Sam Loch

Dad, Olympian, Coach

[Sam Loch @samloch]

The training you can tolerate is not as important as the training you can dominate.

The more I focus on sessions that create improvement, the better things go.

The more I try and tally up volume, the more it becomes a distraction.

Milage is not the goal.

Performance is.

[Sam Loch @samloch]

Real ones do not respect weak strength coaches and fat nutritionists.

Without properly being in the trenches you can't fully speak to the nature of warfare.

[Sam Loch @samloch]

One of the more important abilities possessed by elite athletes is the refusal to be discouraged.

Many ups & downs are guaranteed.

It’s a skill to persevere regardless.

[Sam Loch @samloch]

Your responsibility is you, your goals, and your choices. What you decide to do when it's easy to make poor choices will determine your momentum, and your momentum will determine everything else.

[Sam Loch @samloch]

@VinnieTortorich The goal is not to burn the most fat, it’s to go as fast as possible for the target distance. This study and your missive do nothing to disprove carb intake.

[Sam Loch @samloch]

@Advocacy_tech @AaronGogley @Brady_H If you’re rowing in gloves you aren’t doing it right and should not be commenting about athletic tools and needs.

[Sam Loch @samloch]

@ChalynRugby Australia has men as big as this. They play in the NBA & NFL.

[Sam Loch @samloch]

@ORION_coaching Have you personally ever done anything athletically that anyone will remember?

It doesn’t appear so.

[Sam Loch @samloch]

@Roadman_Podcast Seems like another KOM for Pogi 😂

[Sam Loch @samloch]

@Hybridathlete Anything elite or near elite in any realm?

To me, that you think they’re ‘basic concepts’ indicates a lack of understanding of nuance, particularly as it relates to individual and environmental variability.

Curious if this is how you actually think or how you comport yourself.

[Sam Loch @samloch]

@Hybridathlete Hey mate, do you personally have any performances of note? You write with the type of certainty that would normally correspond with significant experience and elite performances.

[Sam Loch @samloch]

@heavensbvnny Make exercise the hobby and socializing.

[Sam Loch @samloch]

You cannot want the outcome without also wanting to fully engage in the process. If you’ve not considered the process required before starting then you’re likely already fucked.

[Sam Loch @samloch]

When an athlete’s strategy is based around the mere notion that they “want to”, there’s a really good chance that they have not fully considered the costs in relation to the benefits. Wanting to do a thing is not the same as fully contemplating what’s required to do that thing.

[Sam Loch @samloch]

@Alan_Couzens BMI of the ‘best’ strength athletes is more like 35-40

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https://t.co/RlPUY6LH7R

[Dr Shawn Baker 🥩 @SBakerMD]

Balancing health and performance as an athlete!!

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[Sam Loch @samloch]

@lodujeet1 @anabology You can’t have it both ways. You either can do it, or not.