Training intensity versus optimisation
Subject in Fitness
Training intensity versus optimisation has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Modern Wisdom. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Chris WilliamsonBritish podcaster and host of Modern Wisdom
Williamson argues principles are more robust than tactics.
“tactics are very fragile and principles are much more robust”
Modern Wisdom: How To Go Hard, Even When You Don’t Want To - Sam Sulek - #1157 (Oct 1, 2026) · Listen from 1:40:05
Williamson argues the gym is addictive because the pump previews future results.
“you get a preview of where you will be if you keep going during the process”
Modern Wisdom: How To Go Hard, Even When You Don’t Want To - Sam Sulek - #1157 (Oct 1, 2026) · Listen from 45:55
Sam SulekAmerican professional bodybuilder and YouTuber
Sulek argues exercise science studies use subjects unrepresentative of serious lifters.
“the people in these studies are not me. And they're not a lot of other people who want to work out super hard either”
Modern Wisdom: How To Go Hard, Even When You Don’t Want To - Sam Sulek - #1157 (Oct 1, 2026) · Listen from 9:49
Sulek says he prioritises training intensity over training precision.
“I'd rather train super hard than super smart is kind of how I would put it”
Modern Wisdom: How To Go Hard, Even When You Don’t Want To - Sam Sulek - #1157 (Oct 1, 2026) · Listen from 9:34
Podcasts
- Modern Wisdom · 1 episode
Episodes
How To Go Hard, Even When You Don’t Want To - Sam Sulek - #1157Modern Wisdom · Oct 1, 2026 · 1 h 41 min
Chris Williamson and bodybuilder Sam Sulek discuss training hard over optimising, married life, winter discipline, bodybuilding culture, self-coaching, and peptides.