Matt Fitzgerald is the author of well-known books like 80/20 endurance and in his most recent book titled "Chasing Mastery", he provides 25 lessons to reach your full athletic potential.
During the episode, we discussed topics including:
- What it means to achieve mastery of your sport
- What are the habits of elite athletes that succeed in reaching their full potential
- Why keeping your training fun and hard is key to staying motivated
- How to top athletes succeed using very different training strategies
- Why personal character matters when it comes to improving as an athlete
- What Matt's personal pursuit of mastery has looked like as a non-elite runner and author
Matt makes it clear that mastering running has nothing to do with talent. Instead, he shows how anyone can become your best self as a person and athlete.
Chasing Mastery book purchase: https://8020books.com/product/chasing-mastery/
80/20 endurance coaching and training resources: https://www.8020endurance.com/8020-endurance-books-best-training-resources/
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