Future is Female Powerlifting #56: How to Implement 5thSet Principles as a System
I was thrilled to speak with Heidi Dehnel and Swede Burns at Future is Female Powerlifting once more! Tune in for an interesting conversation on the parallels between a strength training methodology transformed my perspective on design management.
In this episode we chat about:
How I prioritize tasks while allowing herself and her team “deloads” to avoid burnout and maximize efficiency.
How I am still training through the quarantine through some creative solutioning
Balancing long term initiatives and short term initiatives
What is 5th Set for Powerlifting?
What do most powerlifters have in common?
5 Principles of Competitive Strength Sports That Transferred to my Design Career
You learn a lot about yourself when you’re under the bar and in the hole (what we call the bottom of the squat). Strength sports has a way of exposing your vulnerability with a steady hand while building your confidence with a shaky one. In the spirit of focusing on the latter, let’s talk about the ways strength sports positively impacted my career.
Murphy’s Peaking Cycle
It all begins with an idea.
I’m a superstitious person. If you’ve known me for more than a handful of days, you have probably picked up on this. I don’t fuck with ghosts and cemeteries, I don’t wash my hair on my birthday, I never discuss attempts before a meet, and something always goes wrong with every single meet prep. If I ever experience one undisturbed meet prep, I will immediately be terrified it’s the end of my career.
That being said, there is no such thing as a smooth meet prep for me. Someone close to me gets sick, a breakup happens, a blowout with my best friend, or an injury comes out of nowhere.
You name it, it has probably happened.
On Powerlifting: Some things are more important than making weight
I was fidgeting. I always fidget as the preworkout kicks in. With the wind ripping through my hair, I uselessly tried to clumsily wrap it into a bun, only to have tendrils snake their way out again.
I squeeze his giant hand with my little fingers. The universal sign for “you’re fucking up my hair, slow down.” He drops his foot harder onto the accelerator.
Men.
My phone makes an unfamiliar chime. Shit, I forgot to turn off my ringer. In my distracted state I turn the slim object over, feeling the silky smooth metal under the pads of my fingertips. The flash across the screen screams 6 missed calls from my brother.
Strange. He never calls.
The Chase for Perfection (And being okay with not getting there)
I am a perfectionist at heart. Perhaps because I have been conditioned to be the very best at everything from such a young age. It is therefore, a surprise that I fell in love with powerlifting.