I often get asked about the latest and greatest exercise programs. Does p90x work, what about insanity training, what do I think about cross fit, and I'm always happy to offer my opinion.
Everything works...especially when you've been doing nothing since your high school weights class. Seriously...you can go outside and start landscaping, if you've never done it before I guarantee you're lower back, shoulders and hands will be as sore as if you went into the gym and worked on the same muscle group….and you don’t have to deal with douche bag gym guy.
It all works.... for a short time that is...if you're consistent with a training program you're body will adapt to it between 6-12 weeks...after that you're results usually start to plateau.... for some reason people assume that the results will keep coming as they did the first month of a training program...I know 30 year old guys who are still doing the same shit they did in high school football...coulda fooled me.... you look like you'd strain your back and get outta breath picking flowers.
My point is that in the time of diabetes, heart disease, and absolutely no skinny kids...seriously all I ever see is fat seven year olds everywhere.anything that gets you up and moving.
What I do like about these programs is they challenge the cardio fat loss myth...since the 1970's people have thought long distance running and cycling were the way to go.... and these programs challenge that ideal.... you won’t be prescribed slow tempo cycling or jogging 10 miles with these programs your gonna be doing pushups and pullups til you vomit.... then you'll go vomit…and then you’ll do some more.
The one issue I do have is people with muscular imbalances and previous doing shit they have no business doing. The guy with the torn rotator cuff has no business doing overhead snatches...especially when he's doing them terribly terribly wrong. None of these programs have individual assessment in their training....This is important because without assessing what imbalances and possible weak areas you have you’re just asking….PRAYING…for an injury. This explains why the girl in your step class tore her ACL or the tard next to you bench press just tore his rotator cuff.
But again, it doesn't matter what you're doing...as long as your doing something....the strongest kid pound for pound isn't a football player or a powerlifter....its a fucking b boy!!! So just get up off your ass, turn off Lost and do something! That show’s dumb anyway.
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