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What I Really Retired From, When I Retired as a Pro Athlete

Phil Gaimon · 17 Jun 2026

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  1. Our reading

    The stress of marginal weight management may outweigh its benefits.

    Their wordsI'm convinced that the stress of those years of marginal weight management outweighed the benefits. After almost all of my biggest wins came a week of some kind of illness

  2. Our reading

    Having the right people and good advice is more valuable to athletes than they might realize.

    Their wordsThe most successful athletes sound much older they are, and I think having the right people around you and getting good advice is more valuable than they might realize.

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