

Finish every set strong and fast with high intent

Throw things

Your thoughts and words predict success

Train main lifts lighter

Supplements are more effective once basic health has improved

I could change my stance on any of these over time. I will adjust based on the results we see from our adults and our athletes. There are outliers in specific domains where these thoughts don't apply. Chances are, you're not one of the people seeking such specificity out of their training program.

This next year, make your training better by removing decision fatigue. Give full effort and go all in on each training session.

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