Dont’ Expect …….
It’s funny, day after day a friend of mine and I read through the blogs on this site, and read where people are getting frustrated with the results (or lack thereof) they are getting from their workouts. And every day I go to the gym, and watch people do these workout routines, and then question why they aren’t getting anywhere. So I thought I would stop and write down some basic rules to help out here.
First, don’t expect….
To see any major weight loss if all you do is go to the gym, walk on the treadmill for 30 minutes while reading a book
To see any major transformation of your body , if all you do is cardio
To build any muscle, if all you do is lift small weights day after day (you have to stress the muscles to get muscles)
To see any major muscle development if you have done the same routine for the past year. (Your muscles require change, part of the stressing thing)
To have a ripped up body, if you bust your ass in the gym only to go home and eat like shit. (a ripped body requires cardio, stress of the muscles, and the proper diet)
To see a total body transformation in a couple weeks. It takes time, hell you didn’t get fat overnight, so you aren’t going to get ripped in that timeframe. Changes take time, weight loss takes time.
And most of all, don’t expect a damn thing if you are going to come up with excuses after excuses of why you didn’t get your workouts in. Ladies, you all have a monthly cycle, get use to it and stop complaining about it. It’s a fact of life, (mind you not a fun one) and all women go through it. Guys and girls, everyone gets a cold, work through the damn things. If you are going to let the sniffles shut you down, you might as well give up 3 months a year of working out. If your job stresses you out, get your ass up and go to the gym before hand. I worked out at 5 am for 5 years straight, because that was the only time I could get to the gym, so I don’t want to hear and damn thing about that. If you want results, then you have to be determined to get them, and not let a damn thing in your way. You have to love the workouts.
If something isn’t working, change it up. If you hate something, change until you find something you do love. If you don’t know the answers, then ask. There are so many people on this site that are serious (and not here to show off their ass) that are more than willing to help. There should be no excuses for you to not have the all the information to reach your goals
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February 5, 2009 at 10:30 am
Amen!
February 5, 2009 at 10:31 am
Wow, love your blog. Everything you touch on is so true. It’s like a much needed slap to the face. Thanks
February 5, 2009 at 10:34 am
LOVE it!….;)
February 5, 2009 at 10:41 am
thanks
February 5, 2009 at 10:58 am
This should be put up in every gym and on this site where more people can see it!
February 5, 2009 at 12:32 pm
great blog
February 6, 2009 at 6:09 am
Very well said!
February 6, 2009 at 8:00 am
Oh, man .. I bet your kids get a lot of tough love! LOL And, they’ll grow up to be good people like you! Great blog today! Is it your birthday? Just in case …
Happy birthday to you!
Happy birthday to you!
Happy birthday dear John! (Marilyn Monroe singing voice)
Happy birthday to you!!
February 26, 2009 at 3:30 pm
Ditto……excellent post.
Fitness, esp a lean body with some muscle on it takes WORK. Sadly, most people are not willing. Hence, the obesity epidemic in the US, and high rates of heart disease, cancer, diabetes, etc. Not all people get these due to genetics. Or they can stave them off……
February 26, 2009 at 4:14 pm
Thanks for the comment on my blog, I was actually thinking of those same maxes–I’m gonna bust my butt to reach them!
Awesome post, i agree with everything you said!
February 27, 2009 at 12:26 pm
I concider myself a patriotic American and a fierce advocate of free speech. I thought the burning of books by the Nazis was a blight on mankind.
That being said, I wish 99% of the so-called fitness books could be burned and replaced by print-outs of this post, to be handed out to gym scrubs throughout the world.
And who is to determine who is and isn’t a "gym scrub"?
Why the benificent, humanitarian, all-knowing one of one’s.
Irving Sexbaum, the Jewish God of Love.
It’s a tough job, but someone has to do it. Great post.
March 2, 2009 at 12:58 pm
Yeah what about the ass cam shots, lol?
March 2, 2009 at 8:51 pm
Awesome blog!!
March 3, 2009 at 2:04 pm
Well put.
quote
"and not here to show off their ass"
touché!!!!
March 4, 2009 at 8:10 am
Damn, that is the most awesome blog I ever read. I totally agree, good job! Keep it up.
March 14, 2009 at 2:12 am
So true!
March 19, 2009 at 4:08 am
Wow awesome blog entry I wish I could print this out and hang it up around the gym. My girls in the gym with the light weights I call them the girls with the pink dumbbells…LOL. My saying for people who waste their time in the gym is you could have stayed home and had a snickers that would probably be more satifying!
March 31, 2009 at 7:00 pm
I love this blog! So well stated, everyone here and everywhere else needs to read this and really let it sink it! Thanks!
April 10, 2009 at 3:17 pm
this ALL sounds good to me~~ I had an a** shot up for 12 hrs…took it off…it is not what I am about or here for!!!!!!!!!!!! I just want a happy body with muscles that will POP!!!!!!!!!
May 2, 2009 at 6:38 am
Awesome blog! WRITE MORE!
And have a great weekend!
May 5, 2009 at 11:00 am
Amen Brother, I have told many people the some of those things especially the "it took you years to get that out of shape so why expect to get in shape in a month?"
Keep telling it like it is and maybe someday people will begin to "get it".
July 3, 2009 at 3:39 pm
Love the post man, it totally kicks ass.