.svg){kind=icon}
Endurance as a Distraction
Harnessing the Odds for Success beyond the Finish Line
According to my extremely rough figures after a quick google search. Around 4.41 billion people play sport on planet earth. That is well over half of our 7.67 billion population. Good job earthlings! They say only the 1% of the 1% actually get paid to play sport at the top level (again, these are rough figures). One percent of 4.41 billion is 44,100,000, that is fourty-four milllion, one hundred thousand and 1% of that is 440,000. That still seems like a lot to me but relax for a second.
If you are not one of the 440,000 that gets paid to play sport, you are using sport as a distraction. Definition of distraction, a thing that prevents someone from concentrating on something else. We do hobbies to take our mind off work, life, home, stress. People also drink alcohol and eat shit food to do the same. I want to make this very clear, doing sport as your distraction is in most cases far healthier than most other options!
But when does it become unhealthy to use sport as a distraction? and in particular endurance sport. I am writing about endurance sport for two reasons, 1) it is what I know and 2) it is probably the sport most abused for distraction.
The benefits to endurance sport are in my eyes, endless. Day to day we (at InnerFight Endurance) use endurance sport to make people better at life. We in still self-belief, we empower, we dig out true potential, we discover grit in all our athletes. They then take those new found traits and go smash life with it, it’s why we have the best job in the world. Like all good things though, these trainable traits can be addictive. How good does it feel to cross that finish line and be the most confident person in the world for a few seconds? It’s epic. But do we get it each time we cross a finish line? No… only when it’s gone really well. The more we race, the more chance we have to go wrong, that is just statistics… but we also have more chance to go right… now we are gambling.
Here are some more stats for you; World gambling statistics show that around 26% of the population gamble. That means around 1.6 billion people worldwide gamble and 4.2 billion people gamble at least once every year. The average US gambler loses $400 every year.
So when we enter event after event after event, or set big goal after big goal after big goal… we are gambling. The reward is self-beleif, empowerment, potential realisation and grit, the punishment is the loss of them all.
So endurance sport should be used wisely, we want to load the odds into our favour. It’s why we have training blocks, coaches to help us and better equipment year on year. So we aren’t like those average US gamblers.
If we just enter things to distract ourselves from life and not pay attention to the odds, you are going to fail at some point. You will get injured or burnt out because you don’t care about the process, you just want the thrill of the gamble…
I’d love to help you figure out your odds.
GYMNASTICS
This Tuesday, we’re focusing on handstands and handstand walks! We’ll start with strength work before moving on to balance and control while upside down, beginning from the box and progressing to the wall and beyond.
Thursday, we’re heading back to the bar for another round of Bar Muscle Ups! Whether you're chasing your first rep or fine-tuning your technique for cleaner, stronger sets, we’ve got you covered with progressions, modifications, and strength drills to help you level up. Let's go!
HYBRID FITNESS
This week's HYBRID Fitness session focuses on running intervals and then some compromised running, getting used to pushing into the run after some taxing work.
MOBILITY
Unlock better depth, posture, and comfort in your front squats with this focused mobility class. We’ll target key areas, such as the ankles, hips, thoracic spine, and shoulders, to improve your squat mechanics and front rack position. Whether you’re new to squatting or looking to break through a plateau, this class will help you move more efficiently and squat with confidence. Suitable for all levels.
WEIGHTLIFTING
Weightlifting this week is snatch. Working on the power snatch. Technique work, then a complex of snatch pull + 2 power snatch. Finishing with some heavy back squats.
The Monday Ride
Our community program is delivered via TrainingPeaks for AED 750 p/month. If you're interested to have a plan to follow, email tw@innerfight.com
Time: 05:59 am
Session Length: 1 hour
Location: The Loop Cafe, Nad al Sheeba
Track Tuesday
Our weekly on track speed session! For any level of runner looking to build their run speed, threshold and Vo2max fitness and run with the best running community in Dubai.
Time: 05:59 am
Session Length: 1 hour
Location: Dubai Sports City Sports Park
Wednesday - Indoor Ride
Our community program is delivered via TrainingPeaks for AED 750 p/month. If you're interested to have a plan to follow, email tw@innerfight.com
Thursday - Endurance Strength
A strength class focused on key movements for endurance athletes to help avoid injury, build speed and develop strength.
