Baaaaa Baaaaaa

Whenever I work out at a commercial gym, I see people doing the same ineffective things over and over again!! I'm talking about things like reading a magazine on the elliptical, going around from machine to machine without a purpose, or lifting very light weights for "the pump". It's called the sheep mentality, which is basically following the herd or blindly doing what everyone else is doing. This is especially prevalent in the fitness industry with all the myths and resident gym "gurus" who think they know it all.

Getting the body you want isn't as easy as the informercials and Muscle and Fiction magazines make it out to be. Let's face it, look around any commercial gym (which the majority of people work out at), and most just don't bust their ass and work that hard. When you set a goal, also realize that to get to that goal is going to take some effort and intensity. A good rule of thumb is to look around the gym and do the exact opposite of what "the herd" are doing. If your goal is worth anything to you, pick the exercises that no one else are willing to do. There's a reason the pull up bar and squat rack are usually empty or that you rarely ever see anyone sprinting on the treadmill. It's because they're damn HARD, but it's those physically and mentally challenging exercises that will produce unbelievable results!

A good example was this weekend when I took a couple clients out to the track for some circuits with the prowler, sandbags, and running stairs. One client finished before the other, and said she was gonna "jog" around the track a few times while waiting for my other client to finish (It was that client's first time doing this workout and she caught a case of the "prowler flu"). The sheep mentality was in full effect since there were plenty of "joggers" out that day. Now my client wants a" Jessica Beil esque" body and I've read her workouts which does not include "jogging" (click to read why jogging sucks imo). So I just said, no, no ,no, NOOOO, and had her do some sprints (50m sprints, walk back, repeated 6x's) to finish her off, muahahahaha!!! Jessica Biel does not "jog"
Biel again, WOW

Ok, Ok, back to today's topic. Let me say this again, to get the body you desire takes hard work! Success is when your inspiration meets your perspiration. Don't follow the herd, think outside the box, be different than the norm. Be the person everyone else stares at for going against the grain and pushing the pace!!