Rest 4.5:D3 (D403) Delays

What's on my mind today?
As I woke up this morning I realized that it would not be wise to do another test round today as I had just done one on Sunday. Thus, I went to the gym and did a cardio session. I managed to get in an interval session for 30 minutes on the bike.

I spent my morning drive on the phone with Carlos DeJesus. We were discussing evidence of success and what qualifies. The discussion, as always, was awesome. Carlos told me about his cardio circuit. We discussed how many people Carlos has trained to a successful result. He can point to many different success stories as a result of his training. People like Carlos don't need to brag because they have the evidence to back them up. To me, this is a key indicator of who to listen to.

Anyone can come out and espouse a certain idea, but can they back up what they say? If not, why should anyone listen to them? Ideas are easy to come by, but the facts to back them up is another story. To me, if there are no facts then I can't listen.

Carlos has done what most of the internet gurus have not. Carlos has trained champions. Carlos himself is a champion. Something tells me that Carlos is not done training champions.

I realized at one point during our telephone conversation that without Carlos I would probably never have tried High Intensity Training. I would not have seen the gains I recently saw. Life in the gym would have been extremely different. With a coach like Carlos in my corner, the only thing stopping me from winning that body building competition during the summer will be me. All other factors have lined up perfectly. Thank you, Carlos, for your instruction, friendship, motivation, guidance and mentorship. As you stated, when we mentor someone we don't mentor them towards dependence, but towards independence. Thank you for teaching me the "how" and "why" behind things.