 Our next caller is Bethany from Kentucky. Hey, Bethany. How can we help you? Hey guys? Thanks for taking my question So thanks to you guys. I'm in the beginning processes of kind of Reconstructing my whole mindset around fitness and nutrition I'm a former athlete long time ago and What we are doing now we're doing this seven-day program that you guys put out my husband and I are and it my question is What is PRs look like do you guys do that with these kind of programs? How do I? What does that look like I guess it's my question. No, it's a great question So PR stands for personal record, right? So it's like I lifted more than I did before I did more reps Than I did before now if you're gonna be a if you're gonna compete in a sport where that's part of the criteria I like power lifting Olympic lifting strong man comes strong man There's a very specific Structure you want to follow of when you test out your your new PR leading up to a particular event Now if that's not you if you're working out because you want to be fit and healthy and you want to do this for a long period of time There there really is no set in stone when you should you I for me personally I allow my body to dictate when that's gonna happen. How do I feel? Oh wow? I'm feeling really strong today. Maybe I'll go heavier. Maybe I'll try myself, you know Try going a little harder. I will say this though, especially if you work out for a long time Chasing the PR can definitely become a problem. In fact, I rarely do that now because I don't care as much the risk of breaking an old record Does not outweigh the the or outweighs the benefit right the benefit of doing so So now I just train if I feel good I get a little harder, but I don't necessarily try to break old records But I guess otherwise the message is allow your body to dictate that so depending on how you feel But I definitely wouldn't be doing PRs every single week. I think that's maybe for beginners If you're unless you're competing so Beth, I competed in men's physique and I made it all the way to the professional level never testing a PR I did not start. I did not start testing PRs until I got with these assholes And we were all we were all competitive about who was squatting more who was deadlifting more and Sal was so Impressed or so impressive with his deadlift that I wanted to see if I could catch him He couldn't and so I was on a mission still on top all ego driven No value in how I'm adjusting my program or anything like that because there's gonna be someone who's gonna try and make The case to you about how valuable it is to know where you need to be at not bullshit If you just care about feeling better getting stronger looking better You can get to the highest level of that and never test your PR one time and the truth is One of the reasons why I think I feel so passionately about telling someone you like like you about this is because I've had more aches and pains Today and and chasing PRs with these guys than I ever had in my life before and it just when you when you push your limits like that It is extremely difficult. It's almost inevitable You're going to have a little bit of something off And that's all it takes to tweak something or stress something and now my joints are inflamed and so Doing that to me is it only makes real sense if I've got a client who is Really into you know chasing PRs and we want to see these games But if you are just doing it because you want to see it I would do it as little as possible to be honest with you in terms of yeah, sustainability and longevity Completely a hundred percent agree However, there are some days where just all the stars are lined up and you're going through One of your favorite exercises say it's a squatter bench or something and you just just feel that weight moving easy I Honestly, you do it like a couple times a year and you know when you get that feeling that one day Like I have no problem with doing a PR that day and and having fun with it But literally it's just I look at it as fun like let's see what I can do today because I mean my body's giving me all That feedback that I have everything working for me, but other than that Yeah, to their point. It's really not something I program in I'm always trying to be smarter with my programming and sort of check myself because you know that inner athlete that you describe You know it's gonna come up in the forefront is gonna make you do something stupid So I'm always checking myself on that intensity, but you know like if your body is Ready that day and it's it's a fun thing to do go for now Bethany you said your fault So we did for people watching this we did we gave out a free 7-day a week kind of workout program and included of course resistance training some mobility There's lots of components to it and it's a great workout, but it's out there for free So hopefully we can link that in this show now I'm asking for you. How long have you been doing this particular workout? Only about two weeks and it's been I'll be honest and you guys touched on it It's been really tough because I want to do more like I'm in that route where I'm just like, okay Let's get back to where we were I'm trying to get back to old good habits and This has been really hard to not do more But at