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When does sticking at things and never quitting become detrimental and negative to progress? 

Quitting, is a term that has so many negative connotations. There is so much glamour in the social media feeds of never quitting, doing something whatever it takes that it can get clouded and confused. 

I am all for the idea of not quitting, but sometimes I do wonder what it’s all about when slogging away at something, where the stakes are not related to what really matters, like life/death. 

Todays podcast is with David ‘Jacko’ Jackson, one half of @schoolofcalisthenics, former professional rugby player who had to make the decision to call time on his professional playing career due to culmination of impacts, tackles which were slowly over time affecting his longevity as a human. 

Jacko suffered a seizure during practice, leading to the necessary scans etc to confirm that the life forward from then on would need to be different. 

This is where quitting is legitimate, though still a tough pill to swallow when drive, ego and the nature of the game is to “patch up and keep going”. 

What followed was certainly a questioning of identity, purpose and all the other trimmings that come with turning away from the thing that defined Jacko. But what I feel has come from that is the path that lay ahead and the number of people Jacko has been able to inspire, and positively impact along the way developing the School of Calisthenics with his co founder Tim Stevenson and then personal explorations into the more cutting edge ideas of vestibular training, breathwork, cold immersion to begin to reconnect to the bodies innate ability to improve, grow and progress, all the time investing in to as Jacko calls it your “physical pension”. 

And it does start with movement, as Chris and I have always believed. Get up and move, do it consistently with intention and it will change your life. 

Thanks Jacko, and enjoy the episode. 

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