If you ask someone if they’d like to be more fit, they’d say yes.
If you ask them what they are doing to accomplish better fitness you will get one of two answers.
1. They start explaining every reason they can’t workout: no time, no money, injuries, family or work obligations, etc.
2. They go into the details of the workout they got out of the last magazine, book, tv fitness experts program, etc. and how much and how hard they are working to achieve improved fitness.
Within these two responses lies the answer to why most people are not succeeding. I can here you now, “I understand why the first one isn’t getting results because they aren’t putting in the required effort. But the second respondent should be achieving great results? What’s the problem”
Of course the first one is easy. This person would like a better fitness level, but isn’t willing to put in the effort and therefore stays where they are or in most cases gets fatter and less fit. The second answer sounds good and seemingly should produce great results, but in more cases than not, it fails. Review these 3 points and see if it doesn’t make better sense:
1. Because one program works for one person, doesn’t guarantee it will work for you. It is more important to find YOUR workout than to grab just any workout claiming to offer results.
2. Most people when attempting to get ‘the’ magic workout from a national media outlet tend to bounce from program to program, never giving any program appropriate time to really work.
3. When reviewing these ‘magic’ programs you will find several things they have in common. They are either of too low intensity and volume or they are too high. You must have the appropriate intensity and volume for YOU and it is unlikely that by bouncing from ‘magic’ program to ‘magic’ program you will find the right mix for you.
I’m not saying that the programs from these outlets didn’t work, but it’s unlikely they will work for YOU, because they weren’t designed for you.
The biggest reason for lack of success in people who are trying hard and working diligently at achieving success is OVERTRAINING! That’s right, they are working tooooooo hard. They are putting in way too much effort, restricting calories too much and they begin to lose energy, burn muscle, and limit results. I know this runs counterintuitive to commonsense, but it’s true.
It is important to provide the appropriate amount of breakdown (stimulus) to produce growth. Once you’ve broken the muscle down, you must give it time to recover and regrow. Finally, you must give it appropriate nutrients to be able to repair and rebuild. A balance of these three (Breakdown, Recovery, Nutrition) is critical for improved fitness.
Look at your training program and determine if it is covering each of the three and in the proper proportions. If you have questions or need help balancing it all out – call me for an appointment to get you Maximum Results in MInimum Time – 269-967-6300.
