Repeating the Fundamentals

I like to read articles about training, and Endurance Corner is a nice website with articles written by various pro athletes.

One excerpt I liked from this article, by Gordo Byrn:

The Five Steps that directly impact performance:

• The degree of internal/external harmony in your motivation and capacity to execute;
• Creating a habit of daily action towards your goal;
• Get the weight off and/or enhance recovery through nutrition;
• Create the capacity to perform more work; and
• The emotional maturity to stay the course and deliver results.

You'll see that there isn't a single protocol mentioned above. That's because your protocol DOES NOT MATTER unless it is supported by a habit of personal excellence.
You'll also see that, for athletics, you probably should tackle those steps in order. Looking at it another way:

• Figure out why and create harmony to execute the how;
• Do something daily;
• Get the weight off;
• Lift your work rate and total work completed; and
• Learn how to deliver in training, then in racing.