Hello there,

Today, after teach­ing a sports con­di­tion­ing class, one of the mem­bers came up to me and paid me the ulti­mate com­pli­ment. She said,” I used to be really intim­i­dated tak­ing your class because it was always very dif­fi­cult and I didn’t feel like I was fit enough to par­tic­i­pate. But then I decided to just go ahead and do my best and not worry about any­one else. I also lis­tened to what you repeated over and over again in the class and that was, to do as much as you can, rest when you need to, and come back for a few more reps.”

That, ladies and gen­tle­men, is how you get fit. If you’ve been tak­ing classes where you barely break a sweat or are able to do every­thing with ease then I hate to tell you, you are wast­ing your time and efforts. The only way to get stronger is to con­stantly chal­lenge your body. It might mean adding weights with each set, cut­ting your recov­ery time between sets, chang­ing the tempo of your reps, includ­ing a vari­ety of inter­vals, speed­work and hill climb­ing into your rides and runs.…the list goes on and on. What­ever you do, don’t con­tinue to do the same thing over and over again and expect dif­fer­ent results. That truly is the def­i­n­i­tion of insanity!

Now get out there and kick some butt!!