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#347 - When It's Fun to Chase Numbers

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Barbell Logic

Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Fitness

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🗓️ 2 November 2020

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Strength makes us healthier and more capable.  The process of getting stronger refines us.  Sometimes, though, it's fun and motivating to just chase numbers.  If you're hungry to hit some PRs, listen on.

When we chase numbers, we're prioritizing strength.  To truly prioritize big PRs, we have to adjust our life to support training.  We may have to dedicate more time to training.  We have to ensure we maximize recovery, through increasing calories and getting plenty of high-quality sleep.  We may have to decrease unproductive activities, such as excessive alcohol consumption (or plan training around these events so they do not harm our training and training is productive).  We also have to bring increased focus to training, as intensity will go up.  

Chasing numbers is not something that lifters should always do, but it's probably something lifters should do from time to time.  Chasing numbers helps focus and enliven training, whereas training for health indefinitely with no shorter, more exciting goals may grow old.  Similarly, however, chasing numbers for long periods can wear on people, as both the physical and mental stress of prioritizing training to this degree can stop motivating people to train.  

For many people, the holiday season is the perfect time to chase numbers.  People tend to naturally consume more calories during this period.  As it gets colder and we wear more clothes, we're less concerned if about how we may look on the beach in our swim suits.  Furthermore, peaking around December and January affords people enough time to adjust training and cut before spring or summer vacations and less clothing of the warmer months.  

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0:00.0

Hey listeners, this is normally when we would talk about a holiday sale or how

0:07.4

now is the right time to start with online coaching because of how much money

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you can save. However, as I met with our marketing team earlier this month to

0:14.8

discuss promotional ideas, we found ourselves focusing on the ideal outcomes

0:19.3

for people who want to work with a coach. And that called to mind how many of

0:23.0

our clients got into this for the form corrections and ended up making real

0:27.8

life transformations through strength training. We realized that the ideal

0:31.9

barbell logic client is not afraid of hard work. They don't just have goals, they

0:36.5

are driven by continual self-improvement. They pursue strength because they

0:40.7

care deeply about the people who they love who depend on them. We know that

0:45.6

price is always a consideration when it comes to deciding to sign up for

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something. But our successful clients tell us that in addition to carefully

0:53.0

deciding where to invest their money, they're also very intentional about how they

0:57.3

invest their time. And when you care about your time that much, there is fear

1:01.6

that you could waste your time and not see the results you want. If any of this

1:05.6

sounds like you, I'm here to make you a promise. You give us six months of two to

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risk is about on yourself. It's time to place that bet and put your money where

1:32.5

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