the same time like I felt really good my husband said the same thing too He's felt really good because we're not going so hard and we're not trying to push it with everything So perfect and that's actually a lot we actually that was a seven-day a week. Yeah. Well, yeah, you're no you're good Trust the process. You're doing a good job I'm gonna I'm gonna let you in our private forum so that you can have support and you can ask other people because that's gonna help you It's gonna help you a lot because someone like yourself. I get it, you know, you want to do more because you can Not necessarily the right thing to do but especially if you're competitive It's it's gonna always be pushed in that direction. The private form will help Yeah, you can communicate with other people coach yourself out of it. Trust the process share your progress And after about 12 weeks of doing that, you'll be I think you'll want to move to another maps program We have plenty to choose from but for now, I'm gonna let you in the private forum Make sure you tag us when you post them there so we can see okay for sure. Thank you so much. I appreciate it Thank you very much, you know PRs are like there's such a good thing But also such a bad thing. You know, I didn't even know what they were until like midway through my career I know I remember you telling us that I didn't I didn't know what it was until we used to call it max Like would you max out? Yeah, so I do ever hear max out of CrossFit. I believe or maybe I was because I mean I wasn't I also wasn't very privy to the you know Powerlifting community. So maybe they were using that term and I so I wasn't around that so that's part of the reason Why I probably didn't hear it at all But it wasn't until like CrossFit became really popular that I started to hear all the time In fact, I remember I would start getting people coming into the gym first time and they'd be you know You know, I want to get my PR to this. I'm like what I remember having to ask a person coming to get training for me Public relations you need a public relations person. No, it's really it's really good because I think it made Strength something to focus on right track. I agree mainstream before that especially women didn't even track strength I didn't care. I always use the five pound dumbbells how many times you get a client like that Oh, yeah, how long have you been used five? Oh, I don't know 15 years Okay, we got to get you a little stronger or challenge you a little bit So that's the good the bad is it could be addicting and you could chase it and that could be everything and then you hurt yourself That's why I feel conflicted about talking about it because I totally agree with you that and that's one of the things We talk about what we all like or love about CrossFit is they really did Reintroduce strength training for the masses making it popular again to get strong and especially for women like before CrossFit I don't feel like anybody was communicating that message really well Right, and it is the right message. It is the right message focus on getting stronger and try and get yourself strong but not at the the the risk of potentially hurting yourself or Also the potential of getting addicted to PRs, which this is the classic person to do that So a person who was an athlete is the is the one that has to be the most careful About moving into that competitive chasing PR. You're not in spite of your body signals that it's providing you That's why I liked your advice. It's really good advice And here's the look here's the bottom line Okay, even if you do everything perfectly if you work out long enough You're gonna have to make peace with the fact that you you're not gonna be chasing PRs at some point Yeah, you're not gonna hit PR. I'd be very discouraged if yeah So like if you do this long enough you got to figure this out no matter what because if you're chasing PRs all the time And you're gonna you plan on working out forever at some point You're gonna have to figure this out because you ain't gonna be hitting PRs in your 50s and 60s and 70s I also want to add something that I wish that we'd see more of it And I didn't get a chance to tell her this But I wish that we would talk about PRs because it sounds for personal record So it doesn't always have to be more weight on the bar Why not a personal record on how deep you were able to get a squat or how far you can get your your shoulder around on a Wall circle or how much you can lift your back leg up in a 90-90 like we need to set PRs on other metrics That are health related or improve the quality of movement opposed to just measuring PRs You know or a PR being of your stamina endurance or stuff like that I had a PR the other day for how tired I was like this is the most tired Like we just all quality yeah, we're all or that or quality of movement I did I did the most beautiful 185 pounds okay 180 five-pound squad is nothing for me, but it was the most perfect barefoot beauty That's a PR. Yeah, like there's nothing wrong with that being a PR or a personal best of Movement quality and I wish that it wasn't always centered around weight on the bar because I think that leads Yeah, that would be a cool movement. I'd be all for that excellent excellent point