Did you know...that in Florida, California, Miami (and any other hot place) there are ZERO joggers, boot campers, fitness enthusiast, kickboxers, gym goers or anything like that?
Why are there NO fitness enthusiast in these places?
Because it's too hot of course!
Obviously I’m kidding… But it's hot, I get it, we all feel the heat, you aren't any different, and guess what, if you're looking for a handy excuse to put your health on the side lines, the heat is a GREAT one.
Guess what? When I work out, I NEVER notice the heat. Why? Because when I'm working out, I'm working out. And when I work out, it gets hot, really hot, REGARDLESS of the temperature of the air, my body will get very hot.
Ever go for a jog in the winter? It's really annoying because your body gets hot, so you sweat, and then the sweat gets cold and you get a chill.
Question: How is it that in minus 30 degree weather, when I get my snow machine stuck and have to work like an animal to get it out it feels like I'm sitting on the sun boiling? Strange, it's - 30.
How is it that when I go snowboarding and I go way off route (because I'm following my father of course) and we end up having to trek through 3 feet of snow back to find the main course I end up sweating buckets? Isn't the proverbial “A/C” on at total MAX capacity during the winter?
Funny, no matter HOW cold it is, when I workout, my body is on fire.
Summer is here and it's warm. But guess what, your body would get just as hot if it were winter. Of course, if you're having an "easy" day, it won't, but if you have real goals and are actually striving to reach them and working your ass off in order to reach them, you'll get real hot - in more ways than one.
I remember driving around the south last year with my wife during a real scorcher, A/C blasting yet barely doing anything and yet we passed a dozen joggers, and at least 50 people biking. And not just kids on BMX and mountain bikes. People wearing funky spandex, biking like their life depended on it.
Amazing, they are working out in the dead of heat. Why don't they take the summer off? Jog when it's colder or something? Oh wait - maybe they have goals.
Okay okay... you get the point right?
When Koral (my wife) and I were in Florida a while back we passed by a martial arts gym that seemed like they had just about everything (MMA, Kickboxing, Weights etc) and they had 4 big huge bay doors wide open and the place was packed with people sweating their FAT off. And guess what, with the doors open we know they don't have A/C.
What? Are these people crazy? Don't they know it's too darn hot to have goals!
Well, when you know EXACTLY what you want, you do what it takes to get it.
If you want a tight, toned stomach, a shapely butt, nice legs and sculpted arms - it takes dedication, daily consistent action and effort –regardless of the obstacles in your way.
If you want a muffin top, baby weight from kids you had 15 years ago, a beer gut, and double chins then take time off, eat junk food, drink acid all summer, sit on your butt and tell yourself it's okay because it's too hot!
I'll let you in on a little secret... at the end of the summer, the end of the summer will surely have arrived. Did you catch that? Deep isn't it. I know you're busy and it's hot, and it would take time to get in shape, time away from your BBQ, but in 3 months, 3 months will have passed. Might as well get in shape along the way.
In 5 years, 5 years will have gone by. Imagine if you started 5 years AGO where you could be today! It's in the past, I get that, so why not start your “next 5 years” today.
Do you realize how long ago Y2K was?
Time is the only thing we all have equally, what we choose to do with that time is up to us. I choose to make my health, my fitness, my body a priority so that this summer I can be proud, not covered.
Okay, enough about that. you make your bed and you lay in it.
To your success,
Al