Want to be Lazy?

Stop. Ask yourself this question: why shouldn’t I get in shape?

Laziness, obviously. However, do you want to be lazy? Physical fitness is not something that some people have and some people don’t – it’s not something that some people should decide to do and some people should decide not to do. It’s something that everyone as human beings is entitled to, and should be responsible for.

What’s more important than being healthy? Because if you think about it, all of those other things you enjoy in life – friends, family, hobbies – none of it would be possible without good health. So make time for it.

You don’t have to be a bodybuilder or an athlete to be in good shape. Those are just words anyway – the best athletes and bodybuilders are people just like you, who either gravitated towards athletics from an early age or simply decided they wanted to get in better shape. A lot of models and bodybuilders fall in the latter group. Why? Because once you really make the decision to get in shape – and make it an important part of your life – you will continue to reach a higher level of fitness, until you realize that there is no limit. Why limit yourself?

Even if you don’t want to look like a “freaky” bodybuilder (which is hard to do, so don’t worry too much), you can still vastly improve your current physique. There is always room for improvement. Furthermore, even if you don’t care very much about improving your physique, the benefits of a strength training and/or cardio program will factor over into other aspects of your life. Not only will you be healthier, but you’ll perform better in sports, as well as in every day situations, such as lifting heavy objects.

You already know all this. I’m wasting my time. Go get in shape.

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Summer Fitness Training Montage

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5 Tips to Help You Succeed

Succeeding in fitness is all about consistency. NEVER QUIT. It is a life-long journey. If you stray off the path, just get back on it. It is as simple as that. Here are five tips to help keep you on that track, and to help you get back on it if you lose your way…

1. Take pictures of yourself. Vain? Maybe. Helpful toward your fitness goals? Definitely. When it seems like you aren’t making any progress, it’s great to be able to look back at old pictures and realize that you are.

2. Log every workout. EVERY workout. Make it as hard as – or harder than – the one before it. Log the weight that you used for each exercise (if any), the number of reps, the number of sets, and keep track of how much rest you are taking between sets.

3. Log what you eat, every day. Improve your diet, slowly but surely, and keep improving it. Sure, there will be periods where you lull in your regimen, but log it anyway. Log cheat days and cheat foods. This will help you figure out how much you are actually cheating, as well as how on-track you actually are.

4. Listen to your body. This means possibly even skipping a workout if you are still recovering from a previous one. If you need to push your 1-week split into 2 weeks, do it. The important thing is to be honest with yourself. Do you really need more time to recover, or are you just being lazy?

5. Stretch and do trigger point massage therapy every day. Do dynamic stretches in the morning, as a bare minimum. Do trigger point massage therapy at night, on the places you need it most. Personally, my hamstrings often get out of whack, and trigger point work helps. Use a PVC pipe, if nothing else. It actually works even better than the foam rollers, but it takes some getting used to.

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