Your Fitness – Learn to Think Outside the Box!
As a strength and conditioning pro if I told you to go and workout then what would you do? Would you go and lift weights? Would you go for a run? Would you immediately break into a well structured repetitive array of upper and lower-body exercises? The fact is that if you did all of these things you would be doing what I told you to do. No single one of these examples is NOT considered working out, right? The real cool thing is that you can do these very obvious and traditional tactics that we are used to referring to as working out, but you can do a lot more!
You see if you want a great “workout” then you don’t need a gym membership.
Hell, you don’t even need a weight set. All you need is the knowledge and the attitude. Working out can be sort of an art form. You can create a workout that works with good sense and sound knowledge of how the body works! You may be thinking, so Brandon what are you getting at? The point that I am trying to make is that you need to learn to be creative. You should “think outside the box,” when it comes to getting any workout.
In other words, don’t worry about pressing a dumbell, but instead try executing a one-arm turkish getup with a kettlebell! Instead of pullovers with a barbell go to your garage, get a sledgehammer, a tire, and starting pounding away on some rubber! You see there are several ways to get in shape.
However, there are ways to get into shape and there are ways to get in shape fast! I think we can agree that we all desire the latter. Whether you are strength training, training for fat and weight-loss, or endurance training you can approach doing these through many avenues other than what you might normally think of.
Learn to “think outside the box.” Trust me, when I’m swinging the kettlebell, throwing sandbags, and punching the tire with a sledgehammer I get a lot of looks. I have people observe and comment during these unorthodox exercises, but I also get questions when they see the results too! Once again, I think we all desire the latter!
