Results
Key Points: Most people who say they love working out mostly love the results. If most people didn’t see results from exercise, they wouldn’t do it, so my primary objective is to get you results.
This is part of my 3-part series explaining my Core Values. As I’ve said in my other posts, I didn’t fully understand the reasoning behind core values until I had been in the Marines for about 8 years. They seemed like gimmicky nonsense that didn’t actually matter. Since then, my opinion has drastically changed and I regularly refer back to Honor, Courage, and Commitment when I make Marine Corps decisions. They’re the answer to so many questions when you aren’t sure what to do. My core values are Compassion, Commitment, and Results. I want to explain why I chose each of these.
I wish I had a dollar for every time someone told me they wished they liked to exercise as much as I do. I’d have… well, maybe only $100, but still, that’s a lot of people who seem to think I love being uncomfortable, tired, and that I prefer lifting to playing computer games (I’m a huge nerd). What is so funny about it is that I often don’t like working out. There are aspects of it that I often like. There are ways of training that are easier than others and make it more enjoyable. It is fun to achieve goals. But I’ve also dreaded workouts or, at the very least, just wasn’t in the mood for them a lot of the time. If I’m being honest, I wouldn’t train at all if I didn’t think it gave me results. So why on earth should I think you would?
It is critical to me that you actually see and feel results when you are exercising. I’m asking you to do something outside your comfort zone. Why would you do that if you didn’t see improvement? At the same time, my job is to make the results reasonable, achievable, and rewarding. Fitness is a marathon, not a sprint. I’ve done the typical “Add 30lb to your bench in 30 days” routines and often did end up adding… well… 20lb. But I either injured myself doing that or lost it almost immediately as soon as I started doing something else. This sort of training is generally unsustainable and i simply don’t recommend it. I want to give you consistent, healthy, and steady improvement.