Here's Why You Shouldn't Be Giving 100%...
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🗓️ 28 December 2022
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| 0:00.0 | Here, Bercia, there is a theory that maybe you should not be giving 100%. |
| 0:09.1 | You know when you're kids, the advice is always, you know what, so long as you're given |
| 0:14.8 | 100%, everything's going to be okay. |
| 0:17.6 | Well, maybe there's a theory now saying, man, maybe you shouldn't. |
| 0:20.2 | You shouldn't. |
| 0:21.2 | And the coaches of top athletes all over the world agree. |
| 0:24.7 | You should be giving 85%. |
| 0:26.7 | Specifically 85% and I'll tell you why. |
| 0:29.7 | So Dan. |
| 0:30.7 | This is so 2022, I can't say that. |
| 0:32.3 | Okay, go ahead. |
| 0:33.3 | Dan go to he did this out. |
| 0:35.1 | So he said when athlete is told to run at 85%, they actually run faster than if they've |
| 0:41.1 | been told to run at 100%. |
| 0:43.4 | It's called the 85% rule. |
| 0:45.5 | So Carl Lewis was a nine time Olympic gold medalist who was known as a master finisher, |
| 0:50.5 | but a slow starter. |
| 0:51.9 | He began races at second to last, but usually ended up finishing first. |
| 0:57.0 | It became known that he was not performing at full throttle. |
| 1:00.8 | He was going 85% the whole time. |
| 1:03.8 | Why 85% when you have your best performances, it's when you're not trying your hardest. |
| 1:11.3 | Instead the task feels effortless, easy. |
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