Consistency beats intensity — but not the way you think.
7 min readJul 31, 2026By Stefan Sweeting
The people who quit aren't the ones who trained too hard. They're the ones who never built a floor — a minimum they refuse to drop below on the bad weeks. Intensity is what makes a session count. Consistency is what makes intensity survivable.
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