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title: The 80:20
description: Recently Simon (my bike coach and I) have been discussing the 80:20 rule quite a lot.
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# [The 80:20](https://www.campbellacademy.co.uk/blog/the-8020)

 Written by [Colin Campbell](https://www.campbellacademy.co.uk/blog/author/colin-campbell) | 15/09/19 17:00

 

Recently Simon (my bike coach and I) have been discussing the 80:20 rule quite a lot.

It’s something that’s been talked about much in endurance training with a lot of examples from guys who have achieved a lot of success based on this.

Fundamentally it means that 80% of your training is done really steady without killing you, without being an alpha male, without racing.

The other 20% are done ridiculously hard and this improves the top end of your engine.

It takes a lot of discipline this and a lot of faith, but when you’re riding out and not hurting yourself it is actually having a positive effect.

For the second half of this year I have pretty much stuck by this and the big test will come in a few weeks’ time.

But funnily enough, it is a much more enjoyable way to train (as far as I’m concerned because I am not 16 anymore).

I think it applies back to my work as well. I think 80% of the time I need to be doing the jobs to the best of my ability and the 20% of the time I need to be excited.

Blog Post Number - 2127

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