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Melancholic Lifter's avatar

Great post and an importance message that many people out there get wrong! There’s always this simplistic dichotomy of being a “quitter” vs being “determined.” But I don’t think the two are mutually exclusive. Determination is always about the bigger picture, whereas the decision to add junk volume to a workout can be driven by nothing but impulse.

I would say there is such a think as mindful quitting, but this type of quitting - like your personal example of abandoning powerlifting in favour of (ultra-)endurance events - usually goes hand in hand with devoting ourselves to new challenges instead.

I think this is such a rich topic to explore in fitness and life in general, and definitely something worth thinking (and writing) about. Thank you!

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Kyle Shepard's avatar

Love the overestimate in a day and underestimate in a year point.

I was working on an upcoming post on quitting this morning, particularly the benefits and limitations of a never quit mindset and how reframing quitting to pivoting, modifying, or updating can be a strength when a pursuit becomes a net negative.

Good shit man and thank you for the wisdom.

I’m planning to do the broken marathon with a buddy in the coming month but ruck 1.1mile/hr instead of run. I’ll be reminding myself of your 100mile ruck when my mind tries to convince me quitting is a good idea.

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