You Get Stronger on the Couch

Daily Chase #150

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Here’s a counterintuitive truth that might change how you think about training: You’re not getting stronger in the gym. You’re getting weaker.

Every rep of those weighted pull-ups? You’re literally getting weaker. That 400-meter run you just crushed? You got slower with every stride. When you finish a hard workout, you…