Are You Getting Some FIVE TIMES A Week?!

Friday, July 15, 2011

So I'm having a conversation this morning with a client who believes that upping her frequency of training  from 3 to 5 times a week would be impossible to do, laying out for me in great detail every reason she could think of to support her premise; "kids, family, work", etc. I hear this sort of thing a lot, and honestly, it normally wouldn't be my concern; I mean, after all...it's their life, right?

The problem becomes mine however, when said person starts complaining of a lack of results. Okay, so now I'm going to take it personally, because you've got to do the work if you want the results...I can't do it for you.

Listen; three times a weeks of training is just fine if you're looking for a mediocre level of fitness and a mediocre body. Sorry if that stings a little, but I've got 34 years of experience that says that statement is true about 95% of the time. 

So unless you fall into the genetically gifted category, if you want the total package, the price you're going to need to pay is 4, preferably 5, days of training a week. To put this into perspective for you, there's a 168 hours in a week, so eight hours a night sleep  plus a 40 hour work week takes away 96 of those hours, leaving you 32 hours left to fit in 5 hours worth of exercise.

Being that those 5 hours of training a week combined with proper nutrition will give you the abundant energy and strength to truly go out and enjoy those remaining 27 hours a week of life with the people that you love to the highest level possible, I'm thinking we need to look very closely at our schedules and find a way to MAKE THOSE 5 DAYS A WEEK HAPPEN...don't you?!!

Any brave souls out there want to contribute some of the creative ways that you've arranged your life to make exercise and eating right a priority...let's hear it! ; )

"The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night." - Longfellow

Yesterday Greg gave ne $500 to hold him accountable, today he shows up and kicks some ass...coincidence?!

WOD
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For Time:
50 Dips
50 Pullups
2 minute rest, then 3000M Row or 2 Mile Run
Warmup 7 Mins Mobilty Drills
Skill Work Headstands - acuumulate 2 minutes of time holding position. Modification - tripod