05/23/2020
Yup, I said it, and I know I'll probably get some differing opinions here but hear me out:
FOR THE GENERAL POPULATION, working out isn't enjoyable because they've been led to believe that HARDER and more INTENSE is BETTER.
There's a reason why 85% of people who start a workout program quit within 6-8 weeks due to injury or pain: because their bodies weren't ready to workout that hard to begin with.
Don't get me wrong, I used to train two hours a day (before I was married with a kid and all I did was spend hours in the gym training clients--it was my environment 5-6 days a week and all my brain knew at the time was strength training and endless cardio), but after diving deeper into neurology 🧠 and how the nervous system works, I soon realized that I had it all wrong.
Many of us don't realize that EXERCISE IS A STRESSOR to our body: we can have too much or too little of it.
And, while I do believe it's important to challenge yourself and get better at things that are hard for you, the majority of us are already under way too much stress to begin with and adding INTENSE, GRUELING workouts to our lives doesn't actually make us BETTER in the long run.
YOUR WORKOUTS DON'T HAVE TO BREAK YOU.
Your workouts should make you more functional after, more flexible, stronger, increase your peripheral awareness 👁 (and not give you tunnel vision), but unfortunately the fitness industry has led us to believe that BETTER = sweatier, sore for days, vomiting during or after a workout, and unable to walk normally after.
My question to you is: do you enjoy putting yourself through the wringer for workout purposes OR do you dislike working out because of that very issue? Maybe you were overworked by a trainer before or think that the only way to workout is to basically kill yourself in the gym.
Let me know, I'd love to hear your thoughts! And, if you're looking for a different approach to fitness and exercise, please message me about some 1:1 coaching.
