The Most Powerful Fitness Training Programs In The World Are Worthless (If You Won’t Use Them)
Comments(2) It’s all about practicality. It’s the reason all those Health Club Memberships go down the drain. It’s why all those fitness machines end up sitting in the garage.
In my position with Mind Body Fitness, Inc., I’ve been introduced to every new machine… and technique … (and gimmick!) … that comes along. And I look at them all.
But my screening techniques have become very precise over the decades.
First, is it credible? Where’s the research? The clinical testing? The proof?
Next, what are the LONG-term effects? Anything can work for a short while. (Hey, crystal meth will give you an ‘energy boost’!) But what are the results when you use it for an extended period??
And third, IS … IT … PRACTICAL. If not, none of the other stuff matters. BECAUSE THE MOST POWERFUL FITNESS TRAINING TECHNIQUES IN THE WORLD ARE WORTHLESS IF YOU WON’T USE THEM.
I first learned this studying Martial Arts in Japan. I was talking to an incredible master of multiple self-defense techniques, asking him which was most effective. He just smiled and said, “The one you can use.”
Same thing later when I had a conversation with a world-famous “guru” about meditation techniques. The best one to use in his opinion? “The one that you WILL use.”
I’ve tried to apply that to everything I’ve studied ever since. And it has certainly saved me a lot of time and energy.
Which is why the Runner’s Yoga routine is only 30 minutes long.
Hey, I did the 90-minute routines. The 60-minute routines. Even the 45-minute routine. And I benefited from them all. For a while.
But for me (and the VAST MAJORITY of people) that amount of time out of your daily schedule, year after year (which is where the REAL benefits are), just isn’t realistic.
So the solution … the LONG-TERM solution … is a routine you can do in 30 minutes or less. On your own. From start to finish. Almost anywhere. When it best fits YOUR schedule. (Research confirms this.)
Otherwise it’s just another wasted gym membership. Another machine in the garage. Another DVD in the drawer.
So what’s it all about? Practicality. Accomplish AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. Physically and mentally. In the shortest possible time.
That probably means no prep. No props. No travel time. And the whole routine finished within 30 minutes.
How does your program measure up?
Van
