#200: Don't Underestimate The Long Game

Arnold's Pump Club

Health & Fitness, Fitness

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🗓️ 18 March 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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For episode 200 of the podcast, Arnold takes a look at why so many people have trouble achieving their goals. The problem starts with people overestimating what they can achieve in the short term. But that's just half of the problem.

You'll also learn what the latest science says about recharging your batteries and the supplements that might help improve recovery.

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0:00.0	Welcome back to another episode of Arnold's Pump Club.
0:03.4	Today, I want to share something that happened on Twitter or X or whatever people are calling it these days.
0:09.6	One of the members of the pump app named James shared that he was joining the Century Club.
0:15.6	That means he completed 100 weeks of workouts.
0:19.4	That's two years of consistency. This is an incredible accomplishment for
0:24.7	anyone, but it's extra special for James. It's not that long ago that James weighed more than
0:32.2	300 pounds, but then he committed to committing to change. No hacks, no magic pills.
0:39.1	He started working on habits.
0:41.2	It didn't happen immediately, but James lost more than 100 pounds.
0:45.4	And at 54, he just ran a 5K at the Arnold Sports Festival.
0:50.6	But that's not all.
0:52.4	James saw his deadlift increase 150%
0:55.9	his bench press increase and extra 100 pounds.
1:00.0	And so much more, keep in mind that walking the stairs used to be hard for James.
1:05.0	His work and transformation is truly fantastic.
1:09.7	But then someone called James out because they didn't understand what he was saying.
1:15.4	The made a sarcastic comment about his results being unbelievable because they thought he
1:21.0	joined the pump app today.
1:22.9	They didn't realize James was talking about joining the Century Club, but his comment is representative of a bigger
1:30.7	issue. You've all been trained to want something instantly. Adam loves to say that people
1:36.5	overestimate how much they can accomplish in the short term and underestimate what they can do
1:41.6	in the long term. And this couldn't be more true.
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