I now only lift weights three days per week. And in those three days, each muscle group is only hit once.

That means that I only get one chance per week to make a difference.

Back when I lifted five or six days per week, there was always a backup plan. If I didn’t give it my all benching, I knew that I would have another chest workout in just a few days.

But now, I don’t have that luxury.

And surprisingly, I’ve come to enjoy the urgency this schedule helps to create.

Now if I have a bad day, I have to wait a whole week before I can try to make up for my poor effort. A week in which I know I’m not taking care of my body the way I want.

It might not sound like much, but this subtle difference goes a long way in motivating me to push through a bad workout.

And it points to the benefit of cutting back of frequency sometimes.

If you enjoy doing something frequently, you might enjoy it even more if you space it out more.

-Brandon