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The Course Correction Challenge
Season 3/Episode 40
December 17, 2021
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This is the Ted O'Neill program, a podcast that explores the science and philosophies for performance optimization, and the elevation of the human experience with Ted O'Neill, and Jon Leon Guerrero.
0:23 Jon
Welcome to the Ted O'Neill program. Today is Friday. And we've had a terrific week is talking about traction and distraction. Is it cold out? It's cold this morning. For our morning listeners, it's still cold. Alright, we're going to we're going to warm it up.
0:35 Ted
We're going to warm it up. All right, here we go. So, we've talked about a number of things that might appear fairly esoteric, and I've never happens on this program. Yes. But here we go. And so, I feel like when we talk about things like biological time travel, we're not just making stuff up. So, I promised that we were going to launch an experiment around this. And we are we've already beta tested it. And the result produced something that no other human being on the planet has ever done. So, let's say that was a fairly successful beta test. Yeah, I'd say that's a win. So, I'm just going to go over this first part briefly. It's someone who's never been talked about on the show before. As Brenda Romero, yeah. I've talked about this recently, we filmed some scenes for that for the movie, actually, for what's called the teaser or the sizzle reel in July. Yeah. And during that, there was some shots that that Bree was in that we wanted to get her with, like five plates on her back in the squat. Yeah. Because at that time, we had kind of locked into this concept of dropping down a weight class, and going after the all-time World Record squat, which was 540 pounds at 123. And I think we had already, she'd already made 556, at 132. So, to maintain that strength and go down a whole weight class is no is no small feat. And so, we came up with a plan. And one of the things I had said, initially, when we were talking about this was, you know, to in order to break records, we have to be able to do things that would be commensurate with something that's not been done before. And so, you know, we're going about the training and uncovering these things.
2:19 Jon
And so, let me, let me just recap that case, it flew by somebody, and that is to say that you're aiming for a destination that's never been visited. How could you possibly dare to think you might get there? By traveling on a road that's been traveled?
2:35 Ted
Yeah. And I flew by that on purpose, because this, this goes a step deeper. So, I'm glad you caught it. So, we're going to punctuate that. So, at this time, you know, this is July, and we had a meet coming up, I think, in September. And so, we're thinking this, this is this is a potential. And I'm thinking man, that's, that's a big number. For a little body, you know, so this, this whole thing is kind of locked into this little time capsule into this sizzle reel that we're shooting. And there's a scene where I'm observing as it's like, there's a projection on the wall where Brie as the lifters, it's like a science experiment, right? And on the computer screen, there are stats and all this and it says in the bottom corner 515. So that's the Easter egg for anyone who's I don't know if that seems going to make the movie or if it's just for the sizzle reel. Yeah, but if you look at it closest as 515. So, from this point in July, that was a consideration that was lifted, I knew was potential 545, maybe on the third to go for the world record. And then at some point, just in the training, we'd kind of synched up on some things with this idea of doing training that hasn't been done before to produce a result that wasn't done before. And she's a student of all things that we offer
3:46 Jon
a very willing participant in all Yes, things in a demonstrator that have infinite capacity, it seems
3:53 Jon
right. And, and achieving levels of consummate mastery along the way. And so, there was, you know, I just I locked into this thought for a second. It's, you know, no one's ever done a five times bodyweight squat in the female division in any way class. And so, I looked that up a little bit, I confirmed it. And so, for me, that was an instant shifting of the gears, right? She's going to break the record anyway. Yeah, it didn't matter. I mean, she's like three minutes into our powerlifting career. So, at some point, many records are going to fall and so I thought, well, that's great. It's a record but you know, some of the next weekend could do the same thing. Sure. But there's very few firsts that remain in sport. And when you can be the first to do something. It points to something totally different. Yeah. Then breaking a record and that's amazing. That's, that's at that point in time. You're the greatest Yep. I've ever done something. But if you look at in the in the history of a sport and all Federation's and all weight classes, no one in the female division ever made a five times bodyweight squat. That was something where we had some offline discussions where it was like look, this is worth pursuing. Yeah. But you're about to reform the expectation of human potential.
