Ricky Bruch was a Swedish field athlete who showed great promise, but was tossed off his country's Olympic team for being a loudmouth who argued with his coach. As documented in The Soul is Greater Than the World, after this, he decided to train harder than ever and travel around competing in every throwing meet he could find and do better than any of the Olympic throwers, a goal he achieved - beating the winner by 5 metres.
He was apparently a madman. But he was mad in a way that can inspire us to greater efforts in the gym.
Consistent effort over time gets results. Consistency is important, but gyms are full of people who come consistently and make little or no effort. Effort is important, but likewise, many people make great efforts... for a short while, and then give up. Ricky Bruch was certainly a madman, but he certainly applied consistent effort over time, and got results.
Maybe we could all do with a little more madman in our lives.
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