How To Stop Messing Up Your Workouts

Most executives I speak with on a daily basis are wasting their time in the gym or working out...?

Here's 3 ways you can have MUCH better workouts :

1.?Clear Structure

Having a clear plan of exactly what you aim to do when you workout is in my opinion a non-negotiable. Not only does it allow you to be focused, efficient and effective with your time, but a well?structured?program is?going to move the needle on your results.?

I speak to executives every day who just "wing it", squeezing in a workout?when?they can and have no direction when they do manage to carve out 30-40 minutes.

This is a recipe for?wasting?your?time and energy and just spinning your wheels. With the resources available online today there is no excuse for winging it in your workouts.

2.?Track Progress??

What gets measured gets improved. If your goal is to increase net profits then?tracking sales and expenses is pretty crucial.

If your goal is to get fitter, stronger and healthier then tracking your progress in your workouts is just as important.

For those of you?who have worked out for weeks, months or maybe even years and see little to no progress or have hit a plateau I can almost?guarantee?you are not tracking progress.

In order to change we must continue to challenge the body, do more, do it better, do it for longer. This can only be done effectively when you are recording what you are doing and comparing it week over week and?month?over month.

3.?Not Pushing Hard Enough?

I've spent a lot of time in public gyms in the last 13 years in every corner of the globe. And from Tokyo to Tulum the average gym goer is just not working hard enough to see progress.

If your goal is to build lean healthy muscle, get stronger or push your fitness levels higher you need to push your own limits on a consistent basis.

When it comes to strength?training?for example, in order to see maximal progress we need to be within 2-3 reps of failure on an exercise?consistently?. Meaning that if?someone?were standing next to you pushing you hard you would have no more than 2-3 left.

When?researchers study the?general?population most people are leaving 5-10 reps in the tank.

Here's an easy way to see if you are training hard enough... Actually go to complete failure on your last set of each exercise. Now this should only be done on exercises where there is no consequence or risk to failure. For example a bicep curl but not a squat.

If you push to complete failure and end up doing 2,3 or 4+ reps more on the final set then you know your first sets were not up to standard.

From our Head Coach James Collington

Variety may be the spice of life, but the same can’t be said when it comes to your exercise routine.

The thing about exercise is that doing the same thing over and over again generally works and it always has worked.

Training the same group of exercises aggressively and progressively overtime WILL get you to where you want to go.

The more often you practice a certain exercise or routine, the better you get at it. The more often you squat, the stronger you get at squats. This is all to do with the “Principle of Progressive Overload”

Progressive overload simply means gradually doing more work over time.

Examples include:

Increasing the weight you lifted.

Lifting the same weight but for more sets and reps.

Lifting the same weight with better form.

Performing the same amount of work in less time.

Performing a more difficult exercise.

Adding an extra workout during the week.

So next time you want to throw in some random exercise that you saw some “influencer” promoting,

stop and think to yourself….

“Is this really worth it” because im pretty sure you know the answer?

Keith is a very busy VP who was very frustrated at his lack of results when it came to working out.?

Keith was putting in the hours every week on his Peloton and was finding ways to be active but he was just not seeing the results. He was even attending group fitness classes but was getting no traction.?

Frustrated that he was wasting hours of his week for little to no return, Keith reached out to us at High Performance Health.

In 9 months Keith went from 200lbs down to 172, losing almost 30lbs. We helped Keith achieve a goal that he was unable to achieve on his own for over 5 years!

Here's how we done it :

1. Clear structure with nutrition : Keith had no structure around his diet. It was hit and miss and very inconsistent.?

Trying to out train a bad diet in your 40's is close to impossible especially in an executive role that means you are sedentary most of the day.

We removed all the guesswork, gave him a simple meal plan and the lbs melted off because he was eating correctly for his age and activity level.

2. We swapped the group fitness for strength training : Group fitness classes are great for a sense of community, getting your heart rate up and getting a sweat on.

But they lack effectiveness for those who are well trained. They are put together for a group of people not for you specifically, Meaning if you are consistent then eventually you will adapt to the workouts and get less benefit over time.

Keith was adapted to what he was doing and making no progress. Because it was a group setting nothing was tailored or changed to suit Keith.

By swapping that our and focusing on building a tailored plan for Keith we were able to help ramp his metabolism, improve his body composition and most importantly we could build in progression every week.

3. Increased Activity : Keith was always active on weekends and aimed to do activities regularly with family, but we added in some simple 10-15 minute walks a few days per day to offset his sedentary role.

10 minutes of walking 3x per day is 15 hours per month. Don't underestimate this!

If Keith had not reached out and took action when he did, then he would likely still be in the same spot.

There are hundreds of executives I have spoken to in the last 5 years who did NOT take the leap like Keith and are likely still spinning their wheels today.

Keith invested 1 year of his life with us and will reap the benefits for multiple decades to come. I don't know if there are many investments that are as valuable as being the fittest, healthiest and strongest human being you can be.

If you're fed up, stuck and frustrated at your lack of progress when it comes to health, weight loss and quality of life or you simply don't know what to do next then click the link below.

Book a free health assessment with myself or one of our expert team and 1 of 2 things will happen :

1. You find a company you can trust to provide the solution or your long term health and stop wasting your time, effort and energy in the wrong places.

2. You leave the call with more clarity than when you came in and know exactly what to do next on your own.

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