Time: 06:30am
Location: This is a paid class session at InnerFight HQ. If you're interested to join, email winning@innerfight.com
Friday - Coffee Run
Our weekly tempo run. Sessions are built on an RPE scale and accessible to all levels of runner. We start together, run hard then finish together and chat about it over a coffee and breakfast.
Brief time: 05:54 am
Start time: 05:59 am
Start Location: Common Grounds
Saturday - Long Ride
Our weekly endurance ride. This ride always begins with 18 - 20km at 30kph before a longer segment with various formats. Expect the main group to ride around 34kph, slower groups will break off and form. Anyone is welcome to join.
Time: 04:59 am
Location: Bottom of the Stick, Al Qudra.
Sunday - Long Run
A run where we start and finish together. Up to 2hrs long depending on people needs.
If you're interested to join, reach out to Dan Bagley, db@innerfight.com
Time: 05:29 am
Location: Common Grounds
Monday
Session: No in-person session
There is no in person LRC session today, Unlimited Clients, there is a session in your TrainingPeaks still. Enjoy!
Tuesday
Time: 5:59am
Location: Dubai Sports City Sports Park
Session: Track Tuesday
This is your chance to run fast with the wider IFE community and coaches. Come ready to run fast and have fun.
Wednesday
Time: 5:59am & 5:59pm
Location: InnerFight
Session: LRC Intervals
Today we will be running intervals in the park. 100m on/100m recovery.
Friday
Time: 5:59am & 5:59pm
Location: Common Grounds
Session: The Coffee Run + LRC Training Camp
This week re will be cycling through the below seqeunce:
10X
2mins @ 7PRE
1min @ 8RPE
1min @ recovery
The evening session on the LRC Training Camp will be a chilled shake out run from the hotel.
Saturday
Time: 5:29am
Session: LRC Training Camp
We have an action packed day on the LRC Training Camp, all details will be shared in WA.
Sunday
Time: 5:29am
Location: Common Grounds
Session: Long Run + LRC Training Camp
Today we will host a community long run from Common Grounds for those who are still in Dubai.
Those on the training camp in KhorFakkan we will hike at 5:29am.
Monday:
Strength:
A) 1 min max set strict pull-ups
B) EMOM x 8 Pull ups @ 30% of max set
Conditioning:
Every 5 mins x 6
2 rounds
6 Alt Single Arm Manmaker
300/250m row
Tuesday:
Strength:
A) Every 75 sec x 9
1) 16 Alt goblet cossack squat
2) 40 sec alt single leg V-ups
3) 30 sec side plank E/S
B) Every 2 mins x 6 - 3 front squat @20x1
Conditioning:
30-20-10
Assault Bike
Rest 2 minutes after each set
Wednesday:
Strength:
Deadlift Every 2:00 x 5 - 2 reps
Conditioning:
AMRAP 22
In a team of 4
2000m C2 Bike
40 Power cleans (70/45)
40 TTB
Thursday:
Strength:
A) Every 90 sec x 8 - 10 DB box step up
B) Every 2 mins x 5 - 8 Alternating Barbell Reverse Lunges
C) EMOM x 8 - M1: 20 sec Nordic Hold / M2: 30 sec Ring rows
Conditioning:
500/450 ski
5 burpee pull-ups
400/350 ski
5 burpee pull-ups
300/250 ski
5 burpee pull-ups
200/150 ski
5 burpee pull-ups
100/50 ski
Friday:
Strength:
A) Every 75 sec x 8 1 push press (1 sec pause in dip)
Conditioning:
0-16 mins
2500m/2000m row
Every 2 mins - 6 box jump overs
16-26 mins
1500m/1200m row
Every 2 mins - 6 Dual KB Front squat
26-32 mins
1000m/800m row
Every 2 mins - 6 Dual KB STOH
According to my extremely rough figures after a quick google search. Around 4.41 billion people play sport on planet earth. That is well over half of our 7.67 billion population. Good job earthlings! They say only the 1% of the 1% actually get paid to play sport at the top level (again, these are rough figures). One percent of 4.41 billion is 44,100,000, that is fourty-four milllion, one hundred thousand and 1% of that is 440,000. That still seems like a lot to me but relax for a second.
