Program vs. Effort

If I were to follow in the footsteps of most other trainers I would tell you something like this "Follow my program and get results faster than you can imagine. My program uses a modern technique the I developed to help clients reach their goals!!"

There are some key words there that catch your eye and get you thinking right away FASTER, MODERN, DEVELOPED, GOAL all of which are used by any advertising company or salesman trying to get the consumer to buy their product. I want to tell you most of what you hear from trainers is complete bull. There are better trainers than others but from what I have seen in my experiences little to none of their talent has to do with the program they have you follow. Almost any program can be successful if A. you believe in it and B. if you give it 100% intensity. I'm not talking giving 100%, 50% of the time like most people do. I'm saying that if you stick with a workout/nutrition program and complete it with a high intensity and an urgency for success you will be successful. Now at first glance you may say that I think every trainer is a good trainer and every program is a good program. This is not true there are bad trainers, average trainers, good trainers and phenomenal trainers. This is another subject completely. The subject I am focusing on is the Program. There are programs that are not designed to meet the goal you have in mind but the millions of programs out there that are designed to reach a common goal... Fitness. There are different aspects of fitness whether it be athletic prowess, weight loss, muscular strength, aesthetic build, heart health etc. That is not the point either. My point is that any one of the programs can get you to the goal that it was designed for. I can not tell you that a workout system will or will not work for you by looking at the program itself. I can watch you perform said program and tell you almost immediately. How you ask? By watching you perform the program I can judge your effort. Results are all about effort. If you put the right amount of effort in to just about any program it will most definetly be a successful program. Your attitude before starting the program could also determine the outcome. The more excited or pumped up you are will translate to how hard you work. Programs like Crossfit, P90X and even Zumba work because they get you excited about working hard! They also continuosly keep you pumped with a number of techniques including competition, participant involvment and record keeping. So when you are choosing a program what you really need to do is choose to give it 100% effort! Chose something you are honestly excited about. Going through the motions will get you no where in life and it will especially get you no where in your workout. A program is only as good as the intensity you give it!! If you can't push the intensity.... Hire a trainer! Hey I know a guy ;)