Monday 29 June 2015

Something for nothing

Ok so you’re doing mobility exercises until you can tie yourself in a knot. Taking protein, glutamine, creatine and bcaa's at the correct times in the correct amounts. You have even started weighing your food to make sure it's all in the correct proportions for you. Your meals and workouts are timed to the nano-second so that everything is optimal.

Here is a better question to ask: WHY?

Exercise and diet are our best weapons in the fight for our health and wellbeing so it makes sense that we should use the best tools available to get the desired result.

So why are we doing what we do? One of the biggest influencers of our workouts is the feel good factor. Its why many of us start going to the gym and what keeps all of us going when things are tough and not always going our way. Sure, it feels pretty awesome to hit a 150cm box jump or hold a hand stand, but if your goal is to lose weight then, they can become a distraction and pretty quick you have lost sight of why you started. No matter how good it feels to do these things hitting your goal feels way better!

Cool as it might be to be a 5ft tall, 120 kg guy who can do big jumps and hand stands, but it's not why you started and all the Facebook likes in the world don't help you shed the kilos. Testing yourself is good, in fact it's a cornerstone of success, however the test needs to be appropriate to the goal so it gives us a marker along the way. If your goal is to get stronger then measure strength, lose weight then measure body fat. Having great cardio fitness won't help you bench press your body weight. Keep it relevant.

We all want something for nothing but we in the gym we only get out what we put in. Don't waste time and energy doing something for nothing when it could be better spent elsewhere.

 

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