The Drive That Built Your First Half Can Wreck Your Second

Stop competing with the man you used to be.

Monday morning, leg press. Last workout I had 380 pounds on the rack, which is where I keep it these days. A few years back I’d have looked at that number and wanted to drop the pin another notch to 400 before I started my first working set. More was the entire point of being at the gym.

That wiring is still in me. I felt it Monday, the old itch to load …