Philosophy

Welcome! Thank you for reading. I appreciate you. 

I wanted to take a moment to share my training philosophy with you. Over time, the seemingly random posts might begin to make sense. 

1. Mind is Primary

First and foremost, the Mind is primary. 

All training starts with the Mind. All endeavors start with the Mind. The only thing that transfers 100% from workouts and training into "real" life, is the Mind. 

2. Objectives

Training is always towards a goal or objective. There are two major categories, health/fitness, and sport. 

When training for sport, the training program is very specific and regimented. The higher the level of sport you go, the less balance there is. At the highest levels, it is the ONLY thing. Health/Fitness objectives almost always revolve around two things; lean and muscular. There are a lot of different phrases to describe this, "tone," "defined," "ripped," "shredded," etc. In the end, they all equate back to less body fat and more muscle mass. The difference lies in degree, not kind. 

Your neurobiology is wired to seek out and reward you as you move toward a goal. You have to have a goal though. As you progress, you get rewarded with dopamine, but without a goal, there's no way for your brain to tell if you're on track or off, there is no track, and you don't get the dopamine to keep going.

3. Exercise, Diet, Recovery, and Mindset are all equally important. 

Sometimes you'll hear, "Diet is 80%..." or "Recovery is 50%..." In reality, they are all equally important. You will not get lean and muscular without addressing all four. 

4. Attention and Intention

You MUST be intentional and pay attention. "If you don't track it, you don't really care." Or said another way, "You can't change what you don't measure." 

However, that being said, measuring and tracking can become neurotic, but the person who weighs, measures, and tracks everything will outperform the person who doesn't. You will have to find your acceptable level of tracking/measuring given the cost. 

5. Key variables

Intensity, duration, frequency, 

These elements make up the ingredients. They are often inversely related to each other, i.e. when intensity is high, duration cannot be long. When frequency is high, intensity cannot be high. 

I believe that maximum intensity, short duration, and infrequent training are more ideal than the inverse. 

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