rebelfit-rants

i now had the challenge of teaching this to my clients...
the analogy i used then... and still use (ok, ok... overuse)
today is that of baking. if you don't bake your cake for
long enough, it won't rise. equally, if you bake your cake
for too long, it will burn. just as there is a just right zone with
baking, there is a just right zone in fitness that we must
know and understand.
three years into my personal training career i had enough
experience to determine where the just right zone was for
each client i signed up. obviously, different people... with
different fitness levels... had different just right zones.
my challenge to get people to stay within their zone.
i could pretty much divide my clients into two categories -
those who refused to do enough exercise to stay within
their just right zone. these clients i labelled THE WHIPS...
because they needed whipping (motivating) to do their
workouts.
and those who refused to take enough rest to stay within
their just right zone. these client i labelled THE LEASHES...
because they needed holding back (leashing) to stop
them doing extra exercise.
and so....
the whips did TOO LITTLE.
the leashes did TOO MUCH.
both groups trained outside of their just right zone. both
groups failed to maximise the results of their training.
believe it or not, my client base is primarily made up of
THE LEASHES...
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