Rx - 50 sit ups, walk 30 Minutes, 3*10 bicep curls 1 kg weights...

Prescription Workouts, and why they do not work.

I get most of my blogging ideas from my own experiences. So sometimes, like today, I blog twice, because I got ideas twice, sometimes I go for a week or two without an experience I am driven to write about...or my daughter bangs on my keyboard and deletes a whole post...which has happened a couple of times....

When anyone begins a fitness program and especially one with a personal trainer or instructor, one is usually given a program, perhaps a circuit to follow. The prescription. Because the body is moving from zero, this first prescription no matter how 'easy' to an advanced exerciser, is challenging to a body not accustomed to moving. So the body begins to change, weight loss begins to happen, the prescription is successful!

We forget one thing though. Our bodies are tough, they adapt. We have to change our workout programs every 4 - 6 weeks in order to keep our bodies challenged otherwise we will not achieve our goals. It is part of the reason our weight loss stagnates, our body sculpting ceases to create the curves we want, we do not run faster or longer we do not progress.

It is understandable when we find something we like we want to stick to it....in this case, do not. Prescription fitness does not work. What worked for person X might not work for person Y. What worked two months ago will definitely not be as effective today. If you were using 1 kg dumbbells, try using 2. If you were doing a 5 km jog, why don't you try doing a weekly longer run to test your endurance and speed. I have learnt so much from friends who push their limits everyday, and in turn inspire me to push past mine.

As our bodies change, so must we.

Have an active day tomorrow!