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The Biggest Lesson of the Deadlift

August 9, 2024 | Renée Fishman

After months of failures, I finally deadlifted 200 pounds for 5 reps. I did it without a coach or a class cheering me on, which taught me the biggest lesson of deadlifts.

Filed Under: Coaching, Fitness Tagged With: accountability, capacity, coaching, confidence, deadlifts, fitness, focus, milestones, momentum, personal development, PR, self-trust, stability, weightlifting

The Secret Ingredient for Focused Efficiency for People with ADHD

January 26, 2024 | Renée Fishman

If you have ADHD or otherwise identify as neurodivergent, you know how hard it is to stay on task. Having a plan is a good start, but it’s not enough. Here’s the secret ingredient to staying focused and being efficient.

Filed Under: Coaching, CrossFit, Productivity Tagged With: accomplishment, achievement, actions, ADHD, case study, CrossFit, deadlifts, efficiency, fitness, getting things done, goals, neurodivergent, productivity, strategies, tasks, work strategies

5 Important Lessons I Learned in 2023 About Achieving Big Goals

January 7, 2024 | Renée Fishman

A singular experience of my year reveals 5 lessons I learned about the actions and mindset required to achieve goals that I didn’t even think were possible for me.

Filed Under: Coaching, Productivity Tagged With: accomplishment, achievement, consistency, deadlifts, fitness, goals, lessons, peak performance, productivity, progres, year-end review

7 Steps to Set Yourself Up For Success That I Learned From CrossFit

June 9, 2023 | Renée Fishman

For years I worked out consistently but made little progress. In the 6 months since starting CrossFit, I’ve added 100 pounds to my deadlift. Here are 7 steps to set yourself up for success that I’ve learned along the way.

Filed Under: Coaching, Fitness, Learning, Practice Tagged With: clues, coaching, community, CrossFit, deadlifts, failure, fitness, patterns, plan, strategy, success, support, Wendler

The Progress Triangle

May 27, 2023 | Renée Fishman

When you understand the progress triangle, you see how things that look like they might take us in the wrong direction actually help us achieve progress.

Filed Under: Fitness, Productivity Tagged With: deadlifts, fitness, productivity, progress, weightlifting

Venus Trine Saturn: Create a Structure For The Results You Desire

May 13, 2023 | Renée Fishman

Any big result you desire requires daily commitment to doing things that often are boring and unrewarded. Venus trine Saturn supports us in creating the structure we need to do the little things that fuel big progress.

Filed Under: Coaching, Fitness, Productivity Tagged With: astrology, change, consistency, deadlifts, fitness, habits, practice, productivity, strategies, structure, Venus trine Saturn

What I’m Learning From Doing Deadlifts

November 17, 2022 | Renée Fishman

This isn’t about the deadlift. It’s about a much more crucial life skill.

Filed Under: Coaching, Fitness Tagged With: deadlifts, emotions, fitness, life, metaphors, movement, practice

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