Training Stimulus

The meaning of stimulus for you guys that are wondering is something that causes us to react in a certain way. For example, If you were walking down the street and someone threw a ball at you, you would react by catching it or moving out the way right? Providing you seen it that is. The Stimulus is basically something that causes our body to react in a different way too what we are used too. 

 Now how this relates to training… I like to cross relate the effect of training with other things which happen in our day to day life and break it down so you guys can truly understand what I mean when I’m comparing without going into too much detail.  I want you guys to imagine the first time you turned 18 or (21 in America) and you are finally allowed to go out clubbing so you start trying alcohol you only have a few beers and then you start to feel a little bit tipsy (slightly wobbly and off balance) now you keep going out and out every Saturday and your body starts to adapt to this. Meaning you can go out and drink more and more beer every single time! Now you’re fed up of beer ok you going to try a daring spirit you have one drink of the spirit and BOOM!  It hits you again like the first time you drank beer!

So this is the point I’m trying to get across to you guys. If you go into the gym and every Monday you train legs in the gym and every Tuesday you train chest, Wednesday back, Thursday arms, Friday shoulders and you do every single exercise in exactly the same order for months and months in a row, eventually you ask yourself the biggest question most people ask when looking in the mirror

Why o why am I not getting anywhere?

The answer!

As mentioned above you need to constantly change the stimulus which your muscles react upon! Now if that routine sounds like you above, try doubling the muscle groups up , chest & triceps , back & biceps, legs & shoulders. Adjust your rest period from 1 minute to 30 secs all these changes will shock the body and cause your muscles to grow as they can’t cope with the stress you are putting on them! So they are forced to grow!

 Training methods Super Sets, Drop Sets, Tri Sets, rest pause. There are hundreds of variables it’s just mixing it into your workout constantly changing what you are doing every 1-4 weeks never stick to the same program for too long 

Hope this has helped you guys feel free to get in contact

Kieran

Motivation! Is it the Answer?

YES!

Everybody needs motivation whether it is to get out of bed in the morning for an exciting day at work, embarking on a new fitness goal you have set yourself or keep setting yourself which requires a lot more motivation than getting out of bed every day. I’m sure you can all agree with me on this one! I myself have been there, telling myself I will go to the gym and never actually do!!

Motivation can be a very hard psychological factor for people, as with the media and T.V of the 21^st century, people are continuously blasted with photos of young models which have the dream body that people aspire to.  This also has a negative effect on people, as seeing these pictures on a day to day basis makes people think what’s the point in trying!! I am never going to look as good as him or her!  This is very common in today’s society. We have all been there when someone has come up to us and said ‘you’ve gained a few pounds’ or if you are trying to gain muscle, ‘you’ve lost a bit of muscle’……..OUCH!  There is nothing worse than another member of the public or a friend telling you that your body has worsened.  It really does hit you when you are told this, as you may agree, if you were smiling that day that smile would have just been wiped from your face and your motivation would have hit the floor, but you shouldn’t let this get to you, you should take that comment on the ear and send it straight to the motivation bank! Use that motivation and work even harder than you normally would, don’t just stop because someone has shared one opinion with you, their opinion doesn’t matter! The only opinions that do matter are the positive ones, which really give you that feel good feeling!

The saying Never say Never really comes into play with motivation as the body is capable of adapting to change very quickly, so if you want to lose weight or gain muscle your body will start to endure all the relevant adaptations to aid you with your fitness goals. So now after reading this I am sure that some of you have been through this, I for sure have been there myself.

Now set yourself a fitness goal that you want to achieve!

Plan your workouts!

Don’t let anybody get you down, Use it as MOTIVATION!

Get out there and get that beach body everybody will be aspiring to!

Last but not least Never say Never!