Peter Drucker, the godfather of modern business management, once said, “You can’t manage what you can’t measure.”

Now I don’t think that Peter Drucker did Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (or any other form of martial arts) but the idea of measuring things in order to improve them applies to every field of athletic endeavour.

So let’s look at some concrete ways that we might quantify our training and improve the results we are getting…

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If you prefer to get your information in audio form then check out episode 258 of my podcast, The Strenuous Life Podcast.

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Quantifying Your Nutrition

Nutrition is a fairly complex field but there are certain tenets that most thoughtful people agree on. For example, almost everyone agrees that you should drink enough water but not too much water.

But most athletes still drink way less water than they should be.

For me the problem is even worse…

I’m a kidney transplant recipient which … Continue reading Measure Your Training To Improve Your Training