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By: Jason Ferruggia
Many times I hear this excuse from people who do absolutely no exercise at all.
They say they have no time to train. They feel and look terrible yet they have
no intentions of doing anything about it.
I was at the park doing some sprints a few days ago and saw a guy there pushing
his kids on the swings. When they got off the swings and went to play on
something else the guy, in his mid forties, went over to the chin up bar and
attemted to do a single rep.
He couldn't even get half way up!
A grown man who couldn't do a single chin up...What a disgrace. The sad thing is
that I have seen this exact scenario at least a dozen times at the park.
How can you even consider yourself a man? What would you do if you ever had to
defend or protect your wife or kids?
How can you look yourself in the mirror and live with yourself if you are in
that kind of shape and that pathetically weak?
The excuse of not having enough time is a lame one. No matter how much you work
and how many responsibilities you have, there is always time to exercise.
The problem is that most people think an efficient workout has to last an hour
or two. This is complete BS. Often times I will train for no more than 20-30
minutes on a very busy day. If you can honestly tell me that you don't have
20-30 minutes per day for exercise, you need to take a serious look at your life
and your priorities.
An efficient strength training workout can be accomplished with as few as two or
three exercises and be completed in as little as twenty minutes. Just by making
time each day to do that small amount of exercise, you will feel ten times
better.
The workouts in How To Get Jacked all average about 40 minutes but if you are
pressed for time they can be shortened to meet your schedule.
If time is your enemy, try this: Go to the gym (or your basement or garage) and
do a brief warm up. After warming up pick one pushing exercise, one squatting
exercise and one pulling exercise. Do 2-3 sets of each for 6-10 reps each. You
will be in and out of the gym in 20 minutes but the positive benefits will be
with you for the next few days.
Don't think that if you don't have at least 4-6 hours a week, it's worthless to
do anything at all. Nothing could be further from the truth.
No excuses.
Many times I hear this excuse from people who do absolutely no exercise at all.
They say they have no time to train. They feel and look terrible yet they have
no intentions of doing anything about it.
I was at the park doing some sprints a few days ago and saw a guy there pushing
his kids on the swings. When they got off the swings and went to play on
something else the guy, in his mid forties, went over to the chin up bar and
attemted to do a single rep.
He couldn't even get half way up!
A grown man who couldn't do a single chin up...What a disgrace. The sad thing is
that I have seen this exact scenario at least a dozen times at the park.
How can you even consider yourself a man? What would you do if you ever had to
defend or protect your wife or kids?
How can you look yourself in the mirror and live with yourself if you are in
that kind of shape and that pathetically weak?
The excuse of not having enough time is a lame one. No matter how much you work
and how many responsibilities you have, there is always time to exercise.
The problem is that most people think an efficient workout has to last an hour
or two. This is complete BS. Often times I will train for no more than 20-30
minutes on a very busy day. If you can honestly tell me that you don't have
20-30 minutes per day for exercise, you need to take a serious look at your life
and your priorities.
An efficient strength training workout can be accomplished with as few as two or
three exercises and be completed in as little as twenty minutes. Just by making
time each day to do that small amount of exercise, you will feel ten times
better.
The workouts in How To Get Jacked all average about 40 minutes but if you are
pressed for time they can be shortened to meet your schedule.
If time is your enemy, try this: Go to the gym (or your basement or garage) and
do a brief warm up. After warming up pick one pushing exercise, one squatting
exercise and one pulling exercise. Do 2-3 sets of each for 6-10 reps each. You
will be in and out of the gym in 20 minutes but the positive benefits will be
with you for the next few days.
Don't think that if you don't have at least 4-6 hours a week, it's worthless to
do anything at all. Nothing could be further from the truth.
No excuses.
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