Billions of people use a gym, workout at home, or do some sort of exercise, but the majority do not see the positive physical and functional changes they are after. Now not going into details about training programs nor the individuality a program must encompass, we will look at Time Spent in the gym (this will mean any type of exercise) compared to Time Outside the gym. We are also targeting your average person wanting to see positive results. Normally the time spent in the gym is around 30min to 60min, maybe 2-5 days per week. For this post, lets create a person who goes to the gym 4 times per week for 30min each session, we are not going to talk about their training, simply the time. Now out of that week this person has put in some effort into the gym for 2 hours and is proud of their accomplishment thus far, but still does not see any results. Why? Well lets look at the rest of their day. A day consists of 24hours, right now 30min is devoted to physical activity. What is this person doing for the other 23.5 hours? Where do you think they should be placing the majority of the energy, desire, focus to help increase the success rate of their gym efforts and goals. Yes Outside the Gym! We hear it daily, "I workout out for 60min 5 days per week", but this person has looked the same if not worse for the last 3 years! Why? Their focused intent is only on their workouts and NOT around the time spent Outside of the gym. Creating NEW habits and progressing lifestyle changes to be synergistic to your gym efforts and goals are vital for physique success and adding years to your life! How do you start? - Track your food intake using macro tracker app for 14 days. This will give you a solid baseline at where your nutrition is coming from, the macros and caloric intake. Changes can be made to improve from here. - Sleep! Get those Z's! The only way to regenerate your body for life's stressors is to sleep! Track your sleep for 14 days. Have a look at where you can improve and add more sleep! - Take 1 old habit OUT and Add in 1 New habit per week. Say you normally start your day with 2 sugar and 2 cream in your coffee......change that to 16oz water as soon as you wake up, then add in a small breakfast before having your New coffee with 1 sugar and 1 cream. Some solid positive changes can come from these small changes. This habit progress list could be HUGE, but our point is, the time spent Outside the gym holds the key to seeing positive physique changes! Look at the time away from the gym first. Make the changes needed to support your goals after that. If you need help. We are only an email away to set you up with a consultation. We can make you an individualized full workout and nutrition plan to support your personal goals and daily needs. Look beyond the Gym for your answers!
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