Back in Boston in the 80s and 90s I’d always look forward to the Sunday Boston Globe. Specifically the sports section. The Sunday sports section featured two of the greatest sports writers of their, or any other, time, Peter Gammons and Will McDonough. On Sundays they’d write their “News and Notes” column which would consist of different tidbits and rumours from around the leagues. I loved it!
Anyway, I thought I’d do my tribute to those great writers and do a “News and Notes From Castro Valley Fitness” post.
Here we go!
- The all or nothing mentality will almost always get you nothing. If this your normal approach you probably already know that. Stop kidding yourself and cut it out! This is NOT the time it is finally going to work.
- Training flexibility for flexibility’s sake is not only pretty pointless, it’s probably going to get you hurt. Especially if you’re not doing a good amount of strength training to supplement it.
- Sometimes you have to listen to your body but sometimes you need to tell your body to shut up. Not every little tweak is worth worrying about.
- If you have chronic joint or back pain, just hitting the gym 2-3 times a week won’t cut it. Even if you’re doing an appropriate program you need to do something EVERY DAY to see real results. (15-25 minutes of the right stuff can be very effective.)
- STOP USING AGE AN EXCUSE!!! IT’S NOT A GOOD OR VALID ONE!!!
- You know if you’re working hard or not. Get with it.
- Yes, pull-ups and the bench press are hard. You’re just not going to improve every single week on those exercises. Just accept it, work hard and progress will come. It just may take a longer than on some other exercises.
- Sometimes the best way to lift more weight is to just put more on the bar. Get out of your own way.
- Finally, As the great RuPaul says: Feeling aren’t facts. Keep this in mind when you are trying to justify what you’re doing if you’re not getting the results you want.
Feeling Aren’t Facts
We covered a lot of ground here. I hope at least one or two things clicked with you. Let me know what you thought about todays post and please let me know if there is something you’d like me to write about.
Have a great day!
Mitch Rothbardt, CPT, PN Level 2 Lean Eating Coach, Egoscue PAS
Castro Valley Fitness
2861 Grove Way
510-755-9191
Mitch@CastroValleyFitness.com
