Hutch wrote:
talbotcox wrote:
I spend 3 days a month with Lionel and record / get photos for sponsors and his brand while he works out. I edit and do all the posting my self. Lionel does nothing but be himself. Haha out of all the athletes I have ever worked with I can say for a fact Lionel spends the least amount of time on social media. Haha I love people like you such a hater but still watching! ❤️
Besides his family and Erin, I have been Lionel's biggest fan since 2011 and it has been the most frustrating journey of my life.
Yes, Lionel spends minimal time on Social Media but that's not my point. I said he allocates more money, time and energy to his YouTube channel and spending time with you than he does to getting faster/becoming a better triathlete. That isn't because he spends too many resources on his YouTube business (I realize he inspires many), it is because he allocates virtually NO resources (money, time, or energy) to becoming a better/faster triathlete.
My point : How is it that a professional triathlete can justify spending 3 days filming YouTube content every month but he can't justify or get his head around spending 3 days with his swim coach, Gerry Rodriguez? How many times in the last 3 years has he been to SoCal, come within an hour of Gerry's pool and come up with an excuse not to see him? Approximately every single time? I'm not a hater of Lionel, I am a hater of the terrible training decisions that he makes over and over and unfortunately, he doesn't even realize they are poor decisions. He did have a moment of clarify during your filming after Kona 2018 but it didn't last too long.
https://www.youtube.com/...C0voETgUc&t=400s Some Text...
"I don't want to keep making these big mistakes. I keep shooting myself in the foot. The time has come to finish what I effin' started. I am going to get help where I need to get help. I will listen. I am my own person, I will have my own feedback. I am ready to change. I am ready to become a better athlete. That's what I am going to do... I feel I am repeating myself, I'm an idiot, I am coaching myself and I am incompetent, I swim like shit, I need to swim better, massive overarching mistakes.... You have to come out front pack, you have to come out with Patrick, with Cameron...if you can't do that, don't come. Big changes, I am going to have to move... Patrick upped his game...If you want the dream you have to fully commit to the dream and I haven't fully committed to the dream...I am committed...I can't train lone wolf anymore...I can't make these terrible overarching mistakes...Is this a bunch of excuses? (you asked)...I will be going to get a blood test...I am pretty certain I am going to have someone watching me daily, daily, daily, accountable to someone, who sees when I am doing stupid things and says, you're doing stupid things, I have no knowledge, no experience, I am going to go to the Wind Tunnel, I feel like a broken record, talk is cheap, show me what the hell you are talking about. That will be the theme of 2019....My duty is to talk on camera, be transparent, share the journey...this is the most important time to continue to document this journey. I am going to try and stop making stupid mistakes."
It's been 9 months since Kona 2018 and I'm sure he hasn't changed anything that he said he would change during his moment of clarity. How many times has he worked one on one with Gerry? Who is watching him daily? Has he moved? Is he training lone wolf still? Who is he accountable too? He said talk was cheap so he was going to show us what he was talking about.
Dude, what is your problem?
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