This is definitely a more shower-thoughts type of question but I’ve been reflecting on this a few times now, mainly in relation to my training and such.

I’ve been pretty big most of my life but where I’m doing powerlifting lately and also that I’m natural, I’ve been considering the limits that I may have considering the rate of progression and my age and it’s interesting to hear all the other takes and where people talk about genetic limits and all this like anyone really ever taps into that.

Considering evolution and adaptation as well it’s like, sure genetics I understand might limit but surely if you’re in it for long enough and if your lifestyle demands it, those limits can be pushed even just a little. Like early man for example, testosterone count and such, they were so much stronger, maybe because they were closer to ape and monkey species but still, it’s just that idea of evolution and forced adaptation based on circumstances.

That and if we consider psedoscience, psychology, there’s so many factors that push humans limits, we always just judge things on a face value basis.

‘ you like this because you get dopamine and 4mg of Neoethyline to your brielium cortex ‘

Especially in the lifting world it’s always ‘ science-based lifting ‘ so it always seems so limiting. I’m probably just not informed enough but I’d rather be a bit of a fool pushing myself to my limits than assume I know my limits, stay comfy and never struggle as much as I could.

I’m 5 ‘ 10, 110kg, a little fat sure but I’m gunning for a 250kg deadlift, 140kg bench press, 200kg squat by the end of this year and my progression is already fast reaching that. Let’s say I even reach half of that, that’s only a year’s worth of progress, what about by the time I’m 30? 40?

‘ your testosterone will drop when you grow older? ‘

Okay what about Mark Felix and other athletes?

‘ Yeah but they’re athletes and on another level ‘

Sure but do you think they knew that? Yeah genetics, yeah facts but come on, how can people always be so sure about their limits? Just push yourself and find out yourself.

Bottom line, push yourself and do things because you know how you feel about them, not because others tell you that you should or would.

This is getting a little too wishy-washy but still, I think my first point stands.

That and even religion, I’m not atheist, I don’t believe in god but I’m not opposed to it either.