Don’t “Work Out” – Train!

It’s kind of a running gag around Get Fit NH, but it’s something we take very seriously.

We don’t “work out”, we TRAIN.

And while that may seem to be semantics, it is anything but.

Because in our way of thinking “working out” is random, while TRAINING is purposeful.

Training is by design. A long term strategy with an end goal in mind, the ultimate aim being to get BETTER.

It’s an important shift in mindset.

Miss a workout? I can “make it up” later in the week.

But missing a TRAINING session means you have missed the opportunity to continue following the blueprint that has been drawn up.

When you build a house you do it with purpose. Different rooms have different functions. You wouldn’t build a house with 4 kitchens and no dining room, or 10 bedrooms and no bathroom. Each room has a specific function.

In the same way you can’t build a solid body without following the plan. Missing a TRAINING day means you missed an opportunity to follow the plan, to build the balanced, functional, high performance machine that is your body.

Our training has evolved greatly in the years we have been in business.

As the science of human movement has grown and expanded, so has Get Fit NH.

Training with us now is a lot different than it was 2 years ago, or even 1 year ago. Training with us today is nothing like it was when we started.

Why?

Instead of being fad driven, we are driven by study, by science, and by the empirical evidence – when it works, we do it, when it doesn’t, it gets shelved.

We spend a tremendous amount of time on program design on a weekly basis. There is nothing that is done randomly – even “Fun Friday” training is designed with the training cycle in mind.

I wrote this article awhile ago, and it still applies. There is much more to effective and safe program design than is evident on the surface.

It’s kind of like going to your doctor and telling her how you want your illness to be treated.

When she can accommodate your request she will, but she is not going to let you be treated in a way that is not effective, or worse, harmful.

Same thing when you train with us. There are certain things we all like to do better than other things. But just because you love deadlifting, or swinging a kettlebell, or doing cleans doesn’t mean you should do them every day, and that’s where the design is crucial.

You can overhead press every day – for awhile.

But eventually it’s going to catch up with you.

Which is why you need to have balance in your training, and why we design programming like we do.

And it’s why when you are scheduled to TRAIN, you do.

To keep you safe.

To keep your joints healthy.

To mitigate injury as much as humanly possible.

To make sure you are getting better – every day.

If you are reading this and want to stop “working out” and start TRAINING, it’s time to get in here and find out what Group Personal Training with Get Fit NH is all about.

If you already train with us, Thank-you for making that choice, and keep on…

Making It Happen!