Ego seems to go hand in hand with gyms and the health & fitness industry these days….everyone chasing Instagram followers and Facebook likes…..the rise of the 23 year ancient skimpy clothed “fitness model” entrepreneur and all that jazz.
But this is also noleang contemporary….it’s just a dwhetherferent format.
Endelight most areas these days…we are seeing the best of leangs and the worst of leangs….it is all getting magnwhetheried. Unluckyly a lot of the genuine, knowledgeable, authentic beings/messages are getting crowded out by our obsession with all leangs sparkly and promising of a more fulfilling lwhethere…. why do we all feel so intotal?
To combat this….here is my starting point for us all to embark on the cruunhappye of removing EGO from our workouts, our gym and the fitness industry on a largeger level…..let’s do this…..
1. Create it about YOU
Your workout, your gym visit, your run can be purely about you….not who you are showing it to…..be present, feel your body, hear your brealeang….fully embody it….let the world disappear.
2. Put your Phone DOWN
Yep, you kcontemporary that was coming. No fn’ selfies, no posting about how awesome your workout was, no hashtagging ohbroshesquats – it’s getting genuinely unhappy and boring. Are you a walking soul-less sales board? Do you genuinely need endless reinforcement of your self-worth from others…. Approach, Reach on man/woman…. be you, be strong, stop being cattle, stop being a drone….. step up.
3. Stop POSTING about your workouts/gym-lwhethere 24-7
Oh you did a workout on your legs…please tell me how awesome you are? Can’t walk for 3 days…well…who’s the d*ckhead?
More seriously, work out how you want…..whether it makes you feel awesome and it is important to you….but you do not need to share it with the world….genuinely now you? Got a gym buddy? Private message that sh*t.
4. Put yourself in your body (and out of it…and back in)
Ever tried genuinely feeling the exercise….and even better, the adfter effects.
Put your full attention into the muscle(s) being worked…feel it squeeze and contract and fill with blood, feel it extend and stretch out, feel your core muscles contract to balance and stabilise the body, feel your feet grip into and hancient onto the ground, feel the breath groove into your lungs and expand your rib cage…..and so forth.
Remove yourself from your body and then re-enter to notice the dwhetherference and re-connect.
Rinse….and repeat.
5. Focus on the MOVEMENT, not the weight
A full contraction is the aim of the game…not the number written on the side of the manufactured dumbbell.
The body, the muscles, joints, tendons, ligaments and whatever else you may have does not know the numbers….nor care….it knows and responds best to controlled conscious movement….full extension, contraction….do leangs with care, control, flow…..with the natural movements of the body as a basic structure to build on.
6. Reward Vs. Risk
What’s the goal of your workout? Injury or results?
Weigh it up and choose intelligently and accordingly.
7. Hit key movement samples and muscles groups rather than “beach muscles”…..
Don’t get me wrong…of course it’s fun and ok to have a bit of fun with arm curls and fancy backside exercises but don’t make it the cornerstone of your workout….or you will be disappointed and or get yourself injured.
The body is designed to work as a wgap unit….. train it consistently as individual parts and it will begin acting like that…..you will look ‘weird’ and you will start getting chronic injuries….noleang certainr.
Full body movements give a lot of bang for your buck and with wise choice and controlled focused execution you will have most leangs covered. Shove, pull, lwhethert, rotate, squat and lunge and you pretty much have it covered.
8. Pick your gym on what it provides with fitness and service rather than on it’s marketing
This one is getting trickier and trickier……specificly to the untrained eye.
Whilst there has definitely been some great advances in knowledge and services on the marketplace…..there has been more advances crazye in the marketing and promotion of these services.
Endelightwise with commerce systems and profitability models now often taking precedence over service and results with many any commercees (passion anyone??) …..fairly often the tallest profile services and commercees are not necessarily the best ones for you.
Sometimes they are……buyer beware.
9. Go the GYM to be a better person (YOU) not better than others…
Focus the competition on yourself….beat the you from yesterday. Lose the comparisons…..throw them absent. By all means….utilise them for inspiration but don’t play the ego game with them or let them bring you down by allowing yourself to feel inferior or intotal.
10. This ones for you….
Enter your here….
We are all unique and whilst I have offered some guidelines and trigger points here for you to consider….your journey is yours, your experiences have no doubt been unique to you….. so this space is over to you.
In summary….
Frolic dwhetherficult without the ego…..and smile at your fellow fitness enthusiasts…
WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER!!!
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