Intervention, Course Corrections for the Athlete and Trainer Quotes

“Most new trainers agonize over the perfect workout, over-train virtually everyone and are the crazy purist idiots who embarrass themselves at restaurants trying to impress everyone with how clean they eat.”
― Dan John, Intervention: Course Corrections for the Athlete and Trainer

“watch moms pick up, put down, lift, swing, load and carry fairly large loads all the time. We call these loads ‘children.’ Yet, when we get to the gym, we seem to think a woman needs to use very light loads. Like Milo and his calf, perhaps we should start women off with an eight-pound weight and progress upwards as the child grows.”
― Dan John, Intervention: Course Corrections for the Athlete and Trainer

“If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will get you there!”
― Dan John, Intervention: Course Corrections for the Athlete and Trainer

“Be wary of getting your goal and discovering it wasn’t worth it.”
― Dan John, Intervention: Course Corrections for the Athlete and Trainer

“Just tell me what to do. I don’t know where I’m going, but I know I don’t want to be here.”
― Dan John, Intervention: Course Corrections for the Athlete and Trainer

“I’m going to try not to be the problem anymore.”
― Dan John, Intervention: Course Corrections for the Athlete and Trainer

“Constantly strive for mastery and grace.”
― Dan John, Intervention: Course Corrections for the Athlete and Trainer

“Yes, I can.” I have the resources. I went to the class. I sat through the clinic. I read the book. I can do it. That’s right, with just a little information, I can add something new and pretty to a training program and sports system.”
― Dan John, Intervention: Course Corrections for the Athlete and Trainer

“a T-shirt that said, “I want to walk to the mailbox on the day I die,”
― Dan John, Intervention: Course Corrections for the Athlete and Trainer

“I have learned these lessons the hard way every time I deviated from them. Let my stalls, sputters, dead-ends and surgeries be your lessons. It’s cheaper and easier for you because I’ve gone ahead so blindly!”
― Dan John, Intervention: Course Corrections for the Athlete and Trainer