How to Get Past Sticking Points

Tim O'Keefe 

One of the concepts I introduced this week to our oline and Lbs is the contrast of to and through. Through is finishing, while to is tolerating.

Have you ever punched a piece of wood in order to break it? You know Bruce Lee style. Besides good hip follow through. Maybe as important or more for destroying the wood is to punch through it. Aiming past it a foot or two.

So if a coach says run to the 15. We run to the 20. We run through the 15. Instead of punching at the bag, we aim several feet past as our target.

This creates a mindset of finishing a project than merely putting in the exercise.

Are you finishing your projects or merely tolerating them and going to?

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