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My wife and I are going away to do some snowboarding at the end of February. We have been going to the indoor SnowHall in France (about 20 minutes drive from our house) every week at least once to get some practice in. However we knew that we needed to get some practice on some “real” snow, so last weekend we headed off to La Bresse to hit some white stuff.
To say it surprised me is an understatement!
Where I have been getting on just fine on the artificially made snow indoors, I discovered that the real snow is oh so different. But within just a few hours of doing something a little different we started to see some results…
When you have been trying the “same old thing” for so long without any results why is it you expect a different result this time around? January gym memberships and our eagerness to get back in shape is almost a cliche it seems in 2009.
We are joining the same classes.
Jumping on the same treadmill
Peddling for hours on end on the exercise bike.
Going for a jog for an hour around the park
Doing a bunch of crunches
Swinging our pink handle weights.
But isn’t all this what you tried last year?
Isn’t this what you tried for a couple of weeks and then called it quits cos you didn’t see the results?
Like my experience on the real snow, We need to try something a little different to see a different or better result.
So instead of joining the same old classes, try something new, maybe a martial arts class, go join an athletics club and train with them for example.
Instead of going for a jog, try some high intensity hill sprints.
Instead of doing crunches, learn how to do some squats, lunges, deadlift exercises (look up on Youtube for videos of how to)
Put down those pink weights and do something a little different, and maybe, just maybe the results will be drastically different.
Tim
PS. ForestFit February start on the 10th for a completely different type of training.
