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Stop doing these 5 things

These are the 5 things I see athletes doing when they use ChatGPT or Claude to train... and I did every one of them myself when I started lol

Each one has an easy swap, and the first three take under an hour.

Here are the 5:

Using the basic chat - move to Claude Code inside an IDE. I use VS Code, a lot of people use Cursor
Uploading spreadsheets and screenshots of your workouts - most companies have an MCP or a public API, so find yours and have Claude connect straight to your data
Skipping the CLAUDE.md file - it's a snapshot of your Athlete Profile: who you are and what your goals are
Relying on Claude or ChatGPT's built-in memory - build an LLM wiki to structure your data, and add a database if you want to go a step further
Ending the day with no session write-back - a note every night so it knows exactly what you did, why you did it and how you felt

I wrote up the fix and the prompt for each one, plus an overview of how to build your own AI agent: 5 Things to Stop Doing When You Train With AI

We teach some of these in the 7 Day Challenge, so if you've done it you're already ahead. The more advanced topics we'll cover in Athlete AI Labs, where you build your own app or AI agent in 4 weeks: 4-Week Fitness App Challenge

Which one are you still doing? Be honest 😅

Kevin

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Stop doing these 5 things