Like analysing your food, analysing the way you exercise is just as important and results giving.
One of the most startling realisations I had was when I discovered that if you were on the same moderate programme for years and years, and you do the same thing day in day out, at the same speed using the same resistance, for the same number of times, then your fitness levels hadn’t really gone anywhere for years.
This statement can be upsetting for a lot of people because the truth can hurt, and an enormous amount of individuals and groups even will do things this way. Change is deeply uncomfortable for most people I have found.
The positives you should take out would be that simply changing things around will almost improve you overnight!! There IS a new world out there waiting for you.
If you simply change your programme regularly, then your body will have to keep adapting to change, and this will usually keep bringing you progress too, which is a benefit many have forgotten about unfortunately!
For example, if you have never done any balance or instability work on an unsteady surface, then you are missing out in a big way.
If you have become totally dependent on machines for your workouts, then I guarantee you that you are missing out on the huge benefits of free weights, and that you are really NOT getting the best out of yourself. Your body needs natural movements as much as possible, for all sorts of reasons and many machines do not come close to providing this!
Training is moving away from machines and has been for some time, there are far more inventive and beneficial ways to train, and you need to explore them and ultimately test your body under brand new conditions.
Freshening everything up is usually a massive positive in every other area of life, time to do the same with your exercise!
Put your trust in RESULTS, instead of machines that are already dinosaurs!
Hi Keri, sorry was not able to make it againt tonite. I feel that at the moment I am not able to commit to the Gym or training for obvious reasons. It is not only the children, my mum’s Chemo starts next week, I think it will hit her hard. She is not doing very well and was very unsteady one her feet today. Could not leave her on her own. I will come when I can, I do enjoy when I am there, but at the moment I cannot give it 100%, and I do know that I have to train at the very least 3 times a week to make a difference. I am sooo tired on times I am guilty of goin for the (quick fix) CHOCOLATE, it doesn’t help, and I am sorry after. My holiday is in 6 weeks and I was hoping to lose a stone by then. I can train in the morning’s after taking Jasmine to school. I will just have to hit the trail on my bike between 9.30 and 10.30, b4 I go to my mum’s. Again thank you for your help and support, and I will see you when ever I can make it. Regards Jean
sorry to hear that and you know you have my continued support in your very difficult situation, let me know how things go.