|
1. NO Country Names in exercises
Are you as tired as I am of seeing exercises written like Bulgarian Split Squat, Romanian
Deadlift!? Apparently, every exercise ever invented is copywritten by some Eastern European country.
Exercise names should tell you USEFUL information with descriptive terms for
the equipment, body positions, and motion of the exercise. Trainers, please help your clients by giving exercises
smarter names.
2. The End of Geography-based Diet Plans
Apparently, if you're not in shape, you're just living in the wrong place. You need to
follow the South Beach, Hilton Head Metabolism, the Hamptons, Sonoma, Gold Coast Cure, New Beverly Hills, and L.A. Shape
Diets. And grab your passport becuase "French Women Don't Get Fat" and "Mediterranean Women Stay Slim, Too."
(These are all real names of diets.)
3. NO heart rate zone charts on machines
The myth of the "Fat-Burning" and "Cardio" Zones persists largely because of the insistence of
equipment manufacturers to continue to put this
nonsense on machines.
4. Trans-fat banned from all foods everywhere
Denmark banned them years ago; New York City banned them this month. Amen.
The jury has been out on the harmfulness of this chemi-fat for decades. It's toxic - and has no business in the
food supply.
5. Add intensity to your workouts rather than time
Everyone is short on time, but we have lots of calories we'd like to
burn. If your workout needs a shake-up, instead of thinking you need to workout
longer, workout harder in the same amount of time you have been.
6. Everyone: Add 5 lbs. to your weight training exercises, right
now
The number one reason I've consistently seen for failing to get results from a weight
training program is using too little weight and keeping it the same indefinitely. Train for the
feeling of tiredness in your muscles, not the number of reps.
7. Stop beating yourself up
If you have a bad day and miss a workout, just pick up where you left off the next day. Treat it
like any other area of your life where a mess-up isn't the end of the world.
If your car breaks down, you don't stop driving.
If you break a dish, you don't stop cooking.
If life gets the best of you one day and you have to miss a workout, plan the next workout so you don't
miss it.
If we all were as hard on ourselves during our workouts as we are when we
miss them, we'd all be in top condition!
|
