Short spoken mini-chapter by Brian Johnson describing the physiological concept of the "training effect": the body adapts and strengthens when regularly overloaded just past its comfort zone. He generalizes the concept to skill and habit development (communication, language, music, meditation) and urges consistent, slight overreach to tap untapped capacity.
Hi, this is Brian with another mini chapter from a Philosopher's Notes. This one's called the Training Effect. So the number two coolest thing I learned from my experience getting certified as a trainer, as we discussed in the last chapter, was the science behind how our bodies actually get stronger. In exercise physiology parlance, the process is called the training effect. It goes something like this. First, we need to overload our bodies. We need to go past our current comfort zones and basically ask our body to work a little harder than it's used to working. Not too far past the comfort zone where we're likely to injure ourselves. Think stretch zone, not snap zone. Now, our bodies are remarkably adaptive and don't like getting their butts kicked. And they basically say, hey there, wow. So you want to be able to lift that weight or run that extra mile or swim that extra lap, huh? Well, alrighty then, bring it on. After that little self pep talk, our bodies over compensate, they strengthen themselves so they can handle that new level of stress next time around. Pretty cool, huh? What's really cool is that the training effect applies to every aspect of our lives. If we want to get better at great communication, whether it's in the boardroom or in the bedroom, we've got to go just past our current edge, overloading ourselves with a little more than we're currently comfy with. Same basic thing goes for learning a new language or a musical instrument or a meditation practice or whatever you want to talk about here. So how about a little training? Let's get out there and do some little training effect. Goodness. And P.S. here, gotta drop a little. William James Love, he reminds us, quote, you have enormous untapped power. You, you'll probably never tap because most people never run far enough on their first wind to ever find they have a second. Here's a pps. Here's to tapping that enormous power. There you go, the training effect. We've got to overload our bodies so we can overcompensate and we get stronger. It's not complicated. Find your edge, go a little past it consistently and you will get stronger. It's that simple. Hope you enjoyed. Look forward to sharing more with you soon. Have an awesome day.
