The Rule of Five 🖐️ - why you can't be a stud every day.

Happy Thursday Three!

Here are this week's coaching tip, exercise tutorial and question to ponder for the week.

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I. The Rule of Five 🖐️

Want to feel super motivated and pumped for every gym session? - It's a nice idea, right, yet the reality is a mixed bag. In some gym sessions, you will feel like a stud; in others, you will feel like a dud.

A simple way of looking at it is the rule of five.

One in every five sessions, you will feel awesome! You walk in motivated. The weights feel light, your body feels great, and you smash your session.

Conversely, one in every five sessions, Is a bit of a dumpster fire. Everything feels heavy, your body feels stiff, and you just about scrape through the session.

And the other three? They are punch-the-ticket sessions. You turn up, do the work, and you leave. Nothing remarkable here.

But here's the kicker…it really doesn't matter all that much. Stud, dud or just okay. The key part is turning up consistently. Our performance will be a variable we can't always control, but attendance is on us.

So if you're having a stud day, kick back and enjoy, but if you're having a dud day, that's cool too; this can be a great chance to scale things back a tad and dial in on your technique instead.

The key part is still turning up.

II. Power Swings

The first swing can make or break a set. Own it, and the following reps will be strong, but if it owns you; strap in for a rough ride.

The power swing can be used as a teaching tool to master that first swing. As a warm-up exercise for snatches, deadlifts and, of course swings, or you can work it as a stand-alone exercise.

Check out this guide to learn how to do it.

III. Quote to ponder

"It's hard to build momentum if you're dividing your attention.” - James Clear

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Thanks,

Jamie