So this time of year in the holidays is about making sure your exercise sessions go in, and then making them productive.
First of all, you will probably know by now that I like to avoid doing mindless cardio that doesn’t really make the most of your time at the gym.
That type of training should have disappeared in the 1980’s and 1990’s, but unfortunately I do hear of it happening still today. This is usually due to a lack of direction being shown in one’s exercise programme, or a “tell them to go on there for half an hour and forget about them” type of attitude.
Getting individuals to stay on a treadmill for long, slow periods, staying on the bike at a low intensity for long boring experiences, are what I would consider an insult to the person’s intelligence I was training. Doing “a bit of weights now and again” is not acceptable either, you should exercise with purpose and look for constant improvements every 1-2 weeks.
There’s far more productive ways to train and this is why we will never become a “go through the motions” type of gym, and definitely not a gym who concentrates on getting a direct debit out of you and hoping you never show up! This is why too that every bit of exercise we do in the gym is going to directly benefit you, rely on the latest science of training, and directly show on your body, and your heart strength when you get your regular in detail measurements.
This is why we retain most people who join too, and therefore don’t rely on the typical January rush, training should be a lifestyle change that is achievable, and not ripping you off on a 6-18 month contract where the only pounds disappearing will be from your pocket.
So if you’re looking for your cardio in a quick period of time, you need to focus and concentrate on targets that will regularly change for the better.
A simple way of looking at it is to look at these two examples.
Lets say in week one you can manage 5 minutes on the rowing machine in a particular training interval, and you’re really tired after that so you need plenty of rest before moving on to other things.
Then after week three, you’re up to 10 minutes on the rower, and you can do some boxing with me with no rest.
Then after week eight maybe, you’re into set specific metre challenges on the rower, you are doing walking or even running up on the railway bridge right next to the gym, and you hit the ropes hard, and THEN finish off with a flurry of punches with a boxing session with me.
This is only an example, and all different scenarios are possible, of course only working within that individual’s capability and I never overwork anyone past their boundaries in that particular session. Some people will be more capable than others of course, but every single person should be capable of SIGNIFICANT improvement at
regular intervals.
Now THIS IS PROGRESS and you’re starting to feel alive again! This is achievable at ANY AGE.
This is why the results are coming in thick and fast and this is why you should never accept mindless “programmes” that never consider you as an individual, and if you’re going to improve or not!!!
Trust in results.
