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There’s this annoying falling off the wagon point.
Happens to the best of us.
Two or three years into training.
The weighted squats scale nicely. The pull ups or rows move smoothly. The push-ups glide freely. Pistol squats are casual.
And our head seeks novelty. It tells you: you’ve done this for a while, you’re good at it. Now go try something new.
It’s a really stupid voice and impulse. And most people succumb to it.
Training isn’t a movie you watch once and feel entertained with.
Training is akin to brushing your teeth. You don’t get smug and stop brushing your teeth if your dentist praises your oral hygiene.
You don’t try to reinvent the toothbrush. Or look for new toothpaste. Or try a new brand of floss or tongue cleaner. Or change your chewing gum.
Nope, you double down on the habits that got you good results. You rinse, repeat and incrementally scale all the habits that got you good results.
When it comes to training, this holds true even more. You keep all the skills that you have worked hard to foster. Scale them gradually. And look for new ones to plug into your existing skill set. This is literal. If you’re double leg squatting well and not jumping or doing some eccentrics or single leg work, plug that in there. Pushes with throws or shoulder rotation. Plug it in.
Save your search for novelty for movies and entertainment. Your activity choices need repetition and boredom to be scalable and useful.