5:07 Ted
Yeah. So the shortcut to that is, you know, fast forward from July, July into September, and then we rolled into a meet in November, where you know, she makes weight. So, we're in the 123 class didn't have a huge amount of weight to lose. So, she's not one who's dropping a huge weight, which is often a competitive. This is someone who has a lifter, by the way, as a coach, it's funny for me, because I know how to advantage certain things. This is someone who has like stacked the deck so far against herself in these particular endeavors that she doesn't even understand what that means. Yeah, but we're training like at body weight. So, we're not 10 pounds up and cutting 10 We're cutting like, two or three. Yeah. You know, historically, what's a vegetarian? Right? Is it using any kind of performance enhancing drugs, which, that's not a judgment from me on the sport, that's usually this goes hand in hand with that level of achievement? So, none of the things that everyone else is doing to make these numbers aren't part of it. So, we have to bring this from somewhere totally else. And that's the doing something totally different. Yeah. So fast forward into this point in time that actually happened. 617 Squat at 123, the first to ever do it. So, what is what does this have to do with what we're talking about? Well, we use this concept of traction distraction in a beta test format, you had alluded to it for a moment, to where the thought was, if we create a series of more intentional events, are we not then creating some changes in the timeline? Because you can you can squat, say, 515, at 123 be the second best ever, and have that number probably stand in the top 10 for 10 more years. So that's not insignificant in and of itself. Yeah, in any way, shape, or form. So that to close that gap in a matter of months, is not a normal thing. And we get so used to hearing about people's amazing accomplishments that we think well, that was just, it's whatever, it's just something you hear it goes in one ear out to next year. It's something you see in the headline, and its Wow, and then, you know, so we lose the profundity? Yes, behind it. But to close that gap, I added, like another 100 pounds, in a matter of months, by not really changing things dramatically in the physical or not doing any of the things that everyone else is doing to reach those heights. Yeah, to gain those advantages. And to do this through mental and emotional training as the primary means. That is something that is, like you said, it's now reshaping the expectation. So, one of the things that we did and this wasn't even four months on it, this was this was for, for a period of time, taking this concept, and four times an hour setting an alarm where every 15 minutes, the alarm goes off as to check in. And then the question is, is what you're doing right now? completely in alignment? Or does it completely match the resonant energy signature? Of the person who's doing five times bodyweight squat? Wow. So, then you have to be on point physically, mentally, emotionally, energetically to be able to say yes, and if not, what can I course correct right now and again, this isn't, this wasn't a perfect process. This isn't like, Okay, show me the numbers and 100 times out of it. Yeah, I'm killing it every single moment I'm locked in. It's no i this, I'm struggling with this, this didn't happen. But every time there's a course correction, guess what I call that. That's the rep. That's the rep, the course correction in the moment, that's the mental and the emotional and the energetic rep. So then, this is why we can say that the physical representation of the demonstration of repetitions is not the most important thing, because the training is happening outside in a way that's just as intentional as it happens inside the gym. So, we're getting these reps, four times an hour. And so if we just do some simple math on this, and compare it to this concept of 95% of the time, as adults, we're totally checked out in a pre-programmed state, and you could then have in 10 hours, let's say a 12 hour day, that's 50-ish, intentional moments where you're checking in is in is what I'm doing right now. Completely synced up and lined up with this vision of my future that I have no physical evidence of, and if not, what do I do right now to correct.
9:24 Jon
Yeah, 48 to 50 reps of intention in
9:28 Ted
a day in a day. So that's, by the way, that's exhausting.
9:33 Jon
Yeah. And many of us have three reps of intention in a day or in a month.
