Hater Synthesis Book Summary Part2
Progression
On Why people can’t be grateful for what they have
One of the eternal human dramas is the inability to find contentment.
Often the engine behind this compulsion is a combination of greed and jealousy preventing you from appreciating the beauty of your life here and now. Instead of being grateful for what we have received or achieved, we spend our time planning how to acquire the next trophy.
People say that no matter how hard a situation is, it can always get worse. It’s true, but guess what? Similar thinking does not trigger a progressive sequence. Once you have accepted a height as a summit, the only way to go is down.
On how you can always get better at the right direction
And no matter who you are, the only way to betterment is by crossing bridges. You don’t want to be where you are forever, do you? You want to be there on the other side of the fiery river. The bridge that gets you there is called progression
At first, there are a lot of volunteers because the mission seems easy when you are a spectator, but as soon as you put on the clothes of the main character and sense the intensity, your perception changes because the flames are no longer virtual. They are closer and closer to your skin. The heat wakes you up and bluntly informs you that the journey to progress requires sacrifices and willpower. Consequently, most humans remain idle and stay on the safe side.
The individuals residing there gave up on the idea of progression a long time ago, although they will never admit this fact even to themselves. Some got injured and had no other option but to devolve, while others were too weak to continue the journey and gave up. No matter the case, most individuals have simply forgotten how it feels to seek progress truly. Every day is the same as the one before, even though it may not feel like it. Nothing meaningful ever changes, and the whole goal of existence is diminished to building a pillow life deprived of real effort and consequently of real values.
On how you connect progression with bodybuilding and muscle construction
It’s tricky, but in general, you have to get stronger at different exercises without sacrificing technique. That improvement will trigger adaptation in your body that makes you more resilient and a little bigger…hopefully.
People go to the gym and do the same workout for months without even thinking of increasing the weight or doing a harder exercise. As a result, there’s neither mass nor strength increase.
When it comes to getting stronger progression is incredibly simple. You add weight to the bar for 6 12 weeks, then you cut back a little and build back up again to a number slightly higher than the starting point. This method is called cycling and can continue forever, provide d that you respect your limitations, set realistic goals, and take the necessary downtime.
On why diversification in your training routine goes against progression
Most lifting warriors will never understand this and will continue to fight for diversification by modifying exercises, drinking the latest energy drinks, buying the latest supplements, and looking for the perfect weightlifting routine. But nothing good is ever going to come out of a similar strategy because the wrong variable is being altered. A variable that changes little to nothing.
