Stuart McGill

And if you start messing those up when you're younger by training too hard, you'll find that, oh, I was training at this intensity because I wanted to be strong when I'm 70 and 80. They'll find that, no, their knees ache. They can't get down on their knees anymore. They have to crawl up a chair or a wall. Very sad picture. It is. Don't mess up your joints.

And if you start messing those up when you're younger by training too hard, you'll find that, oh, I was training at this intensity because I wanted to be strong when I'm 70 and 80. They'll find that, no, their knees ache. They can't get down on their knees anymore. They have to crawl up a chair or a wall. Very sad picture. It is. Don't mess up your joints.

So that's an overarching principle of which the spine is one, obviously. But that's some wisdom with training intensely when you're young. Don't base the outcome on muscle. Think about the joints.

So that's an overarching principle of which the spine is one, obviously. But that's some wisdom with training intensely when you're young. Don't base the outcome on muscle. Think about the joints.

So that's an overarching principle of which the spine is one, obviously. But that's some wisdom with training intensely when you're young. Don't base the outcome on muscle. Think about the joints.

Right. Well, I'm very sympathetic to the overall sentiment of what you just described, but I think it's much more individual than that. You can take a younger person and drive them quite hard, as some trainers do, and they have success. a young person responds, they recover faster, et cetera. You try doing that to a 65 year old and you'll find that they don't recover as quickly.

Right. Well, I'm very sympathetic to the overall sentiment of what you just described, but I think it's much more individual than that. You can take a younger person and drive them quite hard, as some trainers do, and they have success. a young person responds, they recover faster, et cetera. You try doing that to a 65 year old and you'll find that they don't recover as quickly.

Right. Well, I'm very sympathetic to the overall sentiment of what you just described, but I think it's much more individual than that. You can take a younger person and drive them quite hard, as some trainers do, and they have success. a young person responds, they recover faster, et cetera. You try doing that to a 65 year old and you'll find that they don't recover as quickly.

They need many more deload and rest days. So if you go to 85%, you just committed to a five day rest. Well, maybe that's not wise. If you went to 50%, you only need one day of rest between. So do you see how you play and you optimize this? And it's like what we call tapering down an athlete. Or, you know, in my life, I have seasons. Up until two years ago, I rode snowmobiles hard in the winter.

They need many more deload and rest days. So if you go to 85%, you just committed to a five day rest. Well, maybe that's not wise. If you went to 50%, you only need one day of rest between. So do you see how you play and you optimize this? And it's like what we call tapering down an athlete. Or, you know, in my life, I have seasons. Up until two years ago, I rode snowmobiles hard in the winter.

They need many more deload and rest days. So if you go to 85%, you just committed to a five day rest. Well, maybe that's not wise. If you went to 50%, you only need one day of rest between. So do you see how you play and you optimize this? And it's like what we call tapering down an athlete. Or, you know, in my life, I have seasons. Up until two years ago, I rode snowmobiles hard in the winter.

Two years ago, I hit a rock at 100 miles an hour on a lake. I fractured my spine. You can spot the professor. So that was my passion. So my training would start in August. Every year, I'd get into shape to ride sleds fairly aggressively. I couldn't do it all year, Andrew. I'd become injured. So I would have a cycle of three months getting ready and then really have some fun.

Two years ago, I hit a rock at 100 miles an hour on a lake. I fractured my spine. You can spot the professor. So that was my passion. So my training would start in August. Every year, I'd get into shape to ride sleds fairly aggressively. I couldn't do it all year, Andrew. I'd become injured. So I would have a cycle of three months getting ready and then really have some fun.

Two years ago, I hit a rock at 100 miles an hour on a lake. I fractured my spine. You can spot the professor. So that was my passion. So my training would start in August. Every year, I'd get into shape to ride sleds fairly aggressively. I couldn't do it all year, Andrew. I'd become injured. So I would have a cycle of three months getting ready and then really have some fun.

But obviously I don't do that anymore. But my point in telling that story is I need much more information than just, okay, 85%. You may get away with that when you're 20 to 25. I don't think you're going to get away with that when you're 50, as an example. As we optimize performance in our clients, sometimes you got to leave a lot of gas in the tank because you want to train every other day.

But obviously I don't do that anymore. But my point in telling that story is I need much more information than just, okay, 85%. You may get away with that when you're 20 to 25. I don't think you're going to get away with that when you're 50, as an example. As we optimize performance in our clients, sometimes you got to leave a lot of gas in the tank because you want to train every other day.

But obviously I don't do that anymore. But my point in telling that story is I need much more information than just, okay, 85%. You may get away with that when you're 20 to 25. I don't think you're going to get away with that when you're 50, as an example. As we optimize performance in our clients, sometimes you got to leave a lot of gas in the tank because you want to train every other day.

Certainly if you do two days in a row, 85%, there's no way. So do you see what I mean? It depends on their age, their injury history, their genetics and their body type and all the rest of it. What are we actually pushing to 85%? Is it a distance on a run? Is it a deadlift weight?

Certainly if you do two days in a row, 85%, there's no way. So do you see what I mean? It depends on their age, their injury history, their genetics and their body type and all the rest of it. What are we actually pushing to 85%? Is it a distance on a run? Is it a deadlift weight?

Certainly if you do two days in a row, 85%, there's no way. So do you see what I mean? It depends on their age, their injury history, their genetics and their body type and all the rest of it. What are we actually pushing to 85%? Is it a distance on a run? Is it a deadlift weight?