 Joel YounkinsPhysical Preparation Coach A lot of people start a workout routine, a training program, or join a fitness class. I love the action taking steps to get started, but what I love even more, is people getting real results, being pumped on them, and actually learning to love training! But so many that start a program, end up switching or quit altogether. Why is it that so many people fail or get frustrated at their training programs? 99.9% of people don't know the first thing about training, they see it for what the workout looks like.
Majority of people, and even what many trainers don't realize, is that these are just tools for training. It's not actually what makes up the training process to actually improve. Training is actually just imposing stress on the body to create a specific adaption that you're looking for. It's just STRESS! It's controlled stress that predicts a process that allows you to improve from it and get better. When you don't have a true understanding for stress and how it actually impacts the body, you will never truly be able to maximize your training... You will just only see fatigue and minimal short term results. And if that's all that is happening (this happens often, even elite athletes) you will never see the real results you want! The good news is however, when you go from couch potato to motivated action taker, no matter what you do, it will produce some results. That's why you hear stories of people losing 50lbs by just walking every day or on the flipside doing hard Crossfit classes. For the first 8-12 weeks, if you just do something, it will work. And then when it stops working and the "beginner gains" wear off, you'll need to start properly manipulating stress to get the right fitness adaptations that you need. This is also why in my coaching that we start people off slow. They'll get results if they go slow or fast, but by starting slow, this will set them up for success later down the road for what's to come! This is where people lose it, when they need to manipulate their training to get the specific outcomes. They do too much, too little, or they are using the wrong tools for the job they're after. And so many other reasons/variables... If you're feeling a little confused, frustrated, or feel like you were lied to, I'm sorry, I didn't write the rulebook to this stuff. I just know how to follow it! There's a lot to unpack here, but in the next blog post I will cover more about how stress works in regards to training! When you're ready, there are 4 ways I can help you:
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