Why the Daily Grind Project

December 2025

Why the Daily Grind Project: Training for Life, Not Just the Gym

I am 47 years old. I am a husband and a father.

For most of my life, sport was my language of connection. It wasn't just about the exercise, it was about the people. I met my best friends on the baseball field and in CrossFit gyms. I even met my wife in a CrossFit gym (shoutout to CrossFit Louvre!). For decades, training was the social glue that held my life together.

But as I took on the responsibilities of a career and raising a family, the role of training had to evolve.

When you are navigating the relentless demands of daily life, a heavy deadlift doesn’t help you much if you are too mentally exhausted to listen to your kids at the dinner table. Crushing a Hyrox race doesn’t matter if you burn out at work because you lack the resilience to handle stress.

I started The Daily Grind Project because I realized that to be useful to the people I love, I had to master myself first. I realized that the gym wasn't just a place to sweat with friends, it was a laboratory to build the mindset required for life.

From Berlin to Bulle: The Evolution of the Grind

My journey with movement has been a lifelong obsession. I’ve been thrown on the judo mats, I’ve rounded bases in baseball, and I’ve skated kilometers on inline skates. But it was in the intensity of CrossFit where I truly began to understand the relationship between suffering and growth.

For five years, I coached at myleo CrossFit in Berlin. As a Level 2 Trainer, I watched hundreds of athletes push their limits. I saw that the difference between success and failure rarely had to do with physical capacity, it was almost always mental.

Today, living in Bulle (Switzerland), my playground has changed. The gym floor is still there, but now it shares space with the mountains, the MTB trails, and the hiking paths. But the principle remains the same.

The 3 Pillars of Readiness

This project is built on three non-negotiable pillars. These aren't just words on a website, they are the tools I use to govern my day.

HEALTH (The Foundation)

This is not about abs or aesthetics. It is about capacity. It is the proactive work of optimizing my physical and mental state so I don't just survive the day, I attack it. If the engine is broken, the car doesn't move.

DISCIPLINE (The Consistency)

Discipline is doing what you need to do, especially when you don't want to do it. It is the bridge between the goal and the result. In training, and in business, motivation is a fleeting emotion. Discipline is a reliable habit.

CURIOSITY (The Adaptation)

This is the piece most people miss. We must never stop learning. I am obsessed with the "why." Why do we react the way we do under stress? How can we improve the mind-body connection? Curiosity keeps us from getting stagnant.

What is The Daily Grind Project?

I am not a guru. I don’t have it all figured out. This website is not a polished product, it is a living documentation.

Here, I will share:

The Process — Exploring the intersection of physical training, mental resilience, and shared wisdom from coaches around the world.
The Work — My actual training logs. Real sessions, real numbers, and the intent behind them.
The Community — Shared experiences and, soon, free community events here in Switzerland to train together.

If you are ready to view training as a tool to build a better life, if you want to build the physical strength to carry the load and the mental resilience to handle the stress, then welcome.

The site is a work in progress. I am a work in progress. Let’s get to work!

— Cédric