Mar 18, 2023
Those who do not find time for exercise now will have to find time for illness.
—The Earl of Derby, 1873
Alan Thrall – Training 1x per week - To get started on excerise, go to the gym once per week. Do stuff that you like. Get used to it.
Mark Rippetoe – Training vs Exercise
Exercise is physical activity performed for the effect it produces today — right now. […] Exercise is physical activity done for its own sake, either during the workout or immediately after it’s through. Training is physical activity performed for the purpose of satisfying a long-term performance goal, and is therefore about the process instead of the workouts themselves.
Rapitude – The Best Deal in the World Right Now
I think most of the resistance boils down perceiving the cost as higher than it really is, and the rewards as smaller than they really are.
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In other words, the best deal in the world looks like a bad deal from the outside — i.e. when you’re not taking the deal. I’ll unpack that in an upcoming post, but for now I’ll say this much: the number one thing is to never do an exercise you truly hate.
TimeAndDate.com Yearly Calendar
A frequent problem for those who want to workout either do not know how to set goals or simply do not care about setting goals. This is a mistake. Goals are an integral component of an effective program, as they give guidance in structuring a workout plan. Sure, one can make progress without goals, but by setting high quality goals your performance increases will skyrocket. –Overcoming Gravity, p. 26