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Pick It and Stick With It
Mar
Discuss this post in RPG FitGroup!
It’s another dual purpose video/blog post! This one is addressing a frequent question I get both here on the blog AND on the YouTube channel that usually goes hand-in-hand with Can “X” Workout REALLY Get Me The Body of “X” Character? Actually, it’s not even a single question, but actually a smattering of questions that all amount to “can I enhance my body in this way by doing this?” While the answer to that question is almost ALWAYS “probably, yeah,” the better answer is actually “try it, and see!”
Here’s the deal: There are a whole lot of different workout programs out there. In fact, there’s probably more workouts than there are people who work out. Why is this? Because different bodies respond to different workout programs/exercises differently. Are there optimal ways to exercise that will more efficiently effect the change most people are trying to see? Sure! But the fact is, there is no PERFECT program for everyone.
Can you get a wide back doing just weighted pull ups? For some people, yes! For others, no. For most, the answer is more like, “Well, you should start with the weighted pull ups included in this program, in addition to the entire program, and see what happens after six months of regular exercise and nutrition planning.”
The thing is, working out and healthy living are skills, just like any other. Once you start on the journey (and it is a journey,) you’re going to improve over time. You’re going to adapt. You’re going to learn more, try new things, and implement new exercises and programs into your life over time. You may start with weighted pull ups, and have some back growth/strength increases. Then, after four months, you see a cheap dumbbell set on Craigslist and you pick it up.
Then, you hear from someone in RPG FitGroup that they’ve been working dumbbell rows and have seen a real improvement in their lat size. So, you decided to start implementing dumbbell rows in addition to your weighted pull ups. Lo and behold, your lat spread is improving, and your back is getting stronger! In fact, by adding those rows in, you’ve also added ten pounds to your weighted pull ups! Awesome!
This progression is natural, and it happens all the time. Maybe your family has noticed you really getting into exercising and they give you a set of gymnastics rings for your birthday and you can add in ring rows. Maybe a friend of yours wants to get in shape too, so you go halfsies on a used barbell set and all of a sudden you have deadlifts in your life. Maybe you read on a fitness site somewhere that narrow grip chin ups are better than pull ups, so you switch to those and notice they work better for you?
This is how it goes, and it’s awesome! It happens with EVERYONE who makes the commitment to life a healthier, more fit lifestyle! That’s the key, though! You need to make the commitment to the lifestyle. You need to pick a program, and stick with it for six months. You need to have some sort of solid base to work with before ANY of this can happen! Without a habit forming that base, you’ll never get to that natural growth, so start today! Pick a workout here on the site that you have all (or most) of the equipment for and just go for it!
Seriously, that’s the answer to almost every program or exercise-specific question you might have. Just try it, and go with it.
That’s it for today, I hope you enjoyed it! Live boldly, change the world, and continue to be awesome!
