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The DMan set a personal record and pulled #405 on Monday. Setting a PR is gratifying. The pursuit to perform better all the time - lift more, go faster is the essence of personal growth and fitness.
People will often set a string of near constant PR for several years after they begin training with us. There are a couple of factors that could contribute to people's success.
1. The human potential that we operate at in our society is low. It takes a long time and training to get close to a person's human potential. Let's face it, our soft lifestyle really does not lend itself well to feats of physical strength or fitness. Many people's pursuit of physical excellence does not continue past the high school athletic careers. The need for physical prowess diminishes in favor of more sedentary lifestyle.
2. Consistent hard training. People lose consistency by chasing the latest fad training method or general boredom in training methods. Deadlifts, squats and olympic lifts are foundations that will never change very much. (Unless humans evolve and have new joints or limbs) The are hard by their nature. Heavy and difficult to learn as well as a never ending struggle to master make them a life long quest for mastery.
The initial stages of development get people PRs on a daily basis. As people move down the developmental curve and begin to approach their genetic and age limited potential PR get more infrequent and difficult to get. There are many cases of where getting to within striking distance of their genetic potential will take a long time.
People have no idea what they are capable of unless they try.
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