Steve On Training

Steve On Training

From Exercising To Training

Sweat and Fatigue are not Markers of Progress

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Steve Bechtel
Jul 01, 2025
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One of the main points I try to make is that simply doing exercise, whatever it may be, is not the same as training. I can go hard all week, boulder twice, do a couple of CrossFit classes, run hill intervals, and do three sessions of repeaters on a hangboard, and still not be training. Why? Because training requires systematic and progressed overload th…

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