If you are not one of the 440,000 that gets paid to play sport, you are using sport as a distraction. Definition of distraction, a thing that prevents someone from concentrating on something else. We do hobbies to take our mind off work, life, home, stress. People also drink alcohol and eat shit food to do the same. I want to make this very clear, doing sport as your distraction is in most cases far healthier than most other options!
But when does it become unhealthy to use sport as a distraction? and in particular endurance sport. I am writing about endurance sport for two reasons, 1) it is what I know and 2) it is probably the sport most abused for distraction.
The benefits to endurance sport are in my eyes, endless. Day to day we (at InnerFight Endurance) use endurance sport to make people better at life. We in still self-belief, we empower, we dig out true potential, we discover grit in all our athletes. They then take those new found traits and go smash life with it, it’s why we have the best job in the world. Like all good things though, these trainable traits can be addictive. How good does it feel to cross that finish line and be the most confident person in the world for a few seconds? It’s epic. But do we get it each time we cross a finish line? No… only when it’s gone really well. The more we race, the more chance we have to go wrong, that is just statistics… but we also have more chance to go right… now we are gambling.
Here are some more stats for you; World gambling statistics show that around 26% of the population gamble. That means around 1.6 billion people worldwide gamble and 4.2 billion people gamble at least once every year. The average US gambler loses $400 every year.
So when we enter event after event after event, or set big goal after big goal after big goal… we are gambling. The reward is self-beleif, empowerment, potential realisation and grit, the punishment is the loss of them all.
So endurance sport should be used wisely, we want to load the odds into our favour. It’s why we have training blocks, coaches to help us and better equipment year on year. So we aren’t like those average US gamblers.
If we just enter things to distract ourselves from life and not pay attention to the odds, you are going to fail at some point. You will get injured or burnt out because you don’t care about the process, you just want the thrill of the gamble…
I’d love to help you figure out your odds.
The Monday Ride
Our community program is delivered via TrainingPeaks for AED 750 p/month. If you're interested to have a plan to follow, email tw@innerfight.com
Time: 05:59 am
Session Length: 1 hour
Location: The Loop Cafe, Nad al Sheeba
Track Tuesday
Our weekly on track speed session! For any level of runner looking to build their run speed, threshold and Vo2max fitness and run with the best running community in Dubai.
Time: 05:59 am
Session Length: 1 hour
Location: Dubai Sports City Sports Park
Wednesday - Indoor Ride
Our community program is delivered via TrainingPeaks for AED 750 p/month. If you're interested to have a plan to follow, email tw@innerfight.com
Thursday - Endurance Strength
A strength class focused on key movements for endurance athletes to help avoid injury, build speed and develop strength.
Time: 06:30am
Location: This is a paid class session at InnerFight HQ. If you're interested to join, email winning@innerfight.com
Friday - Coffee Run
Our weekly tempo run. Sessions are built on an RPE scale and accessible to all levels of runner. We start together, run hard then finish together and chat about it over a coffee and breakfast.
Brief time: 05:54 am
Start time: 05:59 am
Start Location: Common Grounds
Saturday - Long Ride
Our weekly endurance ride. This ride always begins with 18 - 20km at 30kph before a longer segment with various formats. Expect the main group to ride around 34kph, slower groups will break off and form. Anyone is welcome to join.
Time: 04:59 am
Location: Bottom of the Stick, Al Qudra.
Sunday - Long Run
A run where we start and finish together. Up to 2hrs long depending on people needs.
If you're interested to join, reach out to Dan Bagley, db@innerfight.com
Time: 05:29 am
Location: Common Grounds
Monday
Session: No in-person session
There is no in person LRC session today, Unlimited Clients, there is a session in your TrainingPeaks still. Enjoy!
