{"id":85,"date":"2008-02-29T08:03:43","date_gmt":"2008-02-29T13:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/noelfigart.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/29\/turning-yourself-into-a-gym-rat\/"},"modified":"2008-02-29T08:03:43","modified_gmt":"2008-02-29T13:03:43","slug":"turning-yourself-into-a-gym-rat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noelfigart.com\/wordpress\/2008\/02\/29\/turning-yourself-into-a-gym-rat\/","title":{"rendered":"Turning Yourself into a Gym Rat"},"content":{"rendered":"

10 Tips to Change Yourself From a Dedicated Couch-Potato to a Gym Enthusiast<\/a><\/p>\n

This article has some interesting points. The basic gist of the article, and it’s a good one, is that you should never let perfect <\/em>be the enemy of good<\/strong>. You’re not up for your rocked out hard, drive yourself into the ground workout? Fine. Go for a walk and be done with it.<\/p>\n

I do take issue with a couple of points, though, and this is from my personal perspective on fitness.<\/p>\n

I wish to God fitness professionals would stop telling people stories about how damn energized they are after a workout. Yes, yes, yes, when you reach a certain level of (relatively low) fitness, that really, no kidding does happen. And yeah, it feels great<\/em>. True enough.<\/p>\n

If we’re going to rate fitness levels from one to ten and you’re at a one, you’ve got about a month or so of working out regularly (and intelligently within your<\/em> proper fitness level) before this happens1<\/sup>. That’s okay. I mean, it really is. Anyone can grit their teeth through a month to get to something good. But let’s not lie<\/em> and say that month isn’t needed. You’re convincing people who don’t feel great <\/em>after workouts that they must be Special Snowflakes for whom movement does nothing.\u00a0\u00a0 But at the fitness levels where adding another minute or two to your walk is a genuine achievement, you’ve got awhile before that workout makes you feel good.\u00a0 And yes, if you’ve been struggling to walk for ten minutes and you add another minute, it is<\/em> something to be proud of.\u00a0 You did something hard<\/em> even if the person next to you doesn’t get that.<\/p>\n

She also talks about workouts where you don’t work up a sweat on the theory that people don’t work out because they don’t want to take the time to shower.\u00a0 She advises yoga, walking, weight training…\u00a0 Weight training?\u00a0 Weight training?<\/em>\u00a0 Well, if you’re going to use the “something is better than nothing” rule, sure.\u00a0 But, there’s another catch.\u00a0 As you fitness levels increase, you start to break out in a sweat faster.\u00a0 Hell, I’m not all that damn fit and it only takes one set of squats before I’m red in the face and my shirt starts getting wet.\u00a0 I do drive up the body temp swimming, but it’s not as noticeable.\u00a0 If you’re a bit fit, chances are slim that you can work out without sweating.<\/p>\n

1<\/sup>Perspective: If you’re going to call a one completely sedentary and a ten some sort of elite multi-sport athlete, I’d put myself at about a three.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

10 Tips to Change Yourself From a Dedicated Couch-Potato to a Gym Enthusiast This article has some interesting points. The basic gist of the article, and it’s a good one, is that you should never let perfect be the enemy of good. You’re not up for your rocked out hard, drive yourself into the ground … <\/p>\n

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