It only sounds absurd when you've never done it. When you train like that, you are also training your brain. I can remember a time when I thought 220 reps was absurd. I learned better and learning that changed everything.
Step 1: Decide what you want. Step 2: Make a plan for how you are going to achieve it. Step 3: Execute the plan.
Most people never even get past step 1. Of those that do, most usually sabotage themselves with step 2.
It takes a level of will and self-discipline that most people lack.
I guess I never thought losing 100 lbs was possible but I did that anyway. It truly is about having the will to do it. Still, 500 sounds insane. 220 I can see getting to if I was super skinny. I'm not sure I want to lose much more than 10 lbs at this point though.
"Still, 500 sounds insane." And that is why most people will never do it. The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is just that little bit extra.
Maybe "losing 10 pounds" isn't the goal you really need to focus on. A bathroom scale can only tell you your total mass. That's all it measures. If you lose fat but gain muscle mass, your scales will tell you there's been no change. It can't tell you how your clothes fit, or the measurements of your waist, hips, chest, thighs and arms. It doesn't measure speed or force.
I get the point you're making...
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