I have been working on a new feature for my personal strength and condition tracking site strengthnotes.com called standards and goals. As I have gotten older my training has changed from trying to reach new one time lifting maxes for example back squat 350-400lbs, bench 300lbs or deadlift 500lbs to building repeatable goals I will call standards these are exercise accomplishments that can be repeated every week/month etc on a continuous basis.
Building this new feature I wanted something that allowed me to build sustainable accomplishments and make sure I meet them on a regular basis. As an example when I started back squatting again due to a nagging long term injury my first standard I wanted to reach was 135lbs after I had reached that I was able to move the standard up. I could have easily squatted 200-300lbs in short order but I would have caused issues with my hip instead I wanted something I could do and sustain even if it was not my max.
The difference in my thoughts between a standard and a goal is a goal is a more one time thing where as a standard is something I will do and be able to maintain. I have found that goals do not posses the same values as a standard the older I get. A goal is something we reach and then move on where as a standard is something I reach and maintain.
What is the point of benching 300lbs one time? What is the point of running 5miles one time? Outside of those being great accomplishments the real value would be doing something you can repeat and then repeating that activity on a regular basis for long periods of time. No longer wanting to set any special record but train long term in a sustainable way standards make the most sense to me.
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