With so many ways of approaching gym training, it's little wonder there's so much confusion abound in the fitness industry. No pain, no gain, is how the somewhat cliched fitness axiom goes. But with so many people placing unrealistic expectations upon themselves, is it any wonder so few endure past their first few weeks of beginners yoga Orange County CA, the most difficult part of an exercise program to see any tangible results.
Deciding to follow an exercise program is a lifestyle choice, not a race. When approached from that perspective, any gains made will be long-lasting. And won't start fading the moment all those hard gainer supplements have left a person's system. Unfortunately, in this culture of instant gratification, everyone's expecting overnight results. And when they don't come, or even when they do, most people don't even notice because they have already moved onto the next thing that caught their eye.
Then it is off to McDonald's for two celebratory Big Macs, washed down by a large Diet Coke, which they hope is big enough to cut a few calories off the burgers before they're digested. One can not really blame them. After all, they have a lifetime of bad habits compelling them toward the burgers. But with only a week invested into getting into shape, the new activity had not had the opportunity to take root within their subconscious minds. The minimum of fourteen days required to form a new habit had not been reached yet, so working out regularly still felt like a foreign concept to them.
Most people's motivations are like the wind: it merely comes and goes, blowing to and fro. And being more captivated by outside appearances than their inner-drives, gladiators-in-training are prone to dropping the gauntlet at the first sign of opposition. They had not endured their trial by fire yet, reflexively pulling back from the flame before they even had the chance to touch it.
A split second decision later, and just like the Berlin Wall all banged up and out of shape the vision of their dream physique comes shattering to the ground. But it's of little consequence to them since their old habits, and big-boned donkey ways, are simply too habitually ingrained already.
Had Humpty simply stuck to his plan, he would have gradually changed his habits, thereby literally restructuring his brain. His brains reward-centres would have been rewired to give him a sense of gratification every time he exerted some effort. Instead, he took the easy way out.
Because all things in nature follow a set pattern form follows function, as they say so even eggs need to be gestated over a certain period of time before their new and improved selves are ready and able to come bursting forth, straight onto the catwalk, strutting with a twist in their hips, wiggling their new tailfeathers at the world. But should one quit before having reached 21 days or 14 days, for the bare minimum of doing an activity, the activity would still feel foreign; not really a part of one's lifestyle. So, it would be easy to stop doing it and forget about it like it never happened.
But the stakes are high! With the subconscious mind being what usually motivates a person to take action; and the subconscious also being the realm of habit and instinct, it seems imperative that more people take the time, and make the effort, to develop healthier habits in their lives. After all, habits of behaviour are what come to define one's character. So, in that sense, everyone's given free reign to write their own life story. And based on the habitual behaviours of the characters involved, is it any surprise that so many life stories have sad endings?
Deciding to follow an exercise program is a lifestyle choice, not a race. When approached from that perspective, any gains made will be long-lasting. And won't start fading the moment all those hard gainer supplements have left a person's system. Unfortunately, in this culture of instant gratification, everyone's expecting overnight results. And when they don't come, or even when they do, most people don't even notice because they have already moved onto the next thing that caught their eye.
Then it is off to McDonald's for two celebratory Big Macs, washed down by a large Diet Coke, which they hope is big enough to cut a few calories off the burgers before they're digested. One can not really blame them. After all, they have a lifetime of bad habits compelling them toward the burgers. But with only a week invested into getting into shape, the new activity had not had the opportunity to take root within their subconscious minds. The minimum of fourteen days required to form a new habit had not been reached yet, so working out regularly still felt like a foreign concept to them.
Most people's motivations are like the wind: it merely comes and goes, blowing to and fro. And being more captivated by outside appearances than their inner-drives, gladiators-in-training are prone to dropping the gauntlet at the first sign of opposition. They had not endured their trial by fire yet, reflexively pulling back from the flame before they even had the chance to touch it.
A split second decision later, and just like the Berlin Wall all banged up and out of shape the vision of their dream physique comes shattering to the ground. But it's of little consequence to them since their old habits, and big-boned donkey ways, are simply too habitually ingrained already.
Had Humpty simply stuck to his plan, he would have gradually changed his habits, thereby literally restructuring his brain. His brains reward-centres would have been rewired to give him a sense of gratification every time he exerted some effort. Instead, he took the easy way out.
Because all things in nature follow a set pattern form follows function, as they say so even eggs need to be gestated over a certain period of time before their new and improved selves are ready and able to come bursting forth, straight onto the catwalk, strutting with a twist in their hips, wiggling their new tailfeathers at the world. But should one quit before having reached 21 days or 14 days, for the bare minimum of doing an activity, the activity would still feel foreign; not really a part of one's lifestyle. So, it would be easy to stop doing it and forget about it like it never happened.
But the stakes are high! With the subconscious mind being what usually motivates a person to take action; and the subconscious also being the realm of habit and instinct, it seems imperative that more people take the time, and make the effort, to develop healthier habits in their lives. After all, habits of behaviour are what come to define one's character. So, in that sense, everyone's given free reign to write their own life story. And based on the habitual behaviours of the characters involved, is it any surprise that so many life stories have sad endings?
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