Comments on: Conventional Wisdom

By: RossTraining.com Blog : Running Every Day For 40 Years

RossTraining.com Blog : Running Every Day For 40 Years — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 01:02:10 +0000

[...] also nice to see individuals who have defied conventional wisdom. Who would have thought it was possible to run every day for 40 years? What about all the [...]

By: william

william — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 01:48:58 +0000

You continually stoke my fire. I continue to learn from you. Not just how to get in shape but how I want to live my life. I don’t log on every night but I do when I’m in a slump. And I’m always glad I did.
It’s got to be good I even had to look up how to spell two words here. I’m learning all the time
Thank you again,
54 and still learning

By: Rick Fryer

Rick Fryer — Tue, 27 May 2008 18:03:09 +0000

Thanks, I’ve needed to hear an entry like that lately. Sometimes you need a kick in the pants to get you motivated and do it for yourself! – Nice Post

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 22 May 2008 07:44:45 +0000

Wow, that was an awesome inspirational read Ross! Just what I needed to hear after just graduating high school yesterday. Great Job!

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 21 May 2008 16:59:55 +0000

Spot on. You’ve left me nothing to say.

By: Christoph Dollis

Christoph Dollis — Wed, 21 May 2008 08:36:03 +0000

Speaking of age and conventional wisdom, what do you think of this video by 60-year old "superflo" on YouTube? He's actually 67 now and there are many newer videos of both his body and his feats on YouTube.

By: washburne

washburne — Tue, 20 May 2008 22:57:40 +0000

Well, as always Ross keeps it nice and simple:

Do what everybody else does and you will be like everybody else.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 20 May 2008 21:50:54 +0000

“Write your own future.” Strong! Deep!!! Love it!

You nailed this one for me, Ross. Sometimes people who are so engrossed in one particular fitness philosophy, the tendency is to get brainwashed overtime with no realization of the effects this will have into one’s personal fitness training in the long term. Result: a fitness roadblock over time. You just can’t expect to be stuck in one training philosophy and expect results everytime. The body is just too smart. It’s only then that it becomes a cult like atmosphere of followers who don’t know any better. But can you blame them? No…but the mindset of wanting to learn different approaches is so important in fitness and that’s why I went with Ross’principles…

There will certainly be other programs out there that have a “wow” factor but my philosophy in fitness is ) and it was only a matter of time for me to realize this was: always think out of the box. Educate yourself. Mix it up. But most of all – do it for yourself, not because someone comes up with the “my way or the highway” to give you the guilt trip.

Thanks ross…keep living the dream man!

By: Brad

Brad — Tue, 20 May 2008 21:47:08 +0000

Very nice..right on target. While playing college baseball I consistently went early to practice for extra grounders and stayed after to hit or use the weightroom. One day a teammate of mine complained to me about how he wasn’t hitting very well..this was not uncommon for him. Finally, one day, I had enough and said “well, why don’t you do something about it!” He was not one to stay after or come early, but liked to whine about his results. He continued to do nothing extra and finished out an average career…I continued to put in extra work and was drafted in the 16th round later that summer and signed a minor league contract. Not patting myself on the back, but just saying “DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!”

By: Per

Per — Tue, 20 May 2008 19:52:10 +0000

Thanks Ross for your inspiring words!