Brace yourselves......

Well folks....the new year has come and that means an excessive amount of gym crowdage. Yes that is now a word. Now for most of us who are a bit more experienced or serious lifters, this time of year is an absolute nightmare. Roughly three weeks of feeling like a canned sardine every time I want to get a workout in, trying to bench on a Monday between 2pm and 8pm....fuggetabboutit. I could seriously go on and on discussing my frustrations with this time of year, instead however I am going to offer some advice to all of ya'll new years resolutioners!  I want to see you guys succeed and stick with it so here it goes!!



I am sure that all of you, if not many of you are familiar with S.M.A.R.T goals, now I know many of you are saying really Zach?? That's just some %#$^ we learned in school, well ya'll they really do work.  So let's review

S-Specific
M-Measurable
A-Attainable
R-Realistic
T-Time bound

Here we go, Specific: Set very specific goals..not just " I want to lose weight" , how about I want to lose 15 pounds, this is also measurable because well it's 15 pounds, you are literally determining that by stepping on the scale and seeing how much weight you have lost.  Attainable: is this attainable? Absolutely as long as you are allowing yourself and ample amount of time to do so, and yes 15 is a reasonable number for starters, 100 on the other hand is quite a stretch . This is where it is important to set short-term and long-term goals.  100 pounds is a great goal, but do not make that your goal out of the gate, make that an ULTIMATE goal, set little stepping stone goals on your way there to keep you focused and motivated.  Realistic: 15 pounds as I said before is definitely realistic especially if you make it time bound, lets say 15 pounds in 2 months.  This is now bound by a specific amount of time and that amount of time has also made this goal realistic because the length of time is 2 months....not something silly like 2 days.



Make sense?? Now that we all have the proper knowledge, let's go into the gym this new year with SPECIFIC goals and be smart about it, don't just wander around aimlessly taking up space.  If you are going to go into the gym have a plan and please plan to stick to it...don't just give up after three weeks or so.  I know often times it is easier to just quit than keep fighting and working your ass off, but at the end of the day it is so freaking worth it.  So to help you guys out , starting this Monday I will be posting a workout of the day to help give you guys some clear direction when you walk through those doors(This will be located under the workouts page).  As I said before, as frustrating as the large crowds can be...I want ya'll to stick with it and be successful, let's kick 2013 off right,with our fins up!!