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Between Sets: Where Sustainable High Performance Is Built

Between Sets: Where Sustainable High Performance Is Built

By: Michael Schwartz Coaching & Consulting
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Between Sets is a performance lab podcast for leaders, teams, athletes, and high-performing creatives who want to sustain elite output.


Presented by Michael Schwartz, each episode breaks down recovery-first systems that increase capacity, reduce breakdown cycles, and protect long-term performance. From nervous system regulation and sleep architecture to load management and identity design, this show focuses on the infrastructure behind sustainable high performance.


Because more is more. Better is better.

Performance is tested under pressure.

It’s built between sets.

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Episodes
  • E3 | Strength Is More Than Working Out, It's How You Come Back

    E3 | Strength Is More Than Working Out, It's How You Come Back
    Feb 4 2026

    On today's episode, we share how grinding for output without recovery drains capacity and dulls presence. We reframe strength as resilience, explore “working in” vs “working out,” and show how belief systems shape stress, recovery, and sustainable progress.

    • being recognized for perseverance over points
    • difference between output and staying power
    • working in practices that restore the system
    • REST as recovery enables sustainable training
    • pacing with flow instead of constant go
    • identity and belief shaping stress and recovery costs
    • preview of deeper dive into story and identity next time


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    That’s it for today’s set.

    If something in this episode resonated, let it sit with you for a bit.

    If you want to go a little deeper, I write about these ideas every Friday. You can get them delivered right to your mailbox, just click here: Between Sets : Field Notes.

    And if you’re curious what this looks like in real life - on the gym floor, in the studio or in your own world- you can learn more about working with me at trainwithoutpain.ca. I'm constantly updating that page with free trial workouts, albums and other goodies to help folks out.

    Until next time, stay sweet. Take care of what happens between the work.
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