Imagine a two inch by two inch canvas. Even the most crafty painters are faced with the realities of constraints this small. Personally, I’m digging into pen drawing and a little bit of water colors, so I stumbled upon this painting technique that leans heavily on miniature size pieces to refine what’s important.
The artists who are good at this produce gorgeous (miniature) works. And, any fair observation would also notice that there’s an interesting amount of omitted details. In some ways, the painting is an expression of which details the artist knew she could leave out and still accomplish the expressive goal.
It’s the least effective dose of painting!
It may seem like a leap, but this is a critical lesson in strength and conditioning. Lazy coaches use volume. Volume hides bad methods and poor program structure. Gym that use hundreds of reps and 40-minute conditioning pieces are doing the landlord-paint-job method of dousing the home in white paint (covering electrical outlets and all) with thick paint rather than taking care of the place.
A masterful look at program design is one where you look at the training and it’s surprisingly sparse. After all, any idiot can just program everything. Only a master can leave out a ton and get the job done.
9/8/26 WOD
DEUCE Athletics GPP
Complete 5 Rounds of the following:
4 Bench Press
Complete 3 rounds for quality of:
12 alt. DB Bench Press
15 DB Kick Backs
12 Body Saws
EMOM 12
Min 1: 6 LM Lateral Lunges (ea)
Min 2: :20 Copenhagen Planks (ea)
Min 3: :40 Max Lateral Plyos
DEUCE Garage GPP
9×3 Dynamic Bench Press Against Bands
Complete 3 rounds for quality of:
12 DB Bent Rows
50′ Hand-Over-Hand Sled Pull
25 Biceps Curls
Then, AMRAP 12
16 Alt DB Rev Lunges (45/25)
8 DB Hang Power Cleans
4 DB Front Squats
200m Run