I am going to share with you today a new philosophical perspective of what working out really is.
On the outside, working out is going to the gym and working till you sweat a lot to look "better". First of all, what is better? Better is different for everyone, but the general principle is that you are attractive which means you have physical traits that represent strength, good health, and good genes. In an animalistic sense, we are attracted to those who are most fit to survive and create/raise babies with. We get the images of who we want to be physically by imagining ourselves fit to survive and healthy to reproduce.
Now, what happens behind the scenes in the gym? Working out happens like this; you apply a restraint on your physically body, a barrier, or a restriction and then overcome the force that is holding you down. This is creating a physically demanding challenge for yourself. When you overcome the physical demand, your body will evolve and adapt to the physical demand making it easier for you to do next time. To put this as simple as possible; everything you do at the gym will be easier next time because your body evolves to do that thing better.
Some people think that you can get big strong arms and chest by pounding out a thousand push-ups every day. The truth is that if you do a thousand push-ups every day, you're going to only get good at doing a thousand push-ups every day. In an aesthetic perspective, all that is happening is you are making your chest and arms smaller, denser, and more defined because they need to be light and have high endurance for the volume of push-ups you are performing. Big arms and chest only come from forcing your body to lift the heaviest weight they can bare. It is there that the mass is being recruited for the restraining demand of the heavy weight. If you run, your body will make muscle denser so it is lighter and drop body weight because running demands your body to be light and able to keep going for long periods of time.
The main point:
You can't just do anything at the gym and look "better". You have to create an image in your head which you want to become and then find out what exercises will demand your body to look like that. From that point on, evolution, the cause and effect of time and life itself, will make your body into the image you have set as your goal.
Keep in mind, there are some other restraints on you such as genes, body type, and any physical/health handicaps. This does not mean you can't look like your imagined goal, but it will make the process a bit longer.
Best of luck to everyone!
Blog Question:
Do you prefer cardio, toning, strength training, or body building?
Blog Question:
Do you prefer cardio, toning, strength training, or body building?
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