Summary: In our opinion, doing TOO much is currently the biggest contributor to lack of progress with the athletes that are drawn to the weightlifting and CrossFit communities. There is certainly NO lack of work ethic here, but we would say that this kind of dedication is no longer good enough when it comes to optimum performance. I, myself, spent 7 years at right around the same weights; very little to no progress during a time and age(24-31) that I should've had more in me. Looking back it's easy to see I was simply doing too much! My attitude was that if I fail, it won't be for lack of effort, or because I didn't do ENOUGH...I believe that far too many athletes fall victim to this mind set. This, especially combined with lack of mobility and/or quality technique, is usually detrimental combination and will likely knock you out of the game over and over again. Remember that hard work for most of us is the easy part, more automatic and this will not go away. SO, work on developing the quality of patience, and dedicate yourself to necessary changes, recovery, and finding your current, optimal workload and slowly progress up from there over time and as able.
