I’ve been thinking about this quote quite a bit. I don’t remember where I heard it, but I believe the entire world of sports performance training can be summed up in these words. Fix the athlete’s weaknesses. Use whatever tools are at your disposal to do it, and constantly learn new ones. Don’t limit yourself to only one kind of training. As coaches we often lock ourselves into stylistic boxes: bodybuilding, Olympic lifting, conditioning, or even corrective exercises. We end up convincing ourselves that only one kind of training is worthwhile, most often because it is our favorite kind of training. All the time we are missing out on chances to better ourselves and put essential coaching tools into our kit. This doesn’t serve us. It doesn’t serve our athletes or clients either. Playing Favorites There’s nothing wrong with having a favorite type of training—most of us got into fitness