https://www.jimcollins.com/concepts/the-flywheel.htmlPicture a huge, heavy flywheel. It’s a massive, metal disk mounted horizontally on an axle. It's about 100 feet in diameter, 10 feet thick, and it weighs about 25 tons. That flywheel is your company. Your job is to get that flywheel to move as fast as possible, because momentum—mass times velocity—is what will generate superior economic results over time.
Right now, the flywheel is at a standstill. To get it moving, you make a tremendous effort. You push with all your might, and finally you get the flywheel to inch forward. After two or three days of sustained effort, you get the flywheel to complete one entire turn. You keep pushing, and the flywheel begins to move a bit faster. It takes a lot of work, but at last the flywheel makes a second rotation. You keep pushing steadily. It makes three turns, four turns, five, six. With each turn, it moves faster, and then—at some point, you can't say exactly when—you break through. The momentum of the heavy wheel kicks in your favor. It spins faster and faster, with its own weight propelling it. You aren't pushing any harder, but the flywheel is accelerating, its momentum building, its speed increasing.
This is The Flywheel Effect!
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Greetings all! My name is Jeff. I'm here to share my progress on the iron journey and more importantly, learn from you all. I came late to the game - started lifting in 2016 at the age of 41. I've been a slow learner - made little progress for the first several years and finally started to figure things out in 2019-2020 around the age of 46. I've been making steady progress since then.
The driving force behind any progress I've made is the concept of the Flywheel - it takes a lot of work to get moving but once it's started results can compound quickly. In this context, the flywheel concept manifests itself in the form of consistently showing up in the gym, and continually learning and applying what I learn.
Current PR's
Squat: 305
Bench: 200
Deadlift: 455
Press: 125
I expect these will change over time, so here's the link to see what they are now if you're reading this in the future: memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=3482
For all of 2022 I was focused on building my Bench (added 15 lbs) and Deadlift (added 40 lbs). This year focus shifts to Squats and Pressing. I'm already making good progress, setting a 20 pound PR on my Paused Squat 2 weeks ago and a 10 pound PR on Seated Overhead Press earlier this week, so I'm excited to see where I get to at years end.
The general approach that I've found works well for me is to focus on volume work for 3-6 months at a stretch and break it up with 2-4 week periods where I focus almost exclusively on heavy low volume work. I plan to continue with this approach this year. During the volume phases I do still work in heavy singles as I've found that my body reacts to them very well.
I'll be logging my workouts here 4-6 days per week and am always thankful for comments, questions, and suggestions, so feel free to join me on the journey. Cheers!