Getting out of your comfort zone regularly when it comes to your training should be your number one priority but most people are either scared, cant be bothered or don’t know how to change the programme they initially started with the first day they were shown how to train.
This is almost a “silent killer” when it comes to progressing year after year.
Do this experiment-think of all the people you know who regularly exercise and perhaps they have been for many years.
Then think of in terms of a percentage, how many of them have actually IMPROVED year in year out over those years.
If you get 20% you would be lucky.
Then, another experiment for you to try!
If you know a couple of these people well enough to ask, then trying questioning them on how they train, and then ask them on the last time they actually changed anything substantial with their training?
I’m not talking about one or two exercises, I am talking about their speed or tempo of their workout, their rep ranges, the workout frequency, whether they just use weight, just do cardio, mix them both up, and do they do any core stability work, and what lengths do they go to in the core strengthening?
Do they use medicine balls, bosu balls, swiss balls for example, and what variations of these exercises do they use?
If you carry on with this line of questioning and they soon get agitated or fed up that you want to know, or just dismissive saying they are on the “best programme and that’s that”!!! Then you know they are becoming all defensive and they know deep down that they are now unwilling to change at this “late stage” seemingly in their “training career”.
The truth is that everyone needs to change regularly and test themselves in different ways. This not only keeps things fresh and fun, but will give you the regular results and health benefits we are all looking for!
