Where is Your Weight Training Taking You? Success Looks Very Much Like Failure at First Glance.

To the average person walking into a weight room, folks look like they all know what they are doing. Believe it or not, even with experienced athletes and trainers, people usually look like they know what they are doing. Training can look right, can feel hard, and can fool you into thinking you are making progress, when really, you might be turning your wheels. The difference between successful training and “going nowhere” is extremely slight. Training at low intensity for years, with improper form will do little more than maintain your biological homeostasis. In order to progress, you have to go slightly beyond your comfort zone. Furthermore, most effective training doesn’t yield fruits unless is is maintained over a period of time with patience and diligence. I’ve seen many folks on the right track jump ship because of impatience. On the other hand, most ineffective training doesn’t produce it’s “bad fruit” unless it is maintained of a period of time. However, if you persevere in error the effects will eventual catch up to you. Improper recovery, warm ups, or form may not make a difference today, tomorrow, or even next month. As the French saying goes, “Little by little the bird makes his nest.”

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Improper training, the longer it is maintained will lead you further form your desired goal. A few degrees of course may seem insignificant, but as time passes the mistakes will compile to outrageous level Or “going through the motions” can leave us putting in effort, day by day, only to find ourselves walking in circles and not going anywhere. It’s often said that insanity is do the same things, and expecting different results. Proper training, when maintained over a period of time will lead you to your goal 1 step at a time. Be smart, or get smart, stay motivated and disciplined, and don’t jump ship before you reach the treasure. It’s this slight difference over time that turns regular folks into champions. In general champions are slowly created by the habits we create and maintain. It’s the small things that eventually make us great or insignificant. The difference between success and failure is actually so small, that many of of miss it entirely.

Where is Your Weight Training Taking You? Success Looks Very Much Like Failure at First Glance.

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Article by Jacob Hiller