03/10/2025
Your 12-week training plan is a lie.
It’s not a plan. It’s a cram session.
It can get you race-fit for a day, but it won’t make you fundamentally fitter or more resilient. Here's why 👇
The quick gains you feel in the first few weeks? That's mostly your brain getting better at talking to your muscles. It's a software update, not a hardware upgrade.
The real hardware—your heart, your mitochondria, your tendons—takes months and years to build.
Think of your body as a car. A 12-week plan gives you a quick engine tune-up.
But it completely ignores the chassis (your tendons & ligaments). A fast engine on a weak frame is the #1 cause of injury. You have to build the chassis first.
The solution? Stop thinking in weeks and start thinking in blocks.
Base Block (Months/Years)
Sharpening Block (Weeks)
Recovery Block (Weeks)
I break down this entire philosophy in my new post, over on Substack but there's a taster here.
Building a body that lasts takes longer than 12 weeks. Here’s how to train for the long game. You know the feeling. A birthday looms, a new year kicks in, or, like me you were watching the races at…
