What bodybuilders and bloggers have in common.

Any guesses as to what they have in common? Chances are, you think today's post will be about how bodybuilding and blogging is an art from that requires diligence....practice....commitment....etc etc. Good point, there's some truth in that. That's not where we are going today though, really the post title for today could say what bodybuilders, bloggers, and people in any area of life that hit a point and stop improving.

If we had a graph of productivity for the majority of people who have been doing something for a few years, you would see their skills drastically improving in the beginning than level out (sometimes even decrease if progress is halted long enough). Why is this? Briefly, people get into an autopilot at some point usually. Instead of ten years experience, they get one years experience repeated 10 times. What bodybuilders (and friends) have to do with this is that many get stronger and stronger, than go into maintaining mode. In some professions and areas of life backsliding happens when 'maintain' mode comes on, but bodybuilders can sometimes just hold it. It is easy to  see a ripped person and assume they hit they're wall, but c'mon. There are normal people who deadlift 400, 500 pounds. Yet you honestly believe that dude is at his max because he looks good in a bathing suit and can benchpress 220? If his life depended on him being able to bench press 275 by this time next year, think he could make that happen?


So the first reason is the ever present threat of being comfortable. I may have touched on that before.

The second is also very, very important. Guy (or gal) stopped learning. They stopped looking actively into what can help them squeeze that extra 10,20,30, 40 percent out. Believe me, at a certain point 10 percent is the difference between pretty cool and down right impressive when it comes to weight. Some bloggers risk the same thing, they stop learning, so they're posts get harder to write or more bland. Anything you can think of that a person could commit to, same thing. In my opinion, one of the best things for people who have been active in something for some time, as well as someone brand new, is to get a coach. A accountability partner may work if they understand some of what you are doing, and you can hold yourself responsible to them in terms of giving your best. Robert Kiyosaki says it well "Professionals have coaches. Amateurs do not."

 Coaches share expertise and are there to get the best out of you, if you want to get out of 'maintain' mode, or jump way ahead in your experience,  seek a mentor or coach who has gotten what you want.