Expert in a Year
Our Challenges
The original Expert in a Year challenge took place throughout 2014 and aimed to answer one question – with enough practice is it possible to master table tennis in a year?
On Monday 13th April 2015 Sam started his Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu challenge, called “BJJ in a Year”. He finished the year with a few wins under his white belt and plans to continue training.
On Saturday 18th April 2015 Ben started his year of running, originally called “Marathon in a Year”. After a year of ups and downs, he finished his first ever half marathon in 88:48.
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When I started Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu I set myself a challenge: I would train 7 hours of deliberate practice a week for a year and win a gold medal at White Belt at …
In mid-April 2015 I set a challenge to “get really good at Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu” in one year. I had no idea what “being really good” meant. I didn’t even really know …
A year ago today, on Saturday 18th April 2015, I started what was initially called “Marathon in a Year”. I’d always had this vague ambition to run a marathon and …