9:36 Ted
Right? And when I say I mean true intention to where you're really, you're not comparing something from the past, you're stepping into the unknown. This isn't a comparison of the it's so easy to fall in that trap is we do it 95% of the time. So, we are absolutely skilled masters, at fooling ourselves into thinking we're conscious. Yeah, when we're not If you can predict the feeling or the outcome of something that you think you're talking about, then you're running a pre-programmed set of variables where you're comparing new information against the backdrop of what you already know. So, in this case, we had no idea how any of this is going to turn out. Well, I guess I guess the two of us did. And that meant we were locked in. And that was going to happen. So, if you can hold that I keep using this term right.
10:28 Jon
Now, I'm going to say two, because we keep talking about resonating. Yeah, the two of you knew that. So absolutely. I was fortunate enough to be in the environment at the time. We all entrained to that we all knew it too.
10:43 Ted
Well, that's the power of community. Yeah. You know, when you so that, that then creates a field that everyone in trains to and I think the bigger and the more powerful that field is, the more you can draw from it. And you can make all kinds of physical representations of that as well. Right. But if that's in the collective consciousness, and we have no doubt this is going to happen. That really is this is this is not mysticism. By the way. This could just very easily be looked at as waveform physics, if you want to put hard science to it. That's simply what we're talking about. So, this, this is the thing. So that's where the training was, the training is those repetitions in those moments of saying this is who I'm being right now. The person I would have to be to have achieved this. And if not, how do I close that gap course? Correct? Right now? Yeah. So, we'd begin then to have way more intentional moments. And then what outcome is going to is going to be developed from that way of thinking and practicing. Because that's something that you can get better at the same way you can get better at playing an instrument, or playing a sport, or engaging anything, the more practice you have, the more focused practice you have, with a measure of specificity toward a desired outcome. That would then be the path to mastery. Yeah. And if you're relentless in that pursuit, and you're applying faith, encourage every as verbs, not as nouns, right? You're in the state of action. You're in the state of traction, those wheels are turning driving you uphill. And when you get into that moment where they're spinning you develop the courage and the faith to course correct and you keep going on. That's the rep
0:23 Jon
Welcome to the Ted O'Neill program. Today is Friday. And we've had a terrific week is talking about traction and distraction. Is it cold out? It's cold this morning. For our morning listeners, it's still cold. Alright, we're going to we're going to warm it up.
0:35 Ted
We're going to warm it up. All right, here we go. So, we've talked about a number of things that might appear fairly esoteric, and I've never happens on this program. Yes. But here we go. And so, I feel like when we talk about things like biological time travel, we're not just making stuff up. So, I promised that we were going to launch an experiment around this. And we are we've already beta tested it. And the result produced something that no other human being on the planet has ever done. So, let's say that was a fairly successful beta test. Yeah, I'd say that's a win. So, I'm just going to go over this first part briefly. It's someone who's never been talked about on the show before. As Brenda Romero, yeah. I've talked about this recently, we filmed some scenes for that for the movie, actually, for what's called the teaser or the sizzle reel in July. Yeah. And during that, there was some shots that that Bree was in that we wanted to get her with, like five plates on her back in the squat. Yeah. Because at that time, we had kind of locked into this concept of dropping down a weight class, and going after the all-time World Record squat, which was 540 pounds at 123. And I think we had already, she'd already made 556, at 132. So, to maintain that strength and go down a whole weight class is no is no small feat. And so, we came up with a plan. And one of the things I had said, initially, when we were talking about this was, you know, to in order to break records, we have to be able to do things that would be commensurate with something that's not been done before. And so, you know, we're going about the training and uncovering these things.
2:19 Jon
And so, let me, let me just recap that case, it flew by somebody, and that is to say that you're aiming for a destination that's never been visited. How could you possibly dare to think you might get there? By traveling on a road that's been traveled?
