Periodization Training Quotes & Sayings

If you watch Cheers, in 12 years they didn't age a day. — William Devane

There is a fairly common pattern in this field where folks go through about three distinct stages. it true of other areas.
1. You know that you know nothing: here you pretty much just use someone else's canned workouts since you don't know what you're doing
2. You know just enough to be dangerous. This is when everybody starts overcomplicating things. You see these insanely complicated training programs and periodization schemes. Lots of charts, graphs and flowcharts.
3. You realize that the above doesn't matter 999 times out of 1000 and you go back to keeping it simple. You realize that hard work on the basics + talent + time > everything else. — Lyle McDonald

I didn't give myself enough breaks during the training year to recover. I didn't understand the power of periodization. — Alberto Salazar

She knew scotch from whiskey, had no trouble counting markers, and almost certainly dealt her cards from the bottom of the deck. She was absolutely shameless. He hadn't had this much fun in years. — Erica Ridley

The Academy Awards were basically created by the industry to promote pictures. They weren't really to acknowledge the performances. Then it became sort of this a great popularity contest and now, it's an incredible show and it's seen all over the world. — James Cromwell

I got over my wave of giving a shit and then regained my senses. — Ed Kugler

Periodization isn't magic--you can't out-periodize your genetics, drug users, or stupidity. — Craig Cecil

To watch this crystal globe just sent from heaven to associate with me. While these clouds and this somber drizzling weather shut all in, we two draw nearer and know one another. — Henry David Thoreau

Professors have a lot of power."
I almost smiled. "Even medieval history professors?"
"Especially medieval history professors," he assured me.
"Knights on horseback and all that?"
A responding smile tugged at his mouth. "And damsels in distress. — Nina Lane

Since God created the world, He also created reality. — Pope Francis