1)It’s HARD Make no mistake, you will be tested Getting fit- and staying there- requires hard work, dedication and commitment. It becomes an all-consuming lifestyle which few are capable of, and even fewer can accept after years of lethargy. It is a long, hard journey full of failure and frustration. If this was easy, everyone would be fit. 2) Patience Is a Virtue This will not be easy. It will not be over quickly. The body does not like change, and it adapts slowly. It will fight you every step of the way, and it will only give progress grudgingly. It may take weeks, even months before you notice change. Others will notice results before you do. This will take time- Do not falter. 3) You Are What You Eat Feed the machine. Feed it well. You cannot eat crap and get results. The body creates and heals from the fuel you feed it. Feed it well, and the body will return in kind. There is no more important factor to progress than the fuel you stoke the fire with. Choose Wisely 4) The Body Is a System, and Works As Such Train the movement, not the muscle. Your body is a miracle of evolutionary design; systems of systems working together to form the most elegant and complex biological creation in existence. Everything we do in life requires more than one part of our body, and several systems working together. Why would you isolate your muscles when you train, when everything you do in life requires the body to act as a unit? 5) Rest Is Your Friend, Not a Sign of Weakness In importance, rest ranks right up there with diet. Seriously! You improve when you rest. You get stronger when you rest. First you tear away at the muscle, then you let it heal, which makes the muscle stronger; it is how the body works. Sleep is your friend; get at least eight hours of it per night in the summer, and more in the winter. Listen to your body. Do not be afraid of rest. 6) Don’t Use Machines: Become One Workout machines have a purpose; Fitness is not it. Those large “exercise” apparatus clogging up much needed and useful space in your gym are not designed to make you fit, although they do make excellent rehabilitation tools if you’ve been injured. Avoid in favour of something useful. 7) You Cannot Get Fit By Running on a Glorified Hamster Wheel If it is boring enough that you can do it while watching television, it is not fitness. Getting fit requires effort, and effort requires exertion. If you have enough left over that you can follow the news or your favourite talk show, you’re not pushing hard enough. Get outside and move- preferably off the beaten path. 8) Bodybuilding Is Not Fitness Bodybuilding is aesthetic body modification, and an unhealthy one at that. Think about living this way: Lift big for two hours a day, and live for “the pump” you get after each exercise. Walk on a treadmill for another 30-60 minutes. Eat 5000-6000 calories per day of whatever you can put in front of you. Preferably meat and whole wheat bread products. Take incredible amounts of suspect supplements, dosed liberally with cycles of steroids. You are “off-contest” and are, on average, 30-60lbs overweight, 20-30lbs if you are a woman. Now, for a period of 8-12 weeks, you cut your carbs to almost zero, take every fat burning supplement you can get your hands on, and “cut” yourself down to “contest” weight. You have only enough energy for a workout and to sit on the couch. At the same time, you begin to dehydrate yourself, so that your body “dries out” and your skin is thinner to give the muscles more definition. You stay that way for 8 weeks or so, long enough for you to paint yourself orange with spray tan and compete in the contests, and then begin to eat at an enormous rate once again. Repeat cycle. What in there is healthy? Where in there is “fitness”? 9) You’re Going to Hear/Read/See a LOT of Bullshit 90% is bullshit; 9% is the basics, and the rest is cutting-edge. Choose wisely. The fitness industry isn’t a paramedical industry (although it should be). It’s a SALES industry, and people will tell you ANYTHING to get a sale. Spot reduction, squats are bad for your knees, this supplement makes you bigger, fat burning “zones”, “toning” shoes, and why running for 6 hours a day makes you fit. Buy this to burn off that, buy these to get better at this. Buy my book/seminar/DVD/T-Shirt to be faster/stronger/better than them. It’s all Bullshit. The people who actually care will show in their passion, and will never try to sell you anything but their time and knowledge. Very often, they’ll even give that away for free. 10) Education Is the Best Tool In Your Toolbox Knowledgeable people can make better decisions. At the end of the day, how you approach bettering yourself is up to you. Whether it’s physically, mentally or emotionally, improving oneself is, at the heart of it, about the ability to do what needs to be done, to push yourself through to the end and see it done, regardless of the toll or effort. In that pursuit, there is no greater ally than knowledge. It can help you see through the fog, distinguish friend from foe, and right from wrong. Never Stop Learning! STAY MOTIVATED! |
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