CONSISTENCY IS KEY

People often ask questions like: “What is the best way to (insert goal here)?”  This may be an athlete wanting to know how to gain weight, get stronger, faster, or more explosive.  It may also be a general fitness client wanting to get in better shape, drop their body fat, or move and feel better.  Regardless of the goal, the answer is the same: BE CONSISTENT!  

What do I mean by being consistent?  You see it all the time, people joining the gym and quitting after 4 weeks because they haven’t somehow miraculously lost 10-20 pounds.  Or maybe they try a fad diet and again don’t lose 10-20 pounds in 4 weeks, so they stop.  Or even with athletes, they are extremely motivated after that season ending loss and show up to train that following week because the loss is fresh in their mind.   Yet 4 weeks down the road as the pain they felt from the loss has become dull, they are nowhere to be seen. 

Here is where the key component lies.  If you didn’t lose 10-20 pounds in 4 weeks or didn’t all of a sudden become an elite caliber athlete in 4 weeks should you stop?  The answer for those of you that actually pondered that is a resounding NO!  If you do stop you are guaranteed to not reach your goal.  SO DO NOT STOP! Be resilient and keep plugging away!  Train harder and BE CONSISTENT in your approach.  That doesn’t mean that every once in a while you can’t take a day or two off to recover from your training, but when you start to take weeks at a time and have to start all over, you are just wasting precious time.  (Vacations or other issues like busy schedules do happen, but as soon as they are over, get back at it!)  If you can consistently train 4-6 times per week then do it.  If your schedule only allows for 2 workouts per week, then do it!  If you need to find some friends to train with for accountability or more motivation, then do it!  Just be consistent, because as the title to this blog says: “Consistency is key!” 

***On a side note, all Warriors that have been working hard of the last months, weeks, and days… keep kicking ass!  Each day is a new opportunity to get better, take advantage and PUSH THE LIMIT!