Among several trite phrases (one of my current favorites is ‘Train like an athlete to look like an athlete”) that often gets thrown around in the fitness community is that of Success Leaves Clues. The premise, essentially, is that by looking at the habits of the best/elite performers, we can determine what does and doesn’t work since, by semi-logical extension, these folks are all elite because of those habits.
Success Leaves Clues
Make no mistake there is arguably some truth to this but I generally find that people throw around the Success Leaves Clues bit by selectively picking and choosing from whatever habit they happen to want to push; at the same time they tend to ignore that:
- The least successful performers usually did the same thing.
- There are usually other, far more important habits, that were probably responsible for the results.
So, for example, someone pushing supplements will point out that all high-level bodybuilders used supplements; ergo supplements should be used. … Keep Reading