About a week ago I was in the middle of a workout, and I couldn't figure out what to do next. I couldn't think of anything I wanted to do, or looked forward to doing. I meanderedthrough the workout, moving slowly, not giving it my all..
It was when I left that I realized I had plateaued. Because of my work with Howard I don't get bored with my upper-body routines. It's usually a combination of Howard coming up with the routines, and having him there to talk with.
My clients who train all week with me rarely report boredom, it's the clients who only train with me part of the time who find boredom. It's with the routines they're doing on their own; without the benefit of the extra push from someone standing over them. It's this constant struggle to go one more, one heavier, one further, that erases any lack of interest. When your body is pushed to its physical limits, the mind has no room for disinterest. The mind needs to focus on the task at hand.
I had to re-double my efforts. It had been a long time since I attended an educational seminar and I knew it was time. I found one on plyometric and sprint training. The information was just enough to give me some ideas of how to better train myself, which in turn helps me better train my clients.
With the new knowledge, I hit the gym. I threw off convention and tackled a lower body workout of uber-high repetitions, jumps, and explosions. It was great. I hadn't done something like this in so long, I forgot just how physically demanding it is. My mind was so focused on keeping me focused, it didn't have time to wander. My mind couldn't drift to what happened yesterday, or what might happen tomorrow. My mind was too busy worrying about me to worry about anything else.
I went grocery shopping after that workout. It took a bit longer than usual...I had a hard time walking at any semblance of a decent clip. So I moseyed through the grocery story, happy to meander here rather than the gym.
Like I said...I was bored, I needed to find the excitement again.
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--BA
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