What does it feel like to be in really good shape?
A little about me first:
I have been lifting off and on for 17yrs now, and have been working in the fitness industry for a little over 11yrs. So I know my way around the block so to speak. However, due to numerous issues and excuses over my lifetime (I'm 33), I have never really know what it is like to be in really good shape. I have been battling my weight for as long as I can remember, at my worst I was 265lbs and 32% BF, and my best I was 203lbs and 19% BF. I am currently at 219lbs and 21% BF and am really trying hard to focus and stay comitted to my diet and routine.
Since I don't know what it feels like to be in really good shape, I was wondering (especially those who were in bad shape and now are in great shape) how does it feel? What can you compare it to? What are the most dramatic analogies you can make to describe how you feel?
Any and all input would be greatly appreciated....I need a spirit boost LOL!
I think it depends on your perspective
There are different levels of being in really good shape. I gravitate between feeling it and feeling like I have more work to do. I've been battling a physical condition that over the last 3 months has done a great deal to rob me of my TKD training. Am I still in what would be considered "great shape"...? By all convetional standards, yes. By MY standards...meh...
I lift 5 days a week for about 75-90 minutes per session. I have a pretty grueling dedicated ab routine. However, I just started doing cardio again, and without being able to train 3-4 hours a week on top of that in TKD like I was previously it still doesn't feel the same.
How bad do you want it? Hmmmmm?
Lots of hard work. Nothing feels better tho, no matter what it is, then being paid well for a job well done. Keeping fit is just that. HARD WORK! YET, VERY REWARDING!
You are miserably fat and, or outta shape not because you're doing something physically wrong creating bad habits! That is just the symptom of an inner struggle that needs to change first, before you change the Physical body. That is why 97% of all people who go on diets and or exercise programs fail within the first 6 mths of their program. They attack the symptom, not the problem.
The key to change isn't just changing physical habits only! One must change all aspects of their lives starting with inner self first, then changing ones belief system mentally, spiritually and socially. Those are the reasons people fail and are miserable. That is why no matter haw much weight they lose, no matter how in shape they get, they inevitably will return to their old fat and outa shape self.
Truly the key to success is to change from within first, and continue on your path of health and wellness for the rest of your life. No vacations.
Before you start, you have to ask yourself, "How bad do I want it?"
Well?..... How bad?