“Now if you are going to win any battle you have to do one thing. You have to make the mind run the body. Never let the body tell the mind what to do. The body will always give up. It is always tired in the morning, noon, and night. But the body is never tired if the mind is not tired.” - George S. Patton, U.S. Army…
I've been a bigger individual for quite a while. Much of that was muscle at one time. I completed the Marine Corps Marathon last October at 5'8'', 225-230 lbs. My diet was not the best, but I did the training. After the marathon, I was not in a hurry to get back in the gym. Only problem was my body still fueled like I was…