#81: It's Time To Challenge Yourself

Arnold's Pump Club

Health & Fitness, Fitness

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🗓️ 6 October 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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It's time to take a hard look in the mirror. Have you set you set your vision? Have you bought into the mission? Are you surrounding yourself with people who will challenge you to become better? Arnold's vision gave him a clear path to his goals, but it was his ability to build an environment that gave him the best chance to succeed. In this episode, Arnold share his approach and offers a challenge.

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0:00.0	Welcome back to another episode of Arnold's pump club. I have a special challenge that I want
0:06.7	to share with you today. But first, I want to talk to you about training partners. I have always
0:14.2	been a fanatic about training with friends. From my earliest days with the weightlifting team in
0:20.0	Gras, training has been a social experience. Some people who watch pumping iron for the first time
0:27.3	say to me, all of you guys in the gym were preparing to compete against each other. But you
0:33.6	were all friends and were helping each other. What's the deal with that? I get it. In most sports,
0:40.3	competitors don't train with each other leading up to championships. So it's a little strange to most
0:46.8	people. But you know what? I thought I was fantastic. Bodybuilders don't do it as much these days.
0:53.9	But all the professionals who compete in the Arnold strongman classic train together. What people
1:01.1	don't realize is that if I help one of my competitors get stronger and stronger, that person is going
1:09.2	to push me more and more in the gym. Have a tougher competitor, but I'll also have a stronger
1:16.0	training partner and a lot more fun while working out. If he's strong, he'll push me for more reps
1:21.6	and more weights and I'll improve faster. That's why I always love training with Franco. He was
1:28.2	so strong and so funny that we were always lifting each other up. And that's the beauty of a
1:35.6	training partner. You don't just lift weights. You lift each other. I love reading your messages
1:42.2	about how much this podcast and the daily email helps all of you. Now, I want all of you to try
1:47.9	to find someone else you can lift up. You might immediately have someone in mind. You might be
1:53.6	thinking, Arnold, I don't have any friends who train. What the hell am I going to do? I'll tell you
1:59.5	what you are going to do. Remember how we've focused on little wins like walking more, doing 10
2:05.2	minutes of squats, find a friend and invite them to join you. If you live in a new town and don't
2:11.4	know anybody, you've got two choices. Find a new friend or make an old friend a FaceTime training
2:18.9	partner. That way, not only will you have someone to push you to become better, you'll also connect
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