Addressing severe performance limitations ('anchors') allows for faster overall progress and less effort in pursuing other fitness goals.

“We don't want any of these severe constraints because you're going to get limited by that thing. And so what you want to do is move that up to just sufficient or concerning and get it away from that. If you do that, that thing's not going to catch you. You're going to be able to continue to pursue optimization in any of the one things that you have a specific passion for, which is generally what moves people.”