🔥 Why ENVIRONMENT drives RESULTS

Unless you understand periodization and how to correctly combine means and methods, most programs look pretty good on paper

But even many programs that are actually good often fail

The reason is many times they’re being performed in a lackluster environment

Training to the brain is sympathetic: fight or flight

So if you place an athlete in an environment that’s aggressive, where the music is loud, you’re slamming weights, and your training partners are pushing you with positive energy, you’re going to get great results

Conversely, if you place an athlete in an environment that’s quiet, where you can’t drop weights and the music can’t be loud, or your training partners are only there because it’s “mandatory”, you’re not going to make much progress

This is why training has to be raw and intense, and environment is just as important as individual programming, coaching technique, and everything else that goes into actually getting RESULTS

A comfort zone may feel nice, but nothing ever grows there

-Fenske