In the realm of sports, the pursuit of excellence comes with a high price tag. Wanting to be the best often leads athletes to chase after intense, grueling training sessions where the body is pushed beyond its limits. Quick results and overnight success are hard to resist, and just as hard to sustain long-term. What if the real key to peak performance isn’t about pushing yourself to the limit of every single workout? What if the secret to long-lasting excellence was your commitment to improve, day in and day out?
The journey to greatness isn’t about who can go the hardest, but who can maintain the discipline to keep improving over a long period. Often overshadowed by high-intensity efforts alone, consistency is the real foundation for success. To further explore how consistency in training beats intensity, I have asked our expert Larry Hunter to give his insight into the role of consistency in achieving peak performance.
Larry is one of our personal trainers at the MAA, the strength and conditioning coach for men’s basketball at McGill University, and a basketball skills and strength coach for the Sports Excellence program at Heritage Regional High School. Let’s dive into why consistency should be at the core of every athlete’s training strategy.
