Planning

Today I want to say a few words about planning

The date is February 7.    This means that the first wave of New Year’s resolution setters have already gone back to pizza, beer and good times

what happened to these otherwise well-meaning folk? In many cases it is the lack of a solid plan

simply going to the gym with-your-old baseball coaches workout program from 20 years ago is a plan, and arguably, may be  better than nothing----------  however,   trying to start off with a program used by a well conditioned 18 or 19-year-old probably is going to hurt at first --- and it might hurt a lot ,  and I have personally seen  instances of  somebody’s first two workouts basically chased them away from the gym indefinitely 

Far worse and far scarier is going into the gym without a plan at all, and with too much selfish pride to ask for some recommendations.   Not knowing what you’re going to do from one day to the other means you’ll flit from machine to machine, and from treadmill to elliptical without any rhyme or reason.

At least you’re there, and sometimes that’s more than half the battle though

picture yourself as being a train-without a solid plan, at times you may feel like a train that’s just about out of coal and facing a huge mountain pass-the slightest bit of deviation costs you momentum ----  you are struggling  just to get down the tracks,  much less take on a mountain.    

    And before you even to get to the mountains, where the real work begins, a huge gust of wind comes along and derails you

Just like that  

  My "huge gust of wind" could be something as simple as forgetting to pack your workout clothes , or your lunch  ----  then saying to yourself, i'll make the workout up tomorrow -- and just going out with the rest of the gals from the office to Ruby Tuesday for lunch

    Could be a crisis at home, or you could catch a cold ---- things happen all the time , 

Before you know it, your back to spaghettios , potato chips and mountain dew

with a solid well implemented plan,  you have more in common with a healthy locomotive and a full coal cart going slightly downhill at breakneck speed and ready to storm the gates of hell!

                       

The key words I used were “well implemented” --- the best plans in the world are useless until you implement them

sometimes plans need modification --- if you are new to this, you might not know exactly how your body is going to act to certain movements or certain aspects of a recent diet modification

   don’t let these things become rampaging elephants ---a rampaging elephant can knock the train off the track

        better to hit the brakes and let that elephant run on by while you make the necessary adjustments so you can keep on steaming forward with success   --- but keep steaming forward stupidly with no adjustments and the elephant may knock you off the tracks

 

On a side note -- i just shake my head in admiration for the elephant that did this ! Charged and derailed a real train?  Not a metaphorical one --- Geez -- He died a hero

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---- Doug

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