Pumped; the Halfway Check-in
Aug 1, 2026 · 27 min · 10 segments
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Aug 1, 2026 · 27 min · 10 segments
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So let's kind of get on that topic, is uh, halfway in Pumped, you know? I am, I am, I am loving this program, and I think something for me that has been a struggle is getting out of my, per se, c- like, my security blanket.
Like, I have a lot of programs that are my security blanket that I go to that I know I love, I know I have a lot of fun doing, and I know I'm good at it, and I know how my body responds, and I get, and I get in that routine, and I just feel comfortable.
So when anything is, tries to take me out of that, you know, tr- some- somebody try to pull me out of my security blanket, I get a little wiggy.
And it's crazy.
You know, I guess it's because I've done the same things for so long, right? I mean, I started doing Powerbuild three years ago, when I started first doing the phases with Joe, with Coach Joe.
So it's like, it's hard.
It is really hard for me to take something that's out of, uh, the ordinary for me and to wrap my brain around it.
'Cause I get wiggy.
I get a little scared.
I get a little worried.
I'm like, "I don't know.
I don't know." And, like, 110% I trust my Coach Joe, like, 100 and, like, 50 billion trillion percent.
So I was like, "Okay.
So we're, we're gonna try.
We're gonna do it." And I'm so glad that I did.
Um, from week one to week two, the volume increase was absolutely chef's kiss.
Like, it wasn't crazy.
Like, I love putting up high numbers.
I love doing high volumes, but, like, I don't feel like I need to.
Like, I know my intensity, right? Like, I know what I need to push to get results, right? And I think that's one thing that is something that you learn in your journey as you learn your body, and you're like, "Okay, this is what I need to push to be able to stimulate muscle growth." Because I'm coming from a muscle-building goal, so that's kind of, like, where I talk from.
So it's, it's lifting heavy enough to get that stimulus, right, to get that hypertrophy, to get two to three reps in reserve, to, you know, sometimes hit failure.
And I feel like I'm, I'm there now.
Like, I, I have the knowledge, and I'm able to push myself in a shorter period of time to hit failure, to get close to failure, and get results and not feel like I've been, like, taken out back [laughs] and just, like, totally annihilated.
Because it, it is fun.
I mean, don't get me wrong.
So let's kind of get on that topic, is uh, halfway in Pumped, you know? I am, I am, I am loving this program, and I think something for me that has been a struggle is getting out of my, per se, c- like, my security blanket.
Like, I have a lot of programs that are my security blanket that I go to that I know I love, I know I have a lot of fun doing, and I know I'm good at it, and I know how my body responds, and I get, and I get in that routine, and I just feel comfortable.
So when anything is, tries to take me out of that, you know, tr- some- somebody try to pull me out of my security blanket, I get a little wiggy.
And it's crazy.
You know, I guess it's because I've done the same things for so long, right? I mean, I started doing Powerbuild three years ago, when I started first doing the phases with Joe, with Coach Joe.
So it's like, it's hard.
It is really hard for me to take something that's out of, uh, the ordinary for me and to wrap my brain around it.
'Cause I get wiggy.
I get a little scared.
I get a little worried.
I'm like, "I don't know.
I don't know." And, like, 110% I trust my Coach Joe, like, 100 and, like, 50 billion trillion percent.
So I was like, "Okay.
So we're, we're gonna try.
We're gonna do it." And I'm so glad that I did.
Um, from week one to week two, the volume increase was absolutely chef's kiss.
Like, it wasn't crazy.
Like, I love putting up high numbers.
I love doing high volumes, but, like, I don't feel like I need to.
Like, I know my intensity, right? Like, I know what I need to push to get results, right? And I think that's one thing that is something that you learn in your journey as you learn your body, and you're like, "Okay, this is what I need to push to be able to stimulate muscle growth." Because I'm coming from a muscle-building goal, so that's kind of, like, where I talk from.
So it's, it's lifting heavy enough to get that stimulus, right, to get that hypertrophy, to get two to three reps in reserve, to, you know, sometimes hit failure.
And I feel like I'm, I'm there now.
Like, I, I have the knowledge, and I'm able to push myself in a shorter period of time to hit failure, to get close to failure, and get results and not feel like I've been, like, taken out back [laughs] and just, like, totally annihilated.
Because it, it is fun.
I mean, don't get me wrong.
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