T𝙝𝙚 𝙂𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨𝙩 BodyBuilding 𝙇𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙄’𝙫𝙚 𝙇𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙙 Did you ever hear from someone at the gym, "your fitness need to be slow" or “ʏᴏᴜ sʜᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴅᴏ sᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴇᴀsʏ ᴛᴏᴅᴀʏ.” But after over ten years of training, coaching, and competing, I think embracing slow and easy gains is one of the most important lessons I’ve learned. It comes down to the difference between progress and achievement. ʟᴇᴛ ᴍᴇ ᴇxᴘʟᴀɪɴ… 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 Our society is obsessed with achievements. The same question I have been asked all these years, "how much you bench, bro?" No one asks, "Have you been making progress recently?” !Sʟᴏᴡ ɢᴀɪɴs ᴀᴅᴅ ᴜᴘ ғᴀsᴛ Pick your favorite lift, and lift 1+ more than you did last week. You are not allowed to do 2+ only 1 kg or pounds. Do you think you could do that? Most people would be like, “Of course, and that's easy.” And they're right. But here's the funny thing: If you do that every week, then you’re going to add 50 pounds to your lifts in the next year. Stick with that for two years, and you’re lifting 100 pounds more. How many people do you know who are lifting 100 pounds more than they were two years ago? !Sʟᴏᴡ ɢᴀɪɴs ʜᴇʟᴘ ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴀɴᴅʟᴇ ɪɴᴛᴇɴsɪᴛʏ ʟᴀᴛᴇʀ ᴏɴ For some reason, society has convinced us that if your heart rate isn’t above 150 beats per minute and you don’t feel gassed at the end of your workout, then you haven’t done yourself any good. Why? !𝙎𝙡𝙤𝙬 𝙂𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨 𝙁a𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙍𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 The body has a fantastic ability to adapt, but if you try to push the body too far, too fast, it will find a different way to adapt—namely, inflammation and injury. ᴀɴsᴡᴇʀ﹕ ɴᴏᴛ ᴍɪssɪɴɢ ᴡᴏʀᴋᴏᴜᴛs. Stop trying to make up for the fact that you’re inconsistent by going harder when you’re there. Long-term progress doesn’t work that way. Instead, train yourself not to miss workouts and slowly add weight. FiTT Principle Academy: Most people train in this cycle: hard, more complicated, hurt. I’d instead go supa, slow, smart never stops... written by @mackpijewski . . . . .. #MackFitt #SupaFit #DNAyourlife #SLOWLab #CircleFestival #CircleDNAchangeMaker (at Hong Kong China) https://www.instagram.com/p/CZ1NN4ovHFd/?utm_medium=tumblr
