The other day I was having a conversation with one of our new clients about pull ups. Currently, she couldn’t do 1 pull up even with our strongest assistance bands, so she is using the rings to do rows. We have tons of people doing the same thing, so it’s nothing out of the ordinary.
I mentioned that we would work her down from rings, to bands, to unassisted pull ups, and that it’d take about 2 years to get there. She looked a little disheartened and said that seems like a long time.
My response was, that we train for a lifetime. Our goal is about continually getting better and continually progressing towards the healthiest version of you that’s possible. In the grand scheme of things 2 years isn’t a long time. Now, if she wanted to make that a huge goal, and worked on it multiple times a week, then she could get there faster, but we’d have to set that as a priority. You see strength is a direct correlation of time spent working on it. The more you work on it the stronger you’ll get faster.
The point is this though, we are trained to view things as a quick fix. This is done through marketing. Everyone is promising the miracle diet that will help you lose 30lbs in 5 days, or the electric stimulation belt that will give you the 6 pack while sitting on the couch eating twinkies.
The reality is that health, fitness, well being, longevity, all these things should be lifelong goals for you. The point is to figure out a sustainable life to create health and well being forever, not do some fad and go off of it, so yes 2 years may seem like a long time, but it’s hopefully a drop in the bucket with the amount of time you’re going to spend working on your health.
Besides, imagine all the ancillary progress you will have made in the 2 years to get there. I’m certain that other health markers will be drastically improved by then.
What are some long term goals you may have? I’d love to hear them. Post in the comments.
3-26-15 WOD
Strength:
Jerk
Met Con:
Wall Climb x 2
Dumbbell Snatch x 10
200m run
5 rounds for time
3-27-15
Strength:
OHS
2 x 5, 1 x 5+
Met Con:
Deadlift x 3 @80% of 1RM
Pull ups x 10
Burpees x 10
4 rounds for time
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