Fat people know.
Training notesI am a regular guy, with a regular life, a regular family and regular problems. Aren’t we all? Obviously not. Every day we (the regular people) get up, go to work and try to build a better life. Part of building a better life means taking care of ourselves and getting into shape so there is something left to enjoy when we get older. The problem is life gets in the way, it gets in the way ALL the time! Us regular people are use to that, we expect it. So we trudge on. So here is the question, why are regular people like you and me listening to non-regular people when it comes to improving ourselves? Let’s face it these non-regular people don’t understand our lives. These are people who for the most part because of birth or fortunate timing were able to rise above the regular people and attain that thing called wealth. With wealth comes many benefits, but it primarily removes most of the stresses us regular people face. And with wealth comes extra time, since you can pay someone to clean your house, mow the lawn, fix the sink, do the laundry, and the list goes on! So what do these non-regular people do with their free time? That’s right they write books and articles and they make videos telling us regular people what we need to do to be perfect like them. Personally I am sick of it. There are more examples then I could possibly recount but when you have someone writing training advice that mentions their extensive travels and their second house abroad you have to wonder how can this guy/girl get me? How can they know what I can or can’t make time for?
It reminds me of one of those movies where a person from suburbia goes to teach in the ghetto and just tells the kids they need to work harder! How pompous! How presumptuous of them we think (hopefully). Inevitably by the end of the movie the suburbanite has realized their error and is helping the kids meet their basic needs so they *can* work harder and succeed. Without this first hand knowledge all the person does is add frustration to the lives of those ghetto students. They can’t see the dream unless you let them stand on your shoulders. It is like that with all these self-help gurus, these self-proclaimed guardians of fat and fitness. I am not saying they don’t have some useful information but we regular people need an interpreter, we need one of our own. Because like all regular people we don’t have that much time or energy left at the end of the day to give it all we’ve got. And we surely don’t have the time in the morning because we have to get to work, we have “real” jobs. So here is what you need to do…
First and foremost keep it realistic. You are not going to be ready for beach season when you start working out in April or March or February!! Shoot for very long term benefits and start with goals like “I won’t be winded after bringing the laundry up from the basement”! Watch your diet but don’t kill yourself. My wife has always said you can eat whatever you want as long as you exercise moderation. Time has proven her correct. There is no quick fix for fitness so make it fun or you won’t make it. There will always be exercises that you do not want to do but those should be the exception, not the norm. Have fun you will want to do some more. The nice thing about working out for fitness is you are competing against yourself and it is a marathon.
So put down the self-help book. Stop adding to the wealth of those who do not understand you and help yourself! Read this blog for more FREE tips and information, write in if you don’t find it. Us regular people need to stick together, only then can we all succeed. SO think twice before you take your next bite and ask yourself if you really need it. Don’t beat yourself up if you don’t listen to yourself as that only perpetuates the problem. Remember this is a long race and you can make up some time at the next meal/snack. Who knows if we all start there maybe we’ll be non-regular people some day too! π
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