2:35 Ted
Yeah. And I flew by that on purpose, because this, this goes a step deeper. So, I'm glad you caught it. So, we're going to punctuate that. So, at this time, you know, this is July, and we had a meet coming up, I think, in September. And so, we're thinking this, this is this is a potential. And I'm thinking man, that's, that's a big number. For a little body, you know, so this, this whole thing is kind of locked into this little time capsule into this sizzle reel that we're shooting. And there's a scene where I'm observing as it's like, there's a projection on the wall where Brie as the lifters, it's like a science experiment, right? And on the computer screen, there are stats and all this and it says in the bottom corner 515. So that's the Easter egg for anyone who's I don't know if that seems going to make the movie or if it's just for the sizzle reel. Yeah, but if you look at it closest as 515. So, from this point in July, that was a consideration that was lifted, I knew was potential 545, maybe on the third to go for the world record. And then at some point, just in the training, we'd kind of synched up on some things with this idea of doing training that hasn't been done before to produce a result that wasn't done before. And she's a student of all things that we offer
3:46 Jon
a very willing participant in all Yes, things in a demonstrator that have infinite capacity, it seems
3:53 Jon
right. And, and achieving levels of consummate mastery along the way. And so, there was, you know, I just I locked into this thought for a second. It's, you know, no one's ever done a five times bodyweight squat in the female division in any way class. And so, I looked that up a little bit, I confirmed it. And so, for me, that was an instant shifting of the gears, right? She's going to break the record anyway. Yeah, it didn't matter. I mean, she's like three minutes into our powerlifting career. So, at some point, many records are going to fall and so I thought, well, that's great. It's a record but you know, some of the next weekend could do the same thing. Sure. But there's very few firsts that remain in sport. And when you can be the first to do something. It points to something totally different. Yeah. Then breaking a record and that's amazing. That's, that's at that point in time. You're the greatest Yep. I've ever done something. But if you look at in the in the history of a sport and all Federation's and all weight classes, no one in the female division ever made a five times bodyweight squat. That was something where we had some offline discussions where it was like look, this is worth pursuing. Yeah. But you're about to reform the expectation of human potential.
5:07 Ted
Yeah. So the shortcut to that is, you know, fast forward from July, July into September, and then we rolled into a meet in November, where you know, she makes weight. So, we're in the 123 class didn't have a huge amount of weight to lose. So, she's not one who's dropping a huge weight, which is often a competitive. This is someone who has a lifter, by the way, as a coach, it's funny for me, because I know how to advantage certain things. This is someone who has like stacked the deck so far against herself in these particular endeavors that she doesn't even understand what that means. Yeah, but we're training like at body weight. So, we're not 10 pounds up and cutting 10 We're cutting like, two or three. Yeah. You know, historically, what's a vegetarian? Right? Is it using any kind of performance enhancing drugs, which, that's not a judgment from me on the sport, that's usually this goes hand in hand with that level of achievement? So, none of the things that everyone else is doing to make these numbers aren't part of it. So, we have to bring this from somewhere totally else. And that's the doing something totally different. Yeah. So fast forward into this point in time that actually happened. 617 Squat at 123, the first to ever do it. So, what is what does this have to do with what we're talking about? Well, we use this concept of traction distraction in a beta test format, you had alluded to it for a moment, to where the thought was, if we create a series of more intentional events, are we not then creating some changes in the timeline? Because you can you can squat, say, 515, at 123 be the second best ever, and have that number probably stand in the top 10 for 10 more years. So that's not insignificant in and of itself. Yeah, in any way, shape, or form. So that to close that gap in a matter of months, is not a normal thing. And we get so used to hearing about people's amazing accomplishments that we think well, that was just, it's whatever, it's just something you hear it goes in one ear out to next year. It's something you see in the headline, and its Wow, and then, you know, so we lose the profundity? Yes, behind it. But to close that gap, I added, like another 100 pounds, in a matter of months, by not really changing things dramatically in the physical or not doing any of the things that