The Laboratory of Life

Have you ever wondered why people who spend hours a week on the treadmill or elliptical always look the same.  If we take diet out of the equation (we will discuss diet in detail later), we can start to look at these people (and many others) as your experiments in a gym.

Like I have said since the beginning, this blog is intended for those willing to asses and change.  And to take the next step in the journey we need to know where you want to be.  What is your goal body style?  Is it lean, muscular, powerful or fast? Simply put, look at what people do in the gym and how it effects their body.  Start to notice the particular workouts of people and how they are the same every week.  And these people wonder why nothing changes.  Your body is very smart and adapts quickly, especially if your mind allows complacency. But, we will cover these "rut" workouts in detail next week.  

If you happen to be around runners that train you can easily see this principle in action. When training to be a runner, you obviously have a difference in approaches to a 100 meters then 1500 meters or even a marathon.  If we look at the bodies of each these you will see them get leaner to longer the distance they run, which is an obvious result of their individual training.  So, if you run 20 plus miles at a time, you will not be able to hold muscle mass as easily as a sprinter.  This is a basic example, but look at the other members in your gym and asses their bodies and see if that is what you really want.

The Smart Body Initiative will give you the personalized tools to find the workout that will create the body you want.  We have geared our system to help you achieve your goals without paying a trainer  $50-$100 per hour.  So until the launch, start doing research in your own personal "Gym Lab".  Start to generate the drive to change and see what is going on around you everyday in the gym.

Someone told me long ago "if you listen to your neighbors, they will always be your neighbors", so pick who you want to live beside.

Train to Failure and Grow
-Alex