12/01/2026
Exercise standardisation & strength testing.
Reintroducing touch and go deficit deadlifts and around-parallel squats for competition standards, both of which I haven’t trained properly in years.
Followed by 80 kg dumbbell walking lunges and a 5km run to finish. 😵💫👍🏼
This is the bit people don’t romanticise.
Setting goals is easy. There’s novelty, excitement and that initial rush of motivation. Everyone loves that phase.
But once that wears off, what’s left is the work.
The repetitive sessions.
The boring ones.
The ones you don’t feel like showing up for around 70% of the time.
The point where you start losing sight of why you began in the first place.
That’s usually when you’re actually on the right track.
“Eating the frog” isn’t about motivation or hype. It’s about doing the hard stuff first, consistently, even when it’s unglamorous and no one’s watching.
In rehab and performance work, progress rarely comes from dramatic moments. It comes from doing the ordinary, uncomfortable things well, over and over again.
If it feels dull, mildly irritating and harder to justify than it should be,
you’re probably doing it properly.
