Joel Younkins Assuming that you've set realistic goals and expectations for yourself, chances are, you may unfortunately not be making the progress that you would like to see. We could look at all of the training variables that go into a program. Volume, Intensity, Frequency, Means, Nutrition, and Recovery are all important variables that need to be addressed to really excel in a fitness training program. But, no matter how good the plan is, or how hard you try in the gym, there is always one factor that you need regardless of how good the plan is. And that is CONSISTENCY. The NBA Finals have just wrapped up, and LeBron James is still one of the best athletes that exist on this earth. You can love him or hate him, think that Jordan or Kobe were better than he was, but we're going to use him as an example in this blog post right now. Do you think, with LeBron being one the best players in the league, that his effort towards being the best is inconsistent? If you're saying yes, don't be naive to your emotional feelings towards him. Someone like him is obsessed and he is consistently after getting better. If he has a few down games were he doesn't live up to the hype, that happens. But guess what? All of his 50 plus point games and all the incredible CONSISTENT things that he's known so well for, will outshine his not so good moments when they do happen. Because he is CONSISTENTLY GOOD. Do you work? Do you have a career? Are you an athlete? If you answer yes, wouldn't you agree that being consistent helps produce results? Would you expect to be were you are now without consistent work? If you're agreeing with me right now on all this, then good, we're on the same page. We expect consistency to produce results in many areas of life. So why wouldn't we want to accept and agree that it would work exactly the same for fitness? How could we think that when it comes to our fitness, that consistency is not that important? Do we really think that 4 days out the week we can follow a good diet, and the other 3 we just eat whatever we please? That's just over 50% of the time being consistent. It needs to be much closer to 80-90% of the time... The best part of working on consistency, is that you don't have you don't always have to have good days. That's the beauty, you can work at it so much, that when you have a bad day, it doesn't effect the big picture. The consistency allows you to build up a lot of good work in the process. You may be right on track to hit your fitness goals or even just get the most out of your fitness. But no matter what plan or diet you follow, if you're not getting the consistency part down, you are leaving huge progress to made on the table! Thanks for reading and hope you found some great value! We have a favor to ask from you. We want to share our free content to help other people like yourself become more educated on fitness and wellness. Please take a moment to like and share the blog post on social media, tell a friend, and engage with the authors by commenting below and asking further questions. We thank you for the support and promise to keep over delivering you with more value!
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Joel Younkins Conditioning is a really broad term in the Fitness Industry. It's usually referred to as "Cardio" when we relate to anything that increases your heart rate. In this Lifestyle Blog Post, I want to go over a few general concepts in regards to Conditioning that may help give you some clarity on this broad topic. I want to discuss what type of cardiovascular training you should be doing, what you should not be focusing on as the primary goal, and how to track your training intensity. Focus on Aerobic Conditioning There are different forms of conditioning that train different levels of fitness. In general, for health related purposes, you will most likely get the most from Aerobic Conditioning. This is performed at heart rates between 120-150 bpm. You can perform these bouts anywhere from 10-60 minutes at a time and use various equipment too. This type of training is great for building a healthy heart and increasing blood flow. Again, in speaking of means of general conditioning, I prefer to not have the popular style HIIT Conditioning Methods to be your main source of conditioning. These protocols are actually very taxing to your body and you'd probably be better off lifting more weights instead of utilizing this method of conditioning. Yes, HIIT style training is great to save time and burn calories, but so does lifting weights. Read on... Do Not Use Conditioning as Sole Means to Fat Loss Can cardiovascular training be a way of burning more daily calories? Sure! Lower intensity aerobic training will allow you to burn calories at a faster rate in that time period of work, but when the session is done and you return to resting heart rates, you're calorie consumption will go back to normal. Therefore, people believe HIIT style training is so much more superior to low intensity work because you will be able to burn more calories after training is done. This is because of the higher metabolic stress rates. And guess what, a hard session of lifting weights will do the same thing...With HIIT you may be lucky to train hard enough to get 24 hours post workout of an uptake of calorie burning. But lifting can be up to 48 hours post workout. This is a process where your body is consuming more oxygen to recover from training and you get to burn more calories after these workouts. So to wrap this point up, you can use Aerobic Training to help put you into a calorie deficit if needed, but don't depend on it to do all of the magic. Lifting weights is far more efficient at burning away body fat. Instead, focus on Aerobic Training being the primary need to build a health heart and increase blood flow. This will also help improve your performance in basically anything physically active that you do! It's called improving your fitness levels...Also, next time you see a fitness article telling you how HIIT workouts are the second coming of Jesus, just remember, you