Kyle Griffith

sports chiro, performance therapy, like to think outside the box, live music, bowhunter...

[Kyle Griffith @drkylegriffith]

@Craig__Edwards_ Strong 💪. Thanks

[Billy Oppenheimer @bpoppenheimer]

After his second year at Michigan, Tom Brady wanted to transfer.

He wasn't playing in games, and he was so low on the depth chart that he only got 2 reps in practice.

Brady met with his coach to express his frustration, “The other quarterbacks get all the reps.”

Coach replied,

“Brady, I want you to stop worrying about what all the other players on our team are doing. All you do is worry about what the starter is doing, what the second guy is doing, what everyone else is doing. You don't worry about what you're doing.”

Coach reminded him, “You came here to be the best. If you're going to be the best, you have to beat out the best.”

And then he recommended that Brady start meeting with Greg Harden, a sports psychologist who worked in Michigan's athletic department.

Brady went to Harden's office and whined, “I'm never going to get my chance. They're only giving me 2 reps.”

Harden simply replied, “Just go out there and focus on doing the best you can with those 2 reps. Make them as perfect as you possibly can.”

“So that's what I did,” Brady said. “They'd put me in for those 2 reps, man, I'd sprint out there like it was Super Bowl 39. 'Let's go boys! Here we go! What play we got?'”

“And I started to do really well with those 2 reps. Because I brought enthusiasm, I brought energy.”

Soon, it went from getting 2 reps to getting 4 reps. Then from 4 to 10, “and before you knew it,” Brady said, with this new mindset that Greg instilled in me—to focus on what you can control, to focus on what you're getting, not what anyone else is getting, to treat every rep like it's the Super Bowl—eventually, I became the starter.”

Takeaway 1:

Greg Harden telling Brady to just focus on being great during his 2 reps reminded me of a piece of advice from the entrepreneur Mark Cuban.

“People come to me all the time and tell me they're stuck,” Cuban explained. “They're stuck in a job they don't like. They're stuck working for a boss they don't like. They're stuck on a team they don't like.”

“I just tell them, 'Be great.'”

“The reality of life is that you can't just always quit your job. You can't just always go to your boss and say, 'Give me the promotion, or I'm out of here.'” You can't just always go to your coach and say, 'Give me more reps, or I'm transferring.'

“So when you're stuck, you've gotta find it within yourself to say, 'Ok, this is where I am. And if I'm going to be here, I'm going to be great.'

Because if you're great at your job, typically other people and companies find out, so it creates opportunities.”

Takeaway 2:

I've written before about “lead measures”—the actions and behaviors that predictably drive success.

The core characteristic of a lead measure, the authors of The 4 Disciplines of Execution (4DX) write, is that “a lead measure is influenceable; it can be directly influenced by you.”

To achieve your goals, they recommend (echoing what the Michigan Coach told Brady), apply a disproportionate energy to the things that are in your control.

Starting at Michigan and for the rest of his career, that’s what Brady did, that’s what drove his success.

In his first media call after he was selected by the New England Patriots with the 199th pick in the 2000 draft, Brady was asked: “Are you aware that [along with starting quarterback, Drew Bledsoe] there’s another quarterback here that they drafted last year?”

Brady said he was aware of that. “And I know he’s a heck of a player,” Brady said. “But I’ve always really concerned myself just with the things I can control. I don’t put a lot of thinking into the other guys because I know I’m not at my best when I’m not just thinking about playing as well as I possibly can.”

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“I never once in my life ever said I wanted to be the best of all time. Ever. I wanted to be the best I could be, period. I learned that in college. It didn’t matter what the other guys were doing. It mattered what I was doing.” — Tom Brady

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[Kyle Griffith @drkylegriffith]

@Craig__Edwards_ Core.
Thanks 🙌

[Kyle Griffith @drkylegriffith]

@FitFounder #trainwithmorpheus using morpheus to monitor HRV

[Kyle Griffith @drkylegriffith]

@Coach_BrettB Intent

[Coach Vint @coachvint]

Someone is a B team backup that needs to hear this. Wherever you are right now doesn’t matter. The important question is, what are you willing to do intentionally to get where you want to go?

[Kyle Griffith @drkylegriffith]

@hubermanlab @DrZachBush 👍

[Frank Lipman MD @DrFrankLipman]

Some of the healthiest people I know are also the most joyous, so never underestimate the power of positive thinking! What you fill your head with and expose your mind to really does matter.

[Kyle Griffith @drkylegriffith]

It’s been a long December

[Counting Crows @CountingCrows]

Maybe this year will be better than the last

[Frank Lipman MD @DrFrankLipman]

Mounting evidence suggests that vitamin D can possibly help protect against COVID-19, with studies revealing that people low on the ‘sunshine vitamin’ were more likely to become seriously ill if they became infected. So make sure your levels are optimal and be sure to take some

[Kyle Griffith @drkylegriffith]

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[Prof. Feynman @ProfFeynman]

• Study hard.
• What others think of you is none of your business.
• It's OK not to have all the answers.
• Experiment, Fail, Learn and Repeat.
• Knowledge comes from experience.
• Imagination is important.
• Do what interests you the most.
• Stay curious.

[Coach Quotes @CoachMotto]

Your level of preparation will always be revealed.

[Kyle Griffith @drkylegriffith]

@Coach_Rathke @korfist @TFConsortium Thanks 👍

[Kyle Griffith @drkylegriffith]

@Coach_Rathke @korfist @TFConsortium Will this be recorded and sold online if we miss it tomorrow?

[Craig Liebenson @CraigLiebenson]

Slow cook. #Underpreparation (ie poor programming) will be the culprit yet people will blame the victim - ie the tissue & offer “fix it” remedies for an “overuse” injury.

[Craig Liebenson @CraigLiebenson]

Post #COVID19 a lot of people will go back to training & do #toomuchtoosoon & get hurt, blame the tissues & find someone promising a quick fix. Rather then address the #underpreparation at the source @TimGabbett TimGabbett

[Kyle Griffith @drkylegriffith]

Unbelievable 😳

[Kyle Griffith @drkylegriffith]

@korfist @TFConsortium 👍

[Kyle Griffith @drkylegriffith]

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[Jill Cook @ProfJillCook]

@sveinekr @Seth0Neill @ajmallows1 @DrPeteMalliaras @tendonpain As with all things tendon start small and count numbers, then wait for 24 hour response too see if load tolerated

The increase

Only add one thing at a time and consider reducing other high load exercises while you add new ones

[Kyle Griffith @drkylegriffith]

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[Steve Magness @stevemagness]

We have an inbuilt propensity to think that, if it worked for me, then it must work for everyone else.

We discount the complexity and individuality of problems.