Much of what makes physical training an arduous task is the fact that so much is said about it. People inevitably feel that in order to attain satisfactory results that an enormous amount of study needs to be conducted before they can begin.
While it is wise to learn as much as you can about training before embarking on an exercise regime, it is not the be all and end all of the process. A simple understanding of human physiology will suffice initially and by simple I mean the following:
Our bodies are designed to adapt very quickly to preserve and protect themselves. Stand in the sun for a few minutes and eventually your skin will tan to withstand the stress of direct sunlight. Stand in the sun for too long and you will burn. The stress becomes too much and tissue gets damaged.
Same rules apply to other aspects of your body. Our bodies will first adapt to a stress to protect us but continued exposure to a stress will ultimately lead to break down of the tissue. The exact same principles apply when it comes to physical training.
Your body will only grow stronger and develop larger muscles if the correct stress is placed on it to do so. The rule also applies that too much exposure to a stress will damage the muscles. So what is the correct way to suntan? A few minutes at a time over a period of days to enable the body to adapt accordingly without being overexposed.
This will lead us to conclude something similar about our physical training regimen. A couple of minutes every few days will bring the desired results we want. But what about people who go to the gym everyday? Well,what about them?
If you could achieve the same or better results than a person who trains everyday by training less than them would you prefer that? Of course you would. None of us wants to be slaving away in a gym for hours on end everyday.
So here is the simplicity of the matter. Your body must receive enough stress to make a change but not so much that it gets damaged. So what are we saying here already?
Short, intense workouts done infrequently will yield similar if not better results than long gruelling daily workouts.
The key to success in your training programme is to clean out your mind of the hogwash that has been spilled into it by idiot trainers who would propose 5 or 6 day workouts a week to make a buck while their clients see little or no results.
The training routines that will be outlined here will be based on solid principles and not hocus pocus information.
Go on, get started already. Choose a programme that speaks to the level that you are at and get to it.