could spend extra time lifting weights to get more bang for your buck than crushing your lungs. In reality, the majority of individuals will never actually be prepared to handle HIIT style workouts when they begin them anyways. That's another topic for another day... Use a Heart Rate Monitor When I talked about Aerobic Conditioning, I mentioned that your heart rate should be between 120-150 bpm generally speaking. You only truly know if you're in this zone if you're using some sort of heart rate monitor. It's like Bench Pressing and you don't know how much weight is on the bar. This is your intensity of your Cardiovascular Training. If you don't know your heart rate, then you're just guessing on what you're doing. It's easy to go too hard and too easy. If you're like me, cardio isn't my number one choice of training, so when I do it, I want to make sure that I'm actually getting what I need out of it! Conclusion As I mentioned above, Cardiovascular Training is a very broad topic. We didn't even scratch the surface of it in this Lifestyle Blog Post. I just wanted to touch on a couple common topics that I see often in hopes to clear up some confusion you may have previously encountered. Remember, when it comes to your conditioning work, focus on Aerobic Conditioning Methods to help create a healthier/stronger heart and to improve your blood flow. Added benefits will be extra calorie burning, but you shouldn't rely strictly on conditioning to get yourself into a calorie deficit to burn away body fat. And when performing your conditioning work, get used to always wearing a heart rate monitor to see what intensity you're actually operating at. Good luck! Thanks for reading and hope you found some great value! We have a favor to ask from you. We want to share our free content to help other people like yourself become more educated on fitness and wellness. Please take a moment to like and share the blog post on social media, tell a friend, and engage with the authors by commenting below and asking further questions. We thank you for the support and promise to keep over delivering you with more value! Joel Younkins It's pretty amazing, it seems like not very long ago, I was turning 20 years old. I would be getting ready for my second season as a Collegiate Football Athlete, figuring out the College Life, conceptualizing what I really wanted out of life, and what I would possibly do once my playing days were over. Today, I'm the owner of a Private Training Facility, I own my own Supplement Line, I own and rent real estate, I'm happily married to the love of my life Kelly, and she gave birth to our amazing son Levi! July 23rd 2018, I will be turning 30... As I look back over my 20's, I can't grasp how much and fast life has changed. I'm very thankful that I feel like I was able to accomplish a lot in this period of my life while still experiencing a lot that life has to offer. I know that in your 20's, especially in today's current culture, things can be tough and confusing for us to figure out. There's a lot to think about and moves to be made. You might be asking yourself, "Am I where I'm suppose to be?", "Did I make the right career choice?"," Should I be making more money?"," Should I be married by now?"... And the list can go on and on. It's easy to get caught up and compare our lives to everyone else's. Well, I now can basically say I've lived it (my 20's). I've learned a lot on the fly while figuring out how to run a business and navigating through this thing called life. I've made just as many mistakes as I have had successes, if not more. I've felt completely lost at times, and I've also felt like I was on top of the world! This isn't me saying, do what I did in my 20's, I have the blueprint for you. This is based from my experiences of what I have come to realize to be true as a man days away from turning 30 years old. So I wanted to share this with you. Take from this what you will, especially if you find yourself in your 20's. Trust me, I've realized way more than 20 things. This list isn't the most important things I'd say, nor in order of importance, but just 20 of them that I think you may be relate to and help put things into perspective for yourself as you navigate through your 20's in this Lifestyle Blog Post for you! 1.) Hustle or Chill
2.) A Lot Changes In A Year
3.) Find Your Purpose
4.) Balance = Average
5.) Winners Win
6.) Few Actually Hustle
7.) You're Not Missing Out
8.) Find You, Before You Find Someone Else
9.) Marry Your Best Friend
10.) Having Kids Is The Best Thing In The World
11.) The World Doesn't Care If You Have A Family
12.) Misery Loves Company
13.) Real Problems Can't Be Calculated
14.) Be Open To The Universe
15.) People Accept The Judgement You Place On Yourself
16.) The More You Know, The More You Realize You Don't Know
17.) Be Comfortable Becoming Uncomfortable
18.) Morals Over Everything
19.) Keep Going
20.) Be A Genuine Person
Conclusion Thank you for reading through this list. Like I said, this isn't everything that I've learned and realized, but these are the 20 Things that I wanted to share with you. I'm sitting here telling you that I have mastered these things myself. But they have helped me realize some concepts to get through my 20's and have given me a standard to work towards when building my character. When I'm struggling with something, I keep these things in my mind and rely on them for clarity and direction. Hopefully at least one of these will help give you some clarity and direction in an area that you may be struggling with today. Until next time! Thanks for reading and hope you found some great value! We have a favor to ask from you. We want to share our free content to help other people like yourself become more educated on fitness and wellness. Please take a moment to like and share the blog post on social media, tell a friend, and engage with the authors by commenting below and asking further questions. We thank you for the support and promise to keep over delivering you with more value! |
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