Tuesday
Time: 5:59am
Location: Dubai Sports City Sports Park
Session: Track Tuesday
This is your chance to run fast with the wider IFE community and coaches. Come ready to run fast and have fun.
Wednesday
Time: 5:59am & 5:59pm
Location: InnerFight
Session: LRC Intervals
Today we will be running intervals in the park. 100m on/100m recovery.
Friday
Time: 5:59am & 5:59pm
Location: Common Grounds
Session: The Coffee Run + LRC Training Camp
This week re will be cycling through the below seqeunce:
10X
2mins @ 7PRE
1min @ 8RPE
1min @ recovery
The evening session on the LRC Training Camp will be a chilled shake out run from the hotel.
Saturday
Time: 5:29am
Session: LRC Training Camp
We have an action packed day on the LRC Training Camp, all details will be shared in WA.
Sunday
Time: 5:29am
Location: Common Grounds
Session: Long Run + LRC Training Camp
Today we will host a community long run from Common Grounds for those who are still in Dubai.
Those on the training camp in KhorFakkan we will hike at 5:29am.
Monday:
Strength:
A) 1 min max set strict pull-ups
B) EMOM x 8 Pull ups @ 30% of max set
Conditioning:
Every 5 mins x 6
2 rounds
6 Alt Single Arm Manmaker
300/250m row
Tuesday:
Strength:
A) Every 75 sec x 9
1) 16 Alt goblet cossack squat
2) 40 sec alt single leg V-ups
3) 30 sec side plank E/S
B) Every 2 mins x 6 - 3 front squat @20x1
Conditioning:
30-20-10
Assault Bike
Rest 2 minutes after each set
Wednesday:
Strength:
Deadlift Every 2:00 x 5 - 2 reps
Conditioning:
AMRAP 22
In a team of 4
2000m C2 Bike
40 Power cleans (70/45)
40 TTB
Thursday:
Strength:
A) Every 90 sec x 8 - 10 DB box step up
B) Every 2 mins x 5 - 8 Alternating Barbell Reverse Lunges
C) EMOM x 8 - M1: 20 sec Nordic Hold / M2: 30 sec Ring rows
Conditioning:
500/450 ski
5 burpee pull-ups
400/350 ski
5 burpee pull-ups
300/250 ski
5 burpee pull-ups
200/150 ski
5 burpee pull-ups
100/50 ski
Friday:
Strength:
A) Every 75 sec x 8 1 push press (1 sec pause in dip)
Conditioning:
0-16 mins
2500m/2000m row
Every 2 mins - 6 box jump overs
16-26 mins
1500m/1200m row
Every 2 mins - 6 Dual KB Front squat
26-32 mins
1000m/800m row
Every 2 mins - 6 Dual KB STOH
GYMNASTICS
This Tuesday, we’re focusing on handstands and handstand walks! We’ll start with strength work before moving on to balance and control while upside down, beginning from the box and progressing to the wall and beyond.
Thursday, we’re heading back to the bar for another round of Bar Muscle Ups! Whether you're chasing your first rep or fine-tuning your technique for cleaner, stronger sets, we’ve got you covered with progressions, modifications, and strength drills to help you level up. Let's go!
HYBRID FITNESS
This week's HYBRID Fitness session focuses on running intervals and then some compromised running, getting used to pushing into the run after some taxing work.
MOBILITY
Unlock better depth, posture, and comfort in your front squats with this focused mobility class. We’ll target key areas, such as the ankles, hips, thoracic spine, and shoulders, to improve your squat mechanics and front rack position. Whether you’re new to squatting or looking to break through a plateau, this class will help you move more efficiently and squat with confidence. Suitable for all levels.
WEIGHTLIFTING
Weightlifting this week is snatch. Working on the power snatch. Technique work, then a complex of snatch pull + 2 power snatch. Finishing with some heavy back squats.
According to my extremely rough figures after a quick google search. Around 4.41 billion people play sport on planet earth. That is well over half of our 7.67 billion population. Good job earthlings! They say only the 1% of the 1% actually get paid to play sport at the top level (again, these are rough figures). One percent of 4.41 billion is 44,100,000, that is fourty-four milllion, one hundred thousand and 1% of that is 440,000. That still seems like a lot to me but relax for a second.
