Men's Health Australia

GO BIG

A routine is a beautiful thing – until it’s just the same 5K run, the same 5K race results, the same ride, the same way it checks the workout box.

Time to go all-in. Commit to that thing you keep saying “someday” to. Go epic not just for the bragging rights but because scores of studies back up what you suspected: big goals lead to bigger efforts and, when you reach them, greater feelings of self-satisfaction. Plus, you can’t hit a hairy fitness goal without getting in the best shape of your life.

Ask Alex Honnold. His 2017 climb up El Capitan without ropes – featured in the recent documentary Free Solo – was basically the ultimate Big Goal (the penalty for one

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