Alec breaks down how athletes move through training phases like an academic calendar: offseason for recovery, then phases building toward competition and championships. He stresses the importance of a transition phase where athletes develop general fitness, deliberately stress their bodies and minds, and build a foundation for the season ahead.
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Being an athlete, you definitely have phases of training. And like in college, it's like determined phase one is this bill. Phase two is this process. Phase three, we're focusing on this. Phase four is the season. Let's go win a championship. And it's like as a professional athlete, I could do 75 hard. I could do a diet. I could do all these things. But like I feel like I'm so structured in my life. When you're in phase one and it's the offseason, it's like relax, recharge, rejuvenate. And it's it's interesting when you get in these transition phases. And I feel like I'm in a transition phase right now of it's time to go. It's time to build a foundation. It's time to get. your general physical preparedness up. It's time to really dive into the stressing your body, stressing your mind, be able to lay a foundation for successful offseason programs. So it's interesting how you say like transitioning, but then also not being able to go through that same thing twice is— that's profound, man. I think that's— every single season's a new challenge. It brings new challenges with it. And to be able to have a deep understanding, deep-rooted conviction about who you are and how you're gonna address all those challenges heading up, whatever you're gonna have to deal with, like