If you are not one of the 440,000 that gets paid to play sport, you are using sport as a distraction. Definition of distraction, a thing that prevents someone from concentrating on something else. We do hobbies to take our mind off work, life, home, stress. People also drink alcohol and eat shit food to do the same. I want to make this very clear, doing sport as your distraction is in most cases far healthier than most other options!
But when does it become unhealthy to use sport as a distraction? and in particular endurance sport. I am writing about endurance sport for two reasons, 1) it is what I know and 2) it is probably the sport most abused for distraction.
The benefits to endurance sport are in my eyes, endless. Day to day we (at InnerFight Endurance) use endurance sport to make people better at life. We in still self-belief, we empower, we dig out true potential, we discover grit in all our athletes. They then take those new found traits and go smash life with it, it’s why we have the best job in the world. Like all good things though, these trainable traits can be addictive. How good does it feel to cross that finish line and be the most confident person in the world for a few seconds? It’s epic. But do we get it each time we cross a finish line? No… only when it’s gone really well. The more we race, the more chance we have to go wrong, that is just statistics… but we also have more chance to go right… now we are gambling.
Here are some more stats for you; World gambling statistics show that around 26% of the population gamble. That means around 1.6 billion people worldwide gamble and 4.2 billion people gamble at least once every year. The average US gambler loses $400 every year.
So when we enter event after event after event, or set big goal after big goal after big goal… we are gambling. The reward is self-beleif, empowerment, potential realisation and grit, the punishment is the loss of them all.
So endurance sport should be used wisely, we want to load the odds into our favour. It’s why we have training blocks, coaches to help us and better equipment year on year. So we aren’t like those average US gamblers.
If we just enter things to distract ourselves from life and not pay attention to the odds, you are going to fail at some point. You will get injured or burnt out because you don’t care about the process, you just want the thrill of the gamble…
I’d love to help you figure out your odds.
Monday
Session: No in-person session
There is no in person LRC session today, Unlimited Clients, there is a session in your TrainingPeaks still. Enjoy!
Tuesday
Time: 5:59am
Location: Dubai Sports City Sports Park
Session: Track Tuesday
This is your chance to run fast with the wider IFE community and coaches. Come ready to run fast and have fun.
Wednesday
Time: 5:59am & 5:59pm
Location: InnerFight
Session: LRC Intervals
Today we will be running intervals in the park. 100m on/100m recovery.
Friday
Time: 5:59am & 5:59pm
Location: Common Grounds
Session: The Coffee Run + LRC Training Camp
This week re will be cycling through the below seqeunce:
10X
2mins @ 7PRE
1min @ 8RPE
1min @ recovery
The evening session on the LRC Training Camp will be a chilled shake out run from the hotel.
Saturday
Time: 5:29am
Session: LRC Training Camp
We have an action packed day on the LRC Training Camp, all details will be shared in WA.
Sunday
Time: 5:29am
Location: Common Grounds
Session: Long Run + LRC Training Camp
Today we will host a community long run from Common Grounds for those who are still in Dubai.
Those on the training camp in KhorFakkan we will hike at 5:29am.
Monday:
Strength:
A) 1 min max set strict pull-ups
B) EMOM x 8 Pull ups @ 30% of max set
Conditioning:
Every 5 mins x 6
2 rounds
6 Alt Single Arm Manmaker
300/250m row
Tuesday:
Strength:
A) Every 75 sec x 9
1) 16 Alt goblet cossack squat
2) 40 sec alt single leg V-ups
3) 30 sec side plank E/S
B) Every 2 mins x 6 - 3 front squat @20x1
Conditioning:
30-20-10
Assault Bike
Rest 2 minutes after each set
Wednesday:
Strength:
Deadlift Every 2:00 x 5 - 2 reps
Conditioning:
AMRAP 22
In a team of 4
2000m C2 Bike
40 Power cleans (70/45)
40 TTB
Thursday:
Strength:
A) Every 90 sec x 8 - 10 DB box step up
B) Every 2 mins x 5 - 8 Alternating Barbell Reverse Lunges
C) EMOM x 8 - M1: 20 sec Nordic Hold / M2: 30 sec Ring rows
Conditioning:
500/450 ski
5 burpee pull-ups
400/350 ski
5 burpee pull-ups
300/250 ski
5 burpee pull-ups
200/150 ski
5 burpee pull-ups
100/50 ski
Friday:
Strength:
A) Every 75 sec x 8 1 push press (1 sec pause in dip)
Conditioning:
0-16 mins
2500m/2000m row
Every 2 mins - 6 box jump overs
16-26 mins
1500m/1200m row
Every 2 mins - 6 Dual KB Front squat
26-32 mins
1000m/800m row
Every 2 mins - 6 Dual KB STOH
GYMNASTICS
This Tuesday, we’re focusing on handstands and handstand walks! We’ll start with strength work before moving on to balance and control while upside down, beginning from the box and progressing to the wall and beyond.
