It’s funny how you get a bit of elitism after you learn how to do something properly. When I’m at the gym I can’t help but notice what I call “tourists”. These are the people that walk in without a plan and get nearly nothing worthwhile done. They seem to think that if they do a tiny bit of a workout on each machine and do several different cardios for about three minutes, it’s all good.
Don’t get me wrong — I get cross-training. That’s not what these tourists are doing. They’ll come in and get on a stationary bike on the lowest level and bike for about five minutes. They don’t sweat and their heart rate barely increases. Then they get off and stand around for a bit looking for another machine to go to. Usually it’ll be a different cardio machine, like the treadmill. Then they’ll get on that for another 5 minutes, again on the lowest possible setting, again not sweating or raising their heart rate at all, and then they’ll get off. What follows after that is usually a half-hearted jumble of weightlifting stations on the lowest weight with a set of ten reps and then moving on.
They hit the gym, screw around for 15 minutes, and then leave. Ok, it’s better than not going to the gym at all and sitting on your fat ass, but what if they actually came in with a plan?
And that’s a huge strength of Body For Life — it gives you a plan. An extreme plan to be sure, but a good one. And you learn what you’re doing right simply by doing it.
Rant over.
haha i’m so with you on that one. alot of time you will see people in the gym that are more likely to hurt themselves than get a work out. I have done Body for Life aswell.. well kind of i built my own routine out of what i read modified it for endurance. I can’t be too bulky since i have to drag myself up and over rocks
alittle will power and a routine can work wonders all it takes is alittle dedication and we arent all that busy to set aside an hour of our day to better ourselves. Its amazing the self esteem you can gain by feeling good about your body.