Happy Monday everyone, hopefully those of you that got thwacked by the snow this past weekend are all safe and warm. Also, apologies to those that got the post last week but had issues with the links, the glitches are fixed, so apologies for that last week. If there is another issue, please shoot me an email and I'll clear it up.
This IS a post about new yearâs resolutions, but itâs not the one you might think. Most people that make fitness related resolutions wind up quitting or failing, it's a stat not an opinion and I'm not trying to be mean. They do so because they go all out, helter skelter, at 1000% for the first like 3 weeks and suddenly they crash out because that just is not sustainable. They miss one workout or have one bad week of eating or something like that and they figure well if I canât do it all 100% of the time, then I might as well give up and try again next week, month, year, decadeâ¦you get the point. Many people much more experienced and/or smarter than I have said some pretty wise things when it comes to these types of moments and people. The one I like the best is from Jordan Syatt, itâs so good, Iâm just going to let you read it from him.
Also, there are my friends from the Strength Faction, every semester in Faction we spend one of our weekly calls discussing âPerfect Equals Failure, Failure Equals Perfectâ and if this isnât a great reminder to me to cut myself some slack when Iâm not doing all the things and getting all the lifts in. Quick story, when I first started producing content, I was so obsessed with making sure the post was perfect and there were no holes (spoiler alert there definitely still were) that I would not post it until days later, and sometimes not at all, not exactly productive. Then I started letting go of the idea that everything I post needed to be perfect, and itâs not, Iâm just hoping itâs good. Happy to say I've got more consistency with my content once upon a time.
There are countless others out there that have given easy little quips like Jordan and Faction's to remember for this purpose, and theyâre all so true. The simple fact is, staying at 100% for the entirety of your life (yes fitness is for the long haul folks) is just not sustainable. Think about the last time you were perfect on something, how long did it last? A week? A day? MAYBE a couple weeks? Yeah, thatâs about as long as you can keep something like that up, then youâre likely to gas out and fall apart. So, the next time you have a subpar day in terms of youâre goals (even non fitness related), just keep plugging away, donât skip out on a whole workout if you canât get the whole thing in, donât trash your nutrition for the week because you had one bad meal and donât beat yourself up because things for the week arenât perfect. Youâll still make progress and thatâs all that matters in the end. Hopefully this was a more uplifting message and gives some that might be down on themselves a bit of hope. Have a great rest of the week folks, go out there and get after it!
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You can all relax, as noted this isn’t a New Year’s resolution post or anything like that, but it’s been awhile since I’ve done one of these, so I wanted to make this something good for the first one of the year. The state of the fitness, S&C or training industry, whatever you wish to reference it as, has some great things going recently, but is also in worse shape than ever in some ways. Things like social media, and I’m not here to hate on social media because I like it when it’s done right, but social media has made things more confusing, and even dangerous, than ever. For today I want to hit on a few things, things that fall into one of the categories generally; things I like that I’ve seen recently, recent, or semi recent, things I don’t love, but see the value and somethings I absolutely cannot stand. To recap, if you know me you know these things Weights, cardio/conditioning, eating the good stuff and proper recovery: Yup, insert double heart emoji. Fitness classes, and other modalities not traditional training: Don’t love em, but totally see the value. Fit teas, crash diets, fad diets, anything Dr. Oz says, magic trick exercises, anything related to Beach Body, fat shaming and fear mongering: I see it and I want to punch the wall, so yeah I hate them. Things I’m liking Getting started however you can- I was once one of the dunder heads that thought you must start by doing strength training or you’re wasting your time. I’m thankfully not that coach anymore. The world has changed so much in the last 20 odd years, it is so easy to be sedentary (and I love my lazy days trust me), folks simply aren’t moving much anymore, so yeah whatever gets them off their backsides, I’m in, go for it. Training for reason that are more beneficial than the scale- We all know the scale is a jerk and isn’t going to give an accurate reading on how healthy you are. There are ton of other things that factor into your health, so focusing just on that, is a less than ideal approach. Focus on other things, weight will come down and the body will change, without being a slave to the demon number reader. Things I don’t love, but see value in At home virtual gyms (Peloton, Tonal, Mirror, etc…)- Yeah, do you remember the 2nd part from above? So it’s going to get folks moving, that’s a W in my book. My only real issues with these is the “coaching” that’s on offer is about 90% cheerleader and 10% coach, not to mention the programs are subpar to bad. Also, they are so damn expensive, like wow expensive. So, if you have it, it gets you moving, let’s face it we all need a cheerleader sometimes, use it to the best of your ability. Things I absolutely can't stand (if you get uncomfortable easily skip this part) The wrong folks handing out advice (I’m talking like specific programming)- Cool you got fit, congratulations on reaching your goals, but you are far from qualified to be handing out advice. Also, the coach that’s a bodybuilder handing out nutrition plans is really bad too. People go to school for this stuff and work really hard to be sure you get the proper advice, do not spit in their face by buying a “meal plan” from Doug the fitness hammerhead down at the gym (or on Instagram). Any coach being a piece of garbage, but getting a pass because of "their knowledge"- To me, this is similar to the old boys club or old big wigs that don’t get in trouble for their past but very ugly sins because they’ve been around so long. There are a many coaches that are getting a pass on being piles of garbage, because their knowledge is so valued. To hell with that, no amount of knowledge is worth putting someone like that, up on a pedestal to any degree. There are hundreds of smart coaches out there that you can get similar or the same information from, don’t give the dirtbags the time of day. I’m not naming names, but if you think I’m talking about the person in your head...I am. Nobody is perfect, but there must be a line, otherwise, we continue to pedal the cycle. OK, sorry got a wee bit aggressive and dark at the end there, I have strong ideas and opinions, oops. If I didn’t bore you to death or scare you off at this point, thanks so much for hanging in there and reading this first piece of 2022. I hope everyone out there is off to a great start to their year (and if not, no big deal, you got time). Have a great week everyone and get after it! |
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AuthorJarrod Dyke, CSCS Archives
April 2024
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