When you think of the word exercise, what comes to mind? Walking in circles in the woods carrying heavy stuff on military duty? A thought experiment? If you're like me, the first thing that comes to mind is the cardio theater. 25 treadmills lined up facing televisions to keep you entertained while you burn calories. That concept alone is pretty crazy. Think about this: if you are reading this blog, you likely live in a place where calories are so available and affordable that it's nothing to you to spend money on a gym membership to go and burn them. That logic should shake you up a little bit. Are you just exercising so you can burn calories, essentially wasting the energy that you consume on a daily basis? I hope not, that's a pretty circular and pointless exercise, at least to me.
So what's the alternative to exercising and burning calories? Simple, it's training. So what's the difference? As I noted above, exercising is essentially just moving around aimlessly. Training is working towards a goal. What is the point of basic training? It is to produce something, a baseline capable soldier. When you talk to a triathlete who is preparing for a big race, they will tell you they are training for it. A strength athlete getting ready for a big meet? S/He's training.
Consider why you're heading to the gym in the first place. It is not my goal to get the exercisers out of the gym, although that could free up many occupied squat racks. (Unless you own it, don't curl in it.) Instead, I want to infuse their exercising with purpose and transform them into trainees. If you want to think more on setting goals to give your training value, I recommend that you start here, with my article on setting SMART goals.
Need help figuring out how to apply the SMART principle to your training? I'm always happy to help. You can reach me through the comments or my email disruptivefitness@gmail.com. Further, there are other goal oriented trainees and trainers hanging out at our facebook group who would love to get you know you and help you out. As always, thanks for reading and supporting this blog.
So what's the alternative to exercising and burning calories? Simple, it's training. So what's the difference? As I noted above, exercising is essentially just moving around aimlessly. Training is working towards a goal. What is the point of basic training? It is to produce something, a baseline capable soldier. When you talk to a triathlete who is preparing for a big race, they will tell you they are training for it. A strength athlete getting ready for a big meet? S/He's training.
Consider why you're heading to the gym in the first place. It is not my goal to get the exercisers out of the gym, although that could free up many occupied squat racks. (Unless you own it, don't curl in it.) Instead, I want to infuse their exercising with purpose and transform them into trainees. If you want to think more on setting goals to give your training value, I recommend that you start here, with my article on setting SMART goals.
Need help figuring out how to apply the SMART principle to your training? I'm always happy to help. You can reach me through the comments or my email disruptivefitness@gmail.com. Further, there are other goal oriented trainees and trainers hanging out at our facebook group who would love to get you know you and help you out. As always, thanks for reading and supporting this blog.
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