If you go to the gym you’ve seen certain people, even well-built people, performing their exercises as if they’re on speed. Often I see people on gym machines going at it as if it were some ride at Disneyland, zooming along, creating momentum to aid them, rather than utilizing the machine as it was designed to be utilized.
“Slow and steady wins the race,” it is said.
Part of the reason for their speed is just to get it over with. Some find working out so uncomfortable that their goal is to get to the 10th rep as fast as possible so they can stop. Is it more uncomfortable to perform your exercises slowly and deliberately than the opposite? YES.
In order to make progress at the gym, or swimming lengths, or running, or crossfit, you have to make peace with being uncomfortable.
Only a challenging workout, no matter what form it takes, one that requires us continually besting ourselves, provides results. Try slowing down your favorite exercises first, intentionally creating and feeling an increased level of resistance usung your “normal” weight. By doing so you are strengthening the mind-muscle connection essential for optimum progress and results.
Many people work out mindlessly. Leave the headphones at home and bring earplugs if you’re bothered by gym noise or the music they play. Thoroughly concentrate on each and every angle in each rep of each set. Yes, it’s hard. It’s uncomfortable. That’s what “challenging” means, for only a challenging workout is what will provide the results you’re seeking.
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