Thursday, we’re heading back to the bar for another round of Bar Muscle Ups! Whether you're chasing your first rep or fine-tuning your technique for cleaner, stronger sets, we’ve got you covered with progressions, modifications, and strength drills to help you level up. Let's go!
HYBRID FITNESS
This week's HYBRID Fitness session focuses on running intervals and then some compromised running, getting used to pushing into the run after some taxing work.
MOBILITY
Unlock better depth, posture, and comfort in your front squats with this focused mobility class. We’ll target key areas, such as the ankles, hips, thoracic spine, and shoulders, to improve your squat mechanics and front rack position. Whether you’re new to squatting or looking to break through a plateau, this class will help you move more efficiently and squat with confidence. Suitable for all levels.
WEIGHTLIFTING
Weightlifting this week is snatch. Working on the power snatch. Technique work, then a complex of snatch pull + 2 power snatch. Finishing with some heavy back squats.
The Monday Ride
Our community program is delivered via TrainingPeaks for AED 750 p/month. If you're interested to have a plan to follow, email tw@innerfight.com
Time: 05:59 am
Session Length: 1 hour
Location: The Loop Cafe, Nad al Sheeba
Track Tuesday
Our weekly on track speed session! For any level of runner looking to build their run speed, threshold and Vo2max fitness and run with the best running community in Dubai.
Time: 05:59 am
Session Length: 1 hour
Location: Dubai Sports City Sports Park
Wednesday - Indoor Ride
Our community program is delivered via TrainingPeaks for AED 750 p/month. If you're interested to have a plan to follow, email tw@innerfight.com
Thursday - Endurance Strength
A strength class focused on key movements for endurance athletes to help avoid injury, build speed and develop strength.
Time: 06:30am
Location: This is a paid class session at InnerFight HQ. If you're interested to join, email winning@innerfight.com
Friday - Coffee Run
Our weekly tempo run. Sessions are built on an RPE scale and accessible to all levels of runner. We start together, run hard then finish together and chat about it over a coffee and breakfast.
Brief time: 05:54 am
Start time: 05:59 am
Start Location: Common Grounds
Saturday - Long Ride
Our weekly endurance ride. This ride always begins with 18 - 20km at 30kph before a longer segment with various formats. Expect the main group to ride around 34kph, slower groups will break off and form. Anyone is welcome to join.
Time: 04:59 am
Location: Bottom of the Stick, Al Qudra.
Sunday - Long Run
A run where we start and finish together. Up to 2hrs long depending on people needs.
If you're interested to join, reach out to Dan Bagley, db@innerfight.com
Time: 05:29 am
Location: Common Grounds
According to my extremely rough figures after a quick google search. Around 4.41 billion people play sport on planet earth. That is well over half of our 7.67 billion population. Good job earthlings! They say only the 1% of the 1% actually get paid to play sport at the top level (again, these are rough figures). One percent of 4.41 billion is 44,100,000, that is fourty-four milllion, one hundred thousand and 1% of that is 440,000. That still seems like a lot to me but relax for a second.
If you are not one of the 440,000 that gets paid to play sport, you are using sport as a distraction. Definition of distraction, a thing that prevents someone from concentrating on something else. We do hobbies to take our mind off work, life, home, stress. People also drink alcohol and eat shit food to do the same. I want to make this very clear, doing sport as your distraction is in most cases far healthier than most other options!
