Planning to Adjust

I absolutely love training! It gives me a rush to know that I have left everything that I had during that session. And to top it off, I get to do it again on another day! There is absolutely nothing like it. Maybe it is the athlete in me, or maybe I am just a fitness nerd:) Having said that, there are extremely frustrating moments in each training session. But, this is the time to adjust your game plan. Some of the best training sessions that I have ever had were ones that I changed on the fly. Plans change...if they didn't, everyone would be perfect. Right:) I'll give you a prime example. Today, I had a fantastic training session. I Deadlifted my personal best for 5 reps. It felt great! After that, I supersetted two upper body exercises for about 10 minutes. I felt absolutely spectacular when I finished! Here is where it gets interesting. I came home to do 1/4 mile sprints on my treadmill. I was shooting for under 60 seconds each sprint. Well...I found out that my treadmill gets up to that, but it shorts out on any speed over 9.0 MPH. So, what do I do now? Quit? No way...no how! This is where creativity takes over. How do you make a treadmill session harder? Speed and/or INCLINE. Well...treadmill speed 9.0MPH, treadmill incline 4.0. Let me tell ya'...I was beat down when I was done:) 4 was plenty! Why do I share this? Because as important as a plan is when you begin, adjustments will assuredly need to be made. If you are reading the plan as gospel, you are missing the point of fat loss/weight loss. Think about it...if one plan worked the best, everyone would use it. Do not lose sight of everything else at your disposal. In the coming weeks and months, I will be highlighting lots of exercises and their variations to get you results, 'cause face it, isn't that what we are all after...RESULTS!

I look forward to being part of your fitness education and challenge you to reach farther, dream bigger, and believe in yourself.