12/12/2025
Training like an athlete is something we ALL can do. ⚡️🏋️♂️
In part four of Dr. Harris’ “We Are All Athletes” series, he breaks down the training principles athletes use to reach elite goals — and how you can use the same strategy for any goal: longevity, weight loss, injury prevention, performance, or simply feeling better in your body.
So what does he mean when he says we are all athletes?
If you have goals for your body — to move well, get stronger, stay active, or age powerfully — your physiology works just like an athlete’s.
Your body responds best when training is intentional, not random.
Here’s how Dr. Harris trained to win the World
Championships of Ultimate Frisbee:
1. Strength Training
• Power + balance
• Single-leg + double-leg work
• Weighted jumps
• Home, hotel, office workouts … change it up for fun or when needed
All designed to be explosive, durable, and stable.
2. Cardio (The 80/20 Rule)
Most people get this wrong:
➡️ 80% low-intensity
➡️ 20% sprints
Low-intensity work builds a bigger engine — more mitochondria, better lactate use, faster recovery… just more capacity.
3. Skills Acquisition
• Beach sprints
• Drills on sand
• Practicing acceleration, balance, and direction changes
You don’t get better by avoiding discomfort — you get better by practicing the exact movements your goals demand.
When you break your goals into pieces — strength, endurance, skills — and train each one with intention, your whole system upgrades.
Better fitness. Better performance. Better longevity.
Stay tuned for Part 5 — the final chapter of the series.