Resilient Mental State

Resilient Mental State

Workout of the Week: Progressive Pain

One of my most challenging workouts this week. While many exercise strategies can be learned from these posts, the main takeaway is using fitness to develop resilience.

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Kyle Shepard
Nov 09, 2024
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Unlike all of my previous workouts I’ve posted thus far, I have done today’s workout once before. Having previous experience prepared me well for today’s challenge.

Realistic expectations can only be developed by experience.

Today’s workout structure is my favorite way to perform high-intensity interval training (HIIT), particularly to become more efficient in a certain exercise.

EMOM with a unique rep goal and exertion level.

Individualized anaerobic training.


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