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successadult t1_jd1b9rg wrote

This is one of the principles we use at my job. Make the goal something hard and aspirational, and then grade yourself/your team after a given amount of time on how close you came.

If you made it easily, try something harder next quarter. If you didn't come close, re-evaluate and make the goal more reasonable next time around.

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SpiritStriver90 t1_jd17m5a wrote

In what way? Given that Paralympics is a thing, there's almost surely some form of "athletic"-grade training that can work for pretty much anyone - the trouble is whether it is feasible to follow given other constraints in your life, not least of which is the possible presence of a full-time job.

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SpiritStriver90 t1_jd172qd wrote

If these tips were directed specifically to aspiring athletes, they would be fairly decent ... but also kind of pointless, since any such would almost certainly already know this stuff.

For anyone else, it is very likely you can't "train like an athlete" if you have a full-time job. Moreover, you don't need to if you simply want to be healthy.

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