This is my four minute mile story. I was training for my first Strongman competition. There was an event flipping three tires of ascending size. I had never flipped a tire. If you go to a tire place they will let you have a tire for free. It saves them the cost of disposing the tire. I got a buffalo tire. It was treadless sand tire. It probably was not the best choice. It had a gouge in it that I filled with epoxy.
Mike and I made attempt after attempt to flip the tire unsuccessfully. We could flip it together but not alone. One day Mike lifted the beast and got it 90% done. I flipped it 30 seconds later. Thirty seconds after that Mike flipped it twice.
Did we get stronger in two minutes? No, we learned we could flip the tire. Once we knew we could flip the tire, we could flip the tire. Some of it was motor skill and coordination and planning. Most of it was knowing it was achievable. Once we knew that, it was relatively easy.
You can’t do it until you can.