January 3, 2026

DAY 3 — RECOVERY IS RECON

Kia ora whānau — Jamie here.

If Day 1 was about load, and Day 2 about pattern, then Day 3 was about stillness.

Not passive. Not lazy. Deliberate recovery.

Outdoors, bare ground. I moved through primal patterns — crawls, squats, hip openers. I sat in discomfort and listened to what my body was whispering after two days of weighted movement and foundational drills.

It whispered truth: tight hips, overloaded shoulders, tired ankles.
And that’s gold.

Because in survival, the small issues become big liabilities. Poor mobility is a broken movement waiting to happen. A locked-up joint becomes a rolled ankle. A neglected breath becomes panic when the world starts closing in.

So today, I reset. Not by doing less — but by doing smarter.

I trained my nervous system.
Nasal breathing only. Deep into the diaphragm. Letting the breath become the anchor.
I moved slow, with control — holding deep squats, pausing at tension points, crawling like a predator.

No music. Just breath. Wind. Earth.

This is part of the work.
This is the work.

We don’t train to go harder every day.
We train to stay in the fight. To recover quickly. To move efficiently. To survive fatigue — not be consumed by it.

Recovery is recon. It’s where we check our gear, our body, our head.
So when it’s time to go again — we’re not guessing.

Tomorrow, we go again. Strength under load. Weighted vest. Real movement.

See you on Day 4.

— Jamie