Endurance. Strength. The long game.
The body is the easiest training ground for everything else. Notes on Hyrox, CrossFit, the 4am alarm, and what discipline in sport teaches you about discipline at work.
What I actually do.
Hyrox
Eight kilometres of running. Eight functional stations. No drama, just pace. The closest thing to a management stress test in a gym.
CrossFit
General physical preparedness. Every week, a different weak point exposed. Humility as a programming input.
Long miles
Zone 2 running. Long, slow, boring, essential. The work that compounds while nobody is watching.
Why it matters for the rest of the work.
The calendar does not care how I feel on Monday morning. Training is the cheapest way I have found to buy the energy, the focus, and the stubbornness the rest of the week needs.
It also keeps me honest. You cannot fake a 10k. You cannot negotiate with a barbell. Either the preparation was real, or the result will tell you it was not. The same rule applies to supply chain.
Family first, work second, training third. But without the third, the first two quietly fall apart.