NLXF – MONDAY – WEEK 3 Week 3 is a checkpoint within a session. This is where the excitement of a new session starts to wear off a little bit – your big goals you set out with have either taken shape or have almost taken a back seat to other priorities in your life. This is where you have to use your checkpoint and ask yourself – are you still doing what you set out to do – or are you justifying letting up? This might also be a point where you start seeing yourself fall out of your good habits – both in and outside the classroom. You might start telling yourself it’s ok to skip today or it’s ok to have a bad eating day, because what is one day going to hurt out of a 10 week session? The fact is that it’s not the one day that will hurt you, it’s allowing yourself to cave and allowing yourself to have one of those bad days again going forward. You will never hear any of us tell you that you need to be 100% perfect all the time – you don’t – however, you need to have structure and if your bad day is turning into a bad weekend leading into a bad week, you might not even realize it. Before you know it, a bad habit has formed and you’re right back to where you started. You have to make the decision on whether you’re part of this program just to workout or if you’re apart of NLXF to get better. At some point you will find yourself seeing only small gains and seemingly working twice as hard to get those small gains – but while you might get frustrated with that concept, understand that those small gains and changes are bigger differences on your already improved body. Just like these two weeks are exciting and easy to sustain energy, it’s a process and if you don’t stick with it for the long haul, it’ll be difficult to see results. Accept the small changes, keep improving and inevitably those small changes will turn into the physique and confidence you’re working for. Today marks our second Black Monday of the session – a challenging, cardio intense workout that will push your limits – if you allow yourself to push. For someone who is new to NLXF, today will set the bar a little bit – it’ll get you outside your comfort zone and it’s important to understand that is a very GOOD thing. Being uncomfortable is exactly what you’re looking for in NLXF and if you aren’t, you have accepted complacency. Start focusing on better quality reps, starting sprinting faster, start pushing others more – whatever it is, find that fire, light it and let every workout be the fuel that keeps that fire burning until that next day. Speaking of fuel – what are you fueling your day with? Countless times throughout the day we have people ask us what they should be eating – here’s the answer: FOOD. Good quality FOOD. One of the biggest mistakes – you aren’t eating enough. If you are expecting to have great endurance in a workout like today or any day, eating 1200 calories is more likely to harm you rather than help you. You might feel “ok” if you’ve done this for a while, but if you would start changing the way you are fueling your body and giving it for energy to work with, let the process take it’s time, you very well could find yourself having much more energized and effective workouts. Understand that we want you to get RESULTS and the last thing we want to do is steer you the wrong direction – females, we aren’t going to tell you to eat more food because we want you to get bigger and bulkier, we want you to feel confident about how you feel and look on a daily basis – any one of us trainers can steer us in the direction of options you have within NLXF to make sure you’re getting going in the right direction. Next, are you eating the right things? Are your options processed or are they natural? One of the biggest issues we see when working with clients and their nutrition is ARTIFICIAL SUGAR. What is artificial sugar? Anything that has sugar added to it – so no, it’s not your fruits – however it can be your orange juice, milk, your coffee (if added), your packaged foods – it can be countless things and that artificial sugar is a one-way ticket to frustration and many people don’t realize it. Want a number to stick by? Stick to less than 25 grams of artificial sugar on a daily basis. Confused by this? Please talk to one of us trainers, but if you’re going to set one nutritional going forward, this is a great start. Your nutrition truly will set your structure for success in this program and if you don’t have it under control, frustration will be soon to follow. Let today’s workout be a checkpoint for you – let it push you, let it motivate you, let yourself motivate others – whether it’s vocally or just by being a firecracker in that room with your effort – take today’s workout and run with it – more importantly let it lead to a good workout tomorrow and an amazing week as a whole. We are going to give you the structure for success, it’s up to you to take the tools we provide you and utilize them to the best of your ability. Let today’s workout motivate your nutritionally, physically and mentally – let the start of Week 3 be the start something really special going forward for YOU. Excited to see what you have to bring to the table going forward. Happy Week 3, NLXF!
Posted on: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 12:58:34 +0000
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