Nowadays, when I look around the gym I see far too often the
sight of gym buddies. Not that they aren't helpful or anything, but
probably 7 out of 10 buddies only go down the gym to have a good talk.
Their aim is not to work out really, but rather to have a little chit-chat, hang around a little, maybe train those biceps once again.
Have you ever seen these kind of people? Or are you guilty of 'hanging' around as well?
I tell you what the problem is with 'hanging around'. You didn't go down the gym to piss away your time! You went down there to take that next small step into becoming who you envisioned yourself to be!
When you're not purposefully walking in the gym, when you're not purposefully choosing the weights, when you start thinking about what other stuff you could be doing your motivation starts shredding itself to pieces. You find reasons NOT to train, not to be in the gym, not to even go down today.
And all that starts with chatting around. Make no mistake, have a few words in and between the repetitions. But anything longer than 1 minute should be labelled 'waste'. You heard that right.
If you want to talk to your gym buddy then sit down with him, watch something and talk! The gym is all about focus.
If you're not focused on the single most important goal you set yourself, the reason why you went down there in the first place, then you won't get anywhere. You won't gain any weight and on top of all that you'll lose that hard gained motivation as well.
On the other hand, a gym buddy can be a good companion in the gym too! When both of you are focused on working out you'll help each other out. He'll spot for you, he'll tell you when you're lifting in bad form, he'll even add some additional weights to your regular weights to keep you growing and so on.In this case, a gym buddy can be a great companion.
So why exactly are gym buddies important?
Because you'll grow faster! There'll always be someb
dy who tells you the truth straight to your face. He tells you if you're working with the same weights for months. He tells you if you're doing the same exercises over and over again, or if you keep watching the screens instead of lifting.
What you need to do is take a look at your friends who are working out and choose the one who has the biggest drive, who keeps telling you that he had enough.
Try working out together and see how good of a gym buddy you got. Bud don't forget: that other person is looking for the same type of gym buddy you are.
What is your view on gym buddies? Leave a comment below!
Their aim is not to work out really, but rather to have a little chit-chat, hang around a little, maybe train those biceps once again.
Have you ever seen these kind of people? Or are you guilty of 'hanging' around as well?
I tell you what the problem is with 'hanging around'. You didn't go down the gym to piss away your time! You went down there to take that next small step into becoming who you envisioned yourself to be!
When you're not purposefully walking in the gym, when you're not purposefully choosing the weights, when you start thinking about what other stuff you could be doing your motivation starts shredding itself to pieces. You find reasons NOT to train, not to be in the gym, not to even go down today.
And all that starts with chatting around. Make no mistake, have a few words in and between the repetitions. But anything longer than 1 minute should be labelled 'waste'. You heard that right.
If you want to talk to your gym buddy then sit down with him, watch something and talk! The gym is all about focus.
If you're not focused on the single most important goal you set yourself, the reason why you went down there in the first place, then you won't get anywhere. You won't gain any weight and on top of all that you'll lose that hard gained motivation as well.
On the other hand, a gym buddy can be a good companion in the gym too! When both of you are focused on working out you'll help each other out. He'll spot for you, he'll tell you when you're lifting in bad form, he'll even add some additional weights to your regular weights to keep you growing and so on.In this case, a gym buddy can be a great companion.
So why exactly are gym buddies important?
Because you'll grow faster! There'll always be someb
dy who tells you the truth straight to your face. He tells you if you're working with the same weights for months. He tells you if you're doing the same exercises over and over again, or if you keep watching the screens instead of lifting.
What you need to do is take a look at your friends who are working out and choose the one who has the biggest drive, who keeps telling you that he had enough.
Try working out together and see how good of a gym buddy you got. Bud don't forget: that other person is looking for the same type of gym buddy you are.
What is your view on gym buddies? Leave a comment below!
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