For the most part in the fitness world, nobody really
listens to their instincts because they buy into the latest fad or fitness
gimmick on putting on 10 pounds of muscle in less than 10 days or going to an
aerobics class and thinking it’s the Mecca
of fitness. To really understand fitness and strength training is to learn how
to trust yourself not just in the gym but be able to figure out how to do a
workout anytime and anywhere. Learn to listen to that little voice.
I have learned
from a great deal of many people and have been to the gym, trained at home, at
parks, oceans, lakes, even the grocery store but I never once felt like doing
every single thing they teach. To trust your instincts is to listen to what
matters. You can buy all the crap you want and get in awesome workouts but it
all boils down to you and what works best for you. Learning from other people
is great and that’s the way it should be but also it’s important to find what
works best for you and it’s different for everyone.
While I was
cooped up on a hospital bed for nearly three months, I did do a little therapy but
it became boring to me and not because I wanted to move along faster but my
instincts were telling me that there are better ways to do this. After my third
surgery and was cleared to do rehab, I shook off therapists, doctors and even
my own family and friends that told me to work on rehabbing. I just had the
desire to do it on my own and it took me a while but before I knew it, my legs
were getting stronger, my body was shaping up and I got far better at my
recovery than if I had listened to some quack with a piece of paper attached to
his name. Did I get crap for it, of course I did but that didn’t matter to me
and I learned to trust myself.
Nobody has
power over you but if you allow them that power, you’ll never find what works
best for you and learning to find that desire to what gives you strength,
health and power over everyone else. You have the power to create your own
style, your own version of training and it doesn’t matter if you go to a gym or
not. Learn from other people but find your own way, trust in yourself.
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