// CORNERMAN_101 · INITIATION PROTOCOL
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THIS IS NOT A LIFESTYLE BLOG. IT IS THE TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION OF YOUR ENGINE.
MOST ATHLETES TRAIN AT RANDOM, STEERED BY EGO AND ALGORITHMS.
HERE, WE BUILD A MACHINE. BRICK BY BRICK. FROM PHYSIOLOGY TO PERFORMANCE.
FOLLOW THE PROTOCOL IN ORDER. DO NOT SKIP STEPS.
00 //THE CONTRACT
// MANIFESTOSign before you walk in. Nobody is going to force you.
01 //THE CLEAN-OUT
// MINDSET & MISTAKESBefore you build the machine, you tear down the bad habits. Motivation, badges, excuses: all of it goes through the pressure washer.
Zwift is killing your potential
An autopsy of the badge hunter. Gamification turns your training into a slot machine.
Motivation is dead
We bury motivation. You build a system that works on the days you want nothing.
You're not fried, you're just soft
You are not overtrained. You are under-recovered. Not the same thing.
02 //MEASURE OR DIE
// DATA & LANGUAGEData before feelings. Always. And learn the vocabulary, or stay a spectator.
Your feeling is lying to you
Your "feeling" is a lie factory. Here you learn to replace it with numbers.
Raw watts are a scam
Your raw watts mean nothing. Before you compare anything, understand what you are measuring.
Technical Glossary
FTP, osmolarity, critical power: the whole blog leans on it. Keep it open in a tab. Permanently.
03 //THE ENGINE
// PHYSIOLOGY & FUELUnderstand what happens under the hood, and stop poisoning your gut: it is a training organ.
Cardio doesn't kill your gains
The excuse dismantled. No, lifting will not kill your endurance. The science says the opposite.
Drink or die
The absolute base. Before gels, before powders: water, sodium, the protocol.
Make your own gels
How your gels wreck your gut at hour three. Osmolarity does not forgive.
I turned my gut into a pressure washer
Proof by example. A heroic session that ended as a sanitary disaster, explained by chemistry.
Your cramps are a software bug
Your cramps are a software bug, not a plumbing problem. Stop swallowing salt pills.
Very Expensive Piss
The final sort: what works, and what you piss out at 40 € a litre.
04 //THE ARCHITECTURE
// NEURO-MECHANICSMental fatigue arrives before physical fatigue. Understand your brain, then drive it.
05 //THE EXECUTION
// STRENGTH & PLANSStrength first, an engine is useless without a structure. Then the concrete road map.
The shrimp syndrome
The diagnosis. Why your cyclist body is a cardboard structure.
Squat, or stay a shrimp
The cure. The squat is not optional, it is a debt you repay.
Heavy kills the noise
Going to failure under the bar to reboot the nervous system.
6 h Week Template (Coming Soon)
A template for time-starved fathers.
10 h Week Template (Coming Soon)
A template for those who want to perform.
What next?
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