Sunday Story…Fitness Challenge 4

Years ago someone asked me, “What are you training for?” My answer was a simple, “life. I’m training for my life.” The other day someone said something along the lines of, “Is this how we exercise in this day and age?” and the corollary question was: “do we really need this level of conditioning?” If exercise is defined as mental or bodily exertion then yes it is and the answer to part 2 is it depends on what you want. If you want to be operating at an optimum level of health and fitness then yes, this is the level of conditioning you need. It is my position that your level of physical conditioning has everything to do with your level of mental health and happiness.

Look, the base, the starting point is nutrition. You cannot out-exercise a bad diet. If you eat crap your results will be crap. Garbage in garbage out. This gets more and more important as you get older. The effects of poor nutrition get magnified as our bodies struggle to keep up with the effects of aging.

Part 2 is your metabolic conditioning. This is the work we do intending to increase and improve the storage and delivery of energy for any activity. This is why we work in various time domains with an infinite variety of movement patterns. Each workout will challenge and improve your (among other things) your muscular stamina, cardiovascular endurance, resistance to fatigue, and mental strength.

Why do I train? Why is fitness important? The answer to this lies inside each of you. My answer (for me) is simple: for life! My job is to be the best I can possibly be at any point in my life. What’s yours?

John Mariotti
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