This is a self fulfilling prophecy and a stand alone truth. Man! We are so arrogant to think that if we do anything at all we deserve great results. LOL! I encounter people all the time that tell me how they went to the gym, worked out, and they see no improvement. Well, like somebody told me a long time ago, “Just because you go into the garage does not mean you’re going to come out as a car.” The same logic applies.
A gigantic truism is that going to the gym all by itself is not the secret to changing yourself or your own physique. Getting to the gym is admirable but you have to have a plan of execution for that time in the gym. Even before going to the gym we have to have a goal or some idea about what we want to accomplish….an end point toward which we work. The final basic variable is time. We have to be in the gym daily over a certain period of time. Consistency plus hard work plus a personal vision will yield the desired result.
In our zeal to be better we attack our training with what we know (or what we think we know). As we attack we begin to learn that there is much more that is required of us to be great. We have to be willing to do hard things. We also have to be willing to change or to expand our training to get the desired results. Sometimes we get so stuck in our ways that we over develop some muscle groups while other muscle groups get neglected and the results and unimpressive. Often, instead of doing personal introspection we get disappointed and we try to push through by faking it. Under developed body parts go further neglected. So, we make excuses.
There can be no reason for neglecting portions of our workout with an eye toward explaining away the lack of development. It is said that the first people that will notice our unpreparedness is us. Then it will be our colleagues. Ultimately, our competitors will see our personal dishonesty on full display as they dismantle us on the field of contest.
Bottom Line for all of us, whether it be in bodybuilding or any other endeavor that requires meticulous preparation is that we cannot escape the consequences related to the work we did not do.
As my wife has said to me, “IT IS SO EASY TO DO BUT IT IS ALSO SO EASY NOT TO DO.” I cannot blame anybody but myself if I neglect to do that which is required
Six Pack and Senior 