It’s mind boggling to think that something so simple can be construed as being shrouded in a veil of secrecy. What is even more astounding is there are individuals who frequent the gym year after year, doing the same thing and seeing little to no results.

These individuals mistakenly believe that anyone who has transformed his or her body, must be taking some extra substance that they are not privy to, which has made their muscles grow. Worse, is the debilitating thought that because they do not have access to such foreign substances, their ability to grow is greatly diminished.

What these unfortunate individuals do not understand is their corpulent, out of shape physique, did not happened overnight. It was a slow drip, which accumulated over years of being either sedentary or inactive in any fitness capacity, and for some both.

The body sent out signals along the way, a warning beacon to alert these individuals that his or her body could not carry so much inordinate weight. These signals varying in degrees and intensity was the body’s way of crying out that something must be done. Most individuals chose either to overlook or ignored these signals much to detriment of their body.

The slow drip is persistent in the most subtle of ways. After a while the body’s signal is lessened and becomes almost imperceptible until something catastrophic happens, which forces the person to make a drastic lifestyle change.

The advice normally comes from a medical professional who has given the person an edict that their mortality is in jeopardy if these signals continue to go unheeded. Even when they seek out a Personal Trainer to help them with the necessary lifestyle changes, the individual wants to bargain with the price.

It’s not monetarily that they have an issue with, but the cost of time and effort, which must be invested to improve their fitness level and ultimately his or her overall health. 

How long will this take?

How many times a week must I work out?

Why do I have to do cardio?

I have to go on a diet!

I don’t want to live in the gym!

They make the erroneous assumption that what happened to them is an aberration. They yearn to return to a lifestyle of comfort and ease as opposed to the daunting prospect of going into a gym, and having to work hard at transforming their physique.

The slow drip mentality has pervaded every facet of these individuals’ thinking that they try in earnest to sabotage their efforts before they even begin.

“I’m only here,” he bellowed, “because my doctor suggested I hire a Personal Trainer.”

“Then I suggest you return to your doctor.”

“What for?”

“To inform him or her that you are already dead, and funeral arrangements must be made.”

“What the hell . . .

B.M.Booth (NASM-CPT)