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- What is my physical potential?
- Have I ever tried to reach my limits?
- Do I feel strong in certain areas, but weak in others?
- Am I quick enough?
- Can I jump a few times without falling apart?
- Can I run even a short distance without falling apart?
- Do I know the difference between fit and healthy?
- Do I like what I see in the mirror?
Each New Year, many are making resolutions once again
to get fit, lose weight, eat healthy and make changes in their lives.
Many have tried and failed, falling back on the patent excuses of "I'm
too old", "I've got arthritis", "I can't do it", "I don't have the
time." All excuses to justify failure. Why? The standard of excellence
today is to look like Arnold Schwarzenegger, which is an unrealistic
body type. We have forgotten what a functional body looks like.
In the past people were aware of the importance of a functional body and
its effect on balance, strength and endurance. Training the body was
focused upon exercises that mimicked daily activities. Failure was not
an option. The Romans, Spartans and Greeks were lean and muscular. Being
lean was a must. They built a lean muscular body through functional
strength training.
Functional exercises work on body-balance, joints, and stabilizing
muscles, and on the ability to adapt to control fatigue (the ability to
control your fatigue while training and not letting fatigue control
you). These exercise routines closely mimic the daily activities of
ancient warriors.
The goal of a training program is to enable you to reach your body's
potential and maintain it. What we call "body potential" is based on
function - not fashion. The emphasis will be to activate and
strengthen the most essential and functional muscle groups.
Exercising, training, and any other physical activity for that matter,
whether competitive, health conscious, or not, should be thought of in a
larger context - what works for you over the course of your life. A
exercise routine will only be successful if you can live with it; it
should energize you and help trigger an enhanced feeling of well-being
to continually improve yourself.
Nikolay Ozolin, one of the fathers of Soviet sports science, recounts a
fascinating experiment. If you touch the leaf of a certain species of
mimosa, it folds. Scientists attached a microdynamometer to one such
leaf, touched it, and measured the force it generated when it rolled up.
Then they secured a thin thread to the leaf and hung a small weight on
it. The leaf was touched a few hundred times a day to prod it to “lift
weights”. Just like the Naked Warrior “grease the groove” protocol. The
weight was increased daily. Only a month later the team measured the
leaf’s strength again. It had increased 400 times! Not 400% but 400
times! “Why did I tell you this?” asks Ozolin. “So you would tell your
students about the miraculous ability of every living thing to change
and improve so you would give them the confidence in the possibility of
achieving high athletic results. Quite often athletes who were
considered unpromising at first achieved extraordinary results. They
literally changed themselves by being persistent.”
Most peoples lives are a direct reflection of the expectations of their
peer group. You must choose who your peer group will be. You can choose
those who use excuses to justify not exercising or those who must
exercise as a part of their lifestyle. The choice is yours.
Have you ever been in a nursing home and seen sixty year old people
sitting in their wheel chairs, unable to move? What choice do you think
they made? You are never too old to exercise.
Persistence is the key. The longer it has been since you've exercised,
the longer it will take for your body to respond. Initially you fatigue
quickly because you do not have the mitochondria (cellular power plants)
in your cells to make energy for your body. The old adage, "Use it or
Lose it" applies to more than just muscles. You lose the ability to make
energy because the mitochondria shut down.
Therefore, persistence is key to regaining your health and vitality. Be
patient, don't expect rapid change, and expect to be sore and achy when
you first start exercising.
Workout Goals
- Build a functional, lean, muscular body
- Accelerate your metabolism
- Burn fat
- Improve your body image
- Improve your balance
- Improve your posture
- Sharpen your instincts
- Accelerate your alertness and drive
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