Summary of Dan John, Pavel Tsatsouline & Dave Draper's Never Let Go

By IRB Media

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.

Book Preview: #1 The secret to making your fitness, strength, and body composition goals is free will. Don’t underestimate this, as it is the difference between making your goals and not making them.

#2 Self-discipline is important, but you also need to make yourself a slave to good habits. If you use your free will to say no to cookies, you won’t have any left for impossible tasks, quitting smoking, or whatever resolution you picked in a carb-induced haze sometime during the holidays.

#3 You only have so much Free Will and most of us waste the majority of our self- determination, grit, or free choice long before we can muster the energy to deal with nicotine fits, carb cravings, and the three-minute wait to get on the treadmill.

#4 I spend up to four weeks a year in training camps. Someone wakes me up, makes my meals, and pushes me to work out. I work hard during those weeks. I want to reinvent camp for my normal life, and I think I can by subletting my meal planning and hiring someone to do the cooking.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Mar 10, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669358299

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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The secret to making your fitness, strength, and body composition goals is free will. Don’t underestimate this, as it is the difference between making your goals and not making them.

#2

Self-discipline is important, but you also need to make yourself a slave to good habits. If you use your free will to say no to cookies, you won’t have any left for impossible tasks, quitting smoking, or whatever resolution you picked in a carb-induced haze sometime during the holidays.

#3

You only have so much Free Will and most of us waste the majority of our self- determination, grit, or free choice long before we can muster the energy to deal with nicotine fits, carb cravings, and the three-minute wait to get on the treadmill.

#4

I spend up to four weeks a year in training camps. Someone wakes me up, makes my meals, and pushes me to work out. I work hard during those weeks. I want to reinvent camp for my normal life, and I think I can by subletting my meal planning and hiring someone to do the cooking.

#5

You can save your free will by recruiting a vast army of people willing to give up their free will to bolster yours. How. Tell them, ask them, and beg them for help.

#6

You can reduce the amount of time you spend on things by being proactive and trying to cut back on the options, especially in nutrition and training. You can also bring everyone you know into the loop to keep an eye on you and make sure you stay on track.

Insights from Chapter 2

#1

The issue of how to train like an elite athlete is a profound one that will affect every single person who attempts to push the envelope. How do you possibly repeat that effort. You can’t.

#2

The Rule of Five is a formula that helps you identify the best workouts. It suggests that you will have one great workout, one bad workout, and four punch-the-clock workouts. Most people experience this.

#3

We can all train hard, then plan to ease up a bit. We must not forget that easy days are part of the deal, and a great day is just around the corner. Don’t let a great day destroy years of planning and training by thinking this is now the norm.

Insights from Chapter 3

#1

I had been down this road before. I had been fat before, and I had lost weight through the Super Slow training. But once I started eating like a cave man, I needed new wardrobes.

#2

I went from being overweight to being obese again because I was