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So, last week, we embraced the idea of seeking out minor inconveniences, in the form of cold showers. Some of you took to it, and some of you did not. Regardless of whether you successfully endured or not, you are all awesome, and never forget it. It's a new week. So. Now we're gonna shift to a more physical thing. A martial artist does not always get the time to rest between rounds. I'm sure we've all got a story or two of a sadistic teacher who saw us get tired after a round of sparring, and threw us back in the ring as opposed to letting us rest. It's a test of guts, for sure. You end up having to dig in really deep, finding reserves that you weren't even sure were there. Well, there's a way to train this quality, and it doesn't necessarily involve getting thrown into the ring. It's in how you train, in how you manipulate your rest times when you train. I have observed, in my own training, that the lower the ratio is between work and rest, the better-conditioned I am, and the better my mindset to deal with things like that. Here's how this is going to work. Hopefully, after having had a week to work out and observe yourself, you have a pretty good idea of your rest times. Maybe you follow a prescribed period of rest, or maybe you just wait until it feels right. Either way, you have a sense of the average amount of rest you give yourself between your moves. Your challenge this week is to reduce that period of rest. So if you know that you wait a minute between one set and the next, I want you to try to push yourself and only rest 55 seconds. Or less than that. You know yourself, so you know how far you can push. Also, keep in mind: this works best if you're taking great care of yourself. You're eating enough, you're sleeping enough, all that. Pushing harder in a workout has to be balanced with really good care when you're not working out. Post successes and epic feats of toughness here!