Weights and Plates Podcast

#79 - Barbell Burnout: Remembering Why We Do This


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Burnout is a common complaint, whether it's from work, family, extracurricular activities, or all of the above. It happens in training too. Train long enough and you'll notice people in the community who were once avid lifters fall off the map. Some quit for good, or only sporadically train, others find different sports and activities to pursue, and those who remain tend to be lifers. Some people who quit barbell training cite burnout as the cause. For whatever reason, training no longer served their needs or fit into their life. Usually, burnout happens because there is a misalignment between lifestyle and goals, and lifters find themselves doing a lot of work they really don't want to do, in order to generate marginal gains that no longer seem to matter much. In short, the goals of the training no longer align with their values and desires.

 

Dr. Santana and Coach Trent discuss the ways burnout happens, how to realign priorities when it happens, and get back in touch with the reasons you wanted to train in the first place.

 

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Robert Santana on Instagram: @the_robert_santana

 

Trent Jones: @marmalade_cream

Email: [email protected]

 

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