It should be fairly obvious to everyone now that you won’t get the best out of yourself by going around a few machines, doing some light weights that you cannot really feel, and classing this as true resistance work that will actually change
your body.
Pretty machines should have been throw in the scrapyard for the usefulness they actually give your body. Unfortunately, they are the easy option for many places because nobody has to keep supervising you on them, and they are a low cost option for them.
They tend to work your body over one plane of motion only, and in a very limiting one. This is the worst way to prepare for your normal daily life, and the challenges that lift constantly brings in terms of movement.
Simply “hoping” for the best shouldn’t be your only option.
There’s too much science and experience out there to give you this option.
Some places may show you around a couple of machines and leave you get on with it, but the thought of doing that would mean to me that we are short changing you, we wouldn’t be caring about your development, and indeed “hoping for the best”! You can’t play around with anyone’s health.
You have to hit your body over many different angles, replicating life’s movements and sporting challenges/situations if you play sport.
We try to make your training specific to your daily life, your sporting life and everything in between.
Being prepared and taking preventative steps for the onset of old age is vital too. Don’t accept as you get older that life slows down, or even stops in some cases.
There is absolutely no reason why you cannot do 99% of the things you used to do when you were 25 years of age, all it takes is careful planning and building your body, coordination, strength, speed, rehab for older injuries/weaknesses, balance and increasing reflexes again.
Don’t settle for mediocrity and don’t accept your best days are behind you, there’s always a way to re-discover what your body can do again.
Movement is medicine.
