Do Your Homework!

Being a member of a fitness club, you have many options on how to go about getting in shape and maintaining your level of fitness. Some elect personal training as a vehicle to guide and motivate them through this process, which is smart. Even personal trainers seek knowledge, advice, and training from other colleagues and health professionals. Anyway, some of my clients see me sporadically, while the ones benefiting the most see me once, twice, or even three times a week, it is not really what we do in our sessions that are yielding them the results they seek. Granted, when we are getting in structured workouts multiple times per week and have more face-to-face time, we should expect a greater level of guidance, corrective work, and regular progress, however, if a client is only "showing up" one to three hours out of the 168 total that make up a week, the level of results (or lack there of) will tell the story itself. Just like if the only time you care for your overall health and condition is when you are with your physician, you will surely be in trouble! However, if you are an active participant in managing your health and fitness as you should be, the results will come. Completing suggested assignments such as tracking your food intake and working to tweak your diet, performing exercises and workouts given by your trainer, and also learning more about health in general and steering clear of the usual obstacles and foreseen roadblocks between you and your goals. Sounds hard, but understand you must make changes if you want to expect results. It starts with you, and if today is an improvement from yesterday, tomorrow will surely be an improvement upon today. Robin Sharma says it like this, "If you improve by 1% each day, then at the end of 30 days you will have improved by 30%!" That makes sense and it's easier to do a little at a time than to expect huge leaps and bounds. It just won't work. So listen to your trainer, everyone, and do your homework! It's what you are doing outside of the gym walls that will ultimately help you reach your goals. Some of my clients have already experienced this, (and one in particular has inspired this blog today! Thanks for doing your homework Mike!). Have a great day everyone, and thanks for reading!