If you’re a busy professional or parent juggling work, family, and fitness, this episode is for you.

Rickard Long (founder of Escapist CrossFit in Berlin) dives into a crucial insight: the key to long-term results isn’t just training harder, it’s training smarter. And that starts with knowing your data.

In this episode:

• Why exercising isn’t the same as training

• The biggest mistake most gyms (and members) make

• How knowing your attendance, effort level, and movement capacity drives progress

• Why smart loading and focused intent beats random effort

• How we design weekly programming at Escapist CrossFit to help you train for life, not just the next competition

Rickard also breaks down this week’s workouts, explaining how each day ties into progress, mobility, recovery, and real-life function.

Whether you’re a CEO, creative, parent, or all three,this episode is your blueprint to training with purpose.