everyone else is doing to reach those heights. Yeah, to gain those advantages. And to do this through mental and emotional training as the primary means. That is something that is, like you said, it's now reshaping the expectation. So, one of the things that we did and this wasn't even four months on it, this was this was for, for a period of time, taking this concept, and four times an hour setting an alarm where every 15 minutes, the alarm goes off as to check in. And then the question is, is what you're doing right now? completely in alignment? Or does it completely match the resonant energy signature? Of the person who's doing five times bodyweight squat? Wow. So, then you have to be on point physically, mentally, emotionally, energetically to be able to say yes, and if not, what can I course correct right now and again, this isn't, this wasn't a perfect process. This isn't like, Okay, show me the numbers and 100 times out of it. Yeah, I'm killing it every single moment I'm locked in. It's no i this, I'm struggling with this, this didn't happen. But every time there's a course correction, guess what I call that. That's the rep. That's the rep, the course correction in the moment, that's the mental and the emotional and the energetic rep. So then, this is why we can say that the physical representation of the demonstration of repetitions is not the most important thing, because the training is happening outside in a way that's just as intentional as it happens inside the gym. So, we're getting these reps, four times an hour. And so if we just do some simple math on this, and compare it to this concept of 95% of the time, as adults, we're totally checked out in a pre-programmed state, and you could then have in 10 hours, let's say a 12 hour day, that's 50-ish, intentional moments where you're checking in is in is what I'm doing right now. Completely synced up and lined up with this vision of my future that I have no physical evidence of, and if not, what do I do right now to correct.
9:24 Jon
Yeah, 48 to 50 reps of intention in
9:28 Ted
a day in a day. So that's, by the way, that's exhausting.
9:33 Jon
Yeah. And many of us have three reps of intention in a day or in a month.
9:36 Ted
Right? And when I say I mean true intention to where you're really, you're not comparing something from the past, you're stepping into the unknown. This isn't a comparison of the it's so easy to fall in that trap is we do it 95% of the time. So, we are absolutely skilled masters, at fooling ourselves into thinking we're conscious. Yeah, when we're not If you can predict the feeling or the outcome of something that you think you're talking about, then you're running a pre-programmed set of variables where you're comparing new information against the backdrop of what you already know. So, in this case, we had no idea how any of this is going to turn out. Well, I guess I guess the two of us did. And that meant we were locked in. And that was going to happen. So, if you can hold that I keep using this term right.
10:28 Jon
Now, I'm going to say two, because we keep talking about resonating. Yeah, the two of you knew that. So absolutely. I was fortunate enough to be in the environment at the time. We all entrained to that we all knew it too.
10:43 Ted
Well, that's the power of community. Yeah. You know, when you so that, that then creates a field that everyone in trains to and I think the bigger and the more powerful that field is, the more you can draw from it. And you can make all kinds of physical representations of that as well. Right. But if that's in the collective consciousness, and we have no doubt this is going to happen. That really is this is this is not mysticism. By the way. This could just very easily be looked at as waveform physics, if you want to put hard science to it. That's simply what we're talking about. So, this, this is the thing. So that's where the training was, the training is those repetitions in those moments of saying this is who I'm being right now. The person I would have to be to have achieved this. And if not, how do I close that gap course? Correct? Right now? Yeah. So, we'd begin then to have way more intentional moments. And then what outcome is going to is going to be developed from that way of thinking and practicing. Because that's something that you can get better at the same way you can get better at playing an instrument, or playing a sport, or engaging anything, the more practice you have, the more focused practice you have, with a measure of specificity toward a desired outcome. That would then be the path to mastery. Yeah. And if you're relentless in that pursuit, and you're applying faith, encourage every as verbs, not as nouns, right? You're in the state of action. You're in the state of traction, those wheels are turning driving you uphill. And when you get into that moment where they're spinning you develop the courage and the faith to course correct and you keep going on. That's the rep
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