I have 3 go-to fun facts I deploy any time I’m involved in an ice breaker activity.
- I was a D1 Collegiate Cheerleader (Go Frogs!)
- I grew up on a Miniature Donkey Farm in the Deep East Texas Pineywoods
- I got talked into doing a bodybuilding competition a few years ago.
Fun Fact #3 is what we’re focusing on to move your practice in the right direction for 2025.
This particular “physique show” experiment occurred 3 years and 2 weeks ago. As such, this time of year I see it pop up in my “Memories” on Facebook stories.
And at the time, I wrote a number of articles comparing (and contrasting) the preparation of a fitness competition with sound practice growth principles.
We’ve had a bunch of folks join our ecosystem in the last few years who’ve never seen those essays. And frankly even if you have, they’re worth a re-read. (Heck I revisited them and took a few good nuggets out of them myself…)
So for your reading pleasure this weekend, here ya go. Linked in order for your convenience…
1 of 3 – Sometimes you have to borrow belief
2 of 3 – The boring thing works (so do more boring)
3 of 3 – This 1 Aspect of Practice Growth (is completely different from bodybuilding)
Enjoy,
Troy “Pump You Up” Cole