If you always do what you've always done.....
then you'll always get what you've always got.
Normally I blog about running or something distantly related to it, but not today - well maybe a little bit. Taught cycle class Monday night and had a guy we'll call 'Short Round' not because of the Indiana Jones & the Temple of Doom character, but because he is...short and round. Well he's at the Y most every evening and he comes to my classes off and on and has for close to 3 maybe 4 years and you know what? He looks exactly the same! Now, if he was large and getting smaller, it'd make sense but he's not. I also carefully watch my class participants when I'm not engaging in witty banter and I design the classes to be uh, hard. But he always sits on his bike, zero tension (for those who don't 'Spin', you increase or decrease the tension (difficulty in pedaling) to vary the intensity of the workout) and just 'rotates' the pedals; basically wasting his time and his 'short roundness' demonstrates this. If you're there for the camaraderie, great, but really, a gym? C'mon - if you workout at all you'll increase muscle mass, get leaner and maybe shave a few pounds...maybe. But, if you never vary your workout, if you just barely put forth any effort to raise your heart rate, if you just do the minimum workout to get by and you wonder why you can never lose weight......well....
Here's the deal - if you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got......PERIOD! If you want to make a change in something running wise, appearance wise, exercise wise; no more PR's? Can't get below 2:00 in a Half or 4:00 in a marathon? Or under 21:00, 25:00, 30:00 minutes in a 5K? You have got to shake it up! One definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. It's like taking a carton of milk out of the refrigerator, smelling it WHEW! It's sour - then putting back in the fridge thinking, "maybe it'll be fresh tomorrow."
Don't be short round (man, is he irritating), Gandhi said "You must be the change you wish to see." Step out! Think/meditate a day or 2 on what do I really want? Then look at what you've been doing (or not doing) in the past and CHANGE IT! You can, you really can! Small changes at first, but be dedicated to them and when some changes start happening it will inspire you further. Be patient, change happens slowly, it's your body; you can't grow hair over night (or in my case....ehh, never mind) so be patient with workouts, nutrition, new stuff - give it time!
Slowly you'll see the changes you desire, you'll still be a little crazy - as Buffet said, "If we weren't all crazy, we'd all go insane."
Got to love running in this weather! Wow, got in an up tempo 6 yesterday. It felt great to put on sunglasses to run, to sweat like a packhorse, see the sun and feel some warmth. 3 weeks to St. Louis and can't blow this one off.....
Normally I blog about running or something distantly related to it, but not today - well maybe a little bit. Taught cycle class Monday night and had a guy we'll call 'Short Round' not because of the Indiana Jones & the Temple of Doom character, but because he is...short and round. Well he's at the Y most every evening and he comes to my classes off and on and has for close to 3 maybe 4 years and you know what? He looks exactly the same! Now, if he was large and getting smaller, it'd make sense but he's not. I also carefully watch my class participants when I'm not engaging in witty banter and I design the classes to be uh, hard. But he always sits on his bike, zero tension (for those who don't 'Spin', you increase or decrease the tension (difficulty in pedaling) to vary the intensity of the workout) and just 'rotates' the pedals; basically wasting his time and his 'short roundness' demonstrates this. If you're there for the camaraderie, great, but really, a gym? C'mon - if you workout at all you'll increase muscle mass, get leaner and maybe shave a few pounds...maybe. But, if you never vary your workout, if you just barely put forth any effort to raise your heart rate, if you just do the minimum workout to get by and you wonder why you can never lose weight......well....
Here's the deal - if you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got......PERIOD! If you want to make a change in something running wise, appearance wise, exercise wise; no more PR's? Can't get below 2:00 in a Half or 4:00 in a marathon? Or under 21:00, 25:00, 30:00 minutes in a 5K? You have got to shake it up! One definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. It's like taking a carton of milk out of the refrigerator, smelling it WHEW! It's sour - then putting back in the fridge thinking, "maybe it'll be fresh tomorrow."
Don't be short round (man, is he irritating), Gandhi said "You must be the change you wish to see." Step out! Think/meditate a day or 2 on what do I really want? Then look at what you've been doing (or not doing) in the past and CHANGE IT! You can, you really can! Small changes at first, but be dedicated to them and when some changes start happening it will inspire you further. Be patient, change happens slowly, it's your body; you can't grow hair over night (or in my case....ehh, never mind) so be patient with workouts, nutrition, new stuff - give it time!
Slowly you'll see the changes you desire, you'll still be a little crazy - as Buffet said, "If we weren't all crazy, we'd all go insane."
Got to love running in this weather! Wow, got in an up tempo 6 yesterday. It felt great to put on sunglasses to run, to sweat like a packhorse, see the sun and feel some warmth. 3 weeks to St. Louis and can't blow this one off.....
Very well said. It boggles my mind when I go to the gym and see folks just hanging out and not working out...I came to the gym to sweat, get a great workout and push myself...their loss right?
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