But when does it become unhealthy to use sport as a distraction? and in particular endurance sport. I am writing about endurance sport for two reasons, 1) it is what I know and 2) it is probably the sport most abused for distraction.
The benefits to endurance sport are in my eyes, endless. Day to day we (at InnerFight Endurance) use endurance sport to make people better at life. We in still self-belief, we empower, we dig out true potential, we discover grit in all our athletes. They then take those new found traits and go smash life with it, it’s why we have the best job in the world. Like all good things though, these trainable traits can be addictive. How good does it feel to cross that finish line and be the most confident person in the world for a few seconds? It’s epic. But do we get it each time we cross a finish line? No… only when it’s gone really well. The more we race, the more chance we have to go wrong, that is just statistics… but we also have more chance to go right… now we are gambling.
Here are some more stats for you; World gambling statistics show that around 26% of the population gamble. That means around 1.6 billion people worldwide gamble and 4.2 billion people gamble at least once every year. The average US gambler loses $400 every year.
So when we enter event after event after event, or set big goal after big goal after big goal… we are gambling. The reward is self-beleif, empowerment, potential realisation and grit, the punishment is the loss of them all.
So endurance sport should be used wisely, we want to load the odds into our favour. It’s why we have training blocks, coaches to help us and better equipment year on year. So we aren’t like those average US gamblers.
If we just enter things to distract ourselves from life and not pay attention to the odds, you are going to fail at some point. You will get injured or burnt out because you don’t care about the process, you just want the thrill of the gamble…
I’d love to help you figure out your odds.
According to my extremely rough figures after a quick google search. Around 4.41 billion people play sport on planet earth. That is well over half of our 7.67 billion population. Good job earthlings! They say only the 1% of the 1% actually get paid to play sport at the top level (again, these are rough figures). One percent of 4.41 billion is 44,100,000, that is fourty-four milllion, one hundred thousand and 1% of that is 440,000. That still seems like a lot to me but relax for a second.
If you are not one of the 440,000 that gets paid to play sport, you are using sport as a distraction. Definition of distraction, a thing that prevents someone from concentrating on something else. We do hobbies to take our mind off work, life, home, stress. People also drink alcohol and eat shit food to do the same. I want to make this very clear, doing sport as your distraction is in most cases far healthier than most other options!
But when does it become unhealthy to use sport as a distraction? and in particular endurance sport. I am writing about endurance sport for two reasons, 1) it is what I know and 2) it is probably the sport most abused for distraction.
The benefits to endurance sport are in my eyes, endless. Day to day we (at InnerFight Endurance) use endurance sport to make people better at life. We in still self-belief, we empower, we dig out true potential, we discover grit in all our athletes. They then take those new found traits and go smash life with it, it’s why we have the best job in the world. Like all good things though, these trainable traits can be addictive. How good does it feel to cross that finish line and be the most confident person in the world for a few seconds? It’s epic. But do we get it each time we cross a finish line? No… only when it’s gone really well. The more we race, the more chance we have to go wrong, that is just statistics… but we also have more chance to go right… now we are gambling.
Here are some more stats for you; World gambling statistics show that around 26% of the population gamble. That means around 1.6 billion people worldwide gamble and 4.2 billion people gamble at least once every year. The average US gambler loses $400 every year.
So when we enter event after event after event, or set big goal after big goal after big goal… we are gambling. The reward is self-beleif, empowerment, potential realisation and grit, the punishment is the loss of them all.
So endurance sport should be used wisely, we want to load the odds into our favour. It’s why we have training blocks, coaches to help us and better equipment year on year. So we aren’t like those average US gamblers.
If we just enter things to distract ourselves from life and not pay attention to the odds, you are going to fail at some point. You will get injured or burnt out because you don’t care about the process, you just want the thrill of the gamble…
I’d love to help you figure out your odds.
One-Hour Workout: Revving Your Swim Engine
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
Thank you! Your submission has been received!
Oops! Something went wrong while submitting the form.
