On the Mission to Reform the Sport System

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We exist to kill the 'Suffering = Success' myth.

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Most student-athletes are lied to. They are told that if they just 'eat glass' and grind 20 hours a week, they will win. I believed this lie for 15 years as a competitive fencer. It led to burnout, mediocrity, and resentment.

Performe.io exists to prove that High Performance is not about suffering—it is about Alignment.

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We bridge the gap between your potential in practice and your reality in competition.

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Our Philosophy

1. Inputs > Outputs: We cannot control the referee or the opponent. We can only control our sleep, our nutrition, and our mental inputs.
2. Deliberate Play: Grinding blindly destroys talent. The best athletes (like Curry or Phelps) look like they are playing. Fun is a weapon.
3. Rest is a Weapon: If you aren't recovering, you aren't training. We treat sleep as the #1 performance metric.

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The Story

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It started on the fencing strip when I was 4 years old. By the time I was 16, I was obsessed. I wanted to be an Olympic Champion.

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I did everything the traditional system told me to do. I trained hours a day, I sacrificed my social life, and I believed that if I just 'suffered' more than my opponents, I would win.

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I was wrong.

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In practice, I was a beast. In competition, I would freeze. The pressure to perform—to justify the money and time my family invested—crushed me. I realized the traditional advice of 'Just Grind Harder' was broken.

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I stopped looking at my rivals and started looking at the outliers. I realized they weren't just working harder; they were operating on a different Mental Operating System.

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I built Performe.io to be the resource I wish I had when I was 16. I want to save you from the years of frustration I went through, so you can stop guessing and start performing.

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Francesco Sciortino

‍Founder & Performance Researcher

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