Physical strength and conditioning is not about personal record lifts, maxing out push ups or pull ups, jump heights or distances or run/row times. It’s not about keeping healthy sleep patterns, eating well and using intermittent fasting plus deploying a robust mind game.
It’s ALL of this and more.
True strength and conditioning is across multiple types of exercise using a range of equipment including bodyweight, testing yourself anaerobically and aerobically, loaded and unloaded. Plus before you even get that far, are you proficient in the 7 basic movement patterns?
Choosing good foods and the right water, minimising disruptors, sleeping on a regular schedule, intermittent fasting, breathwork and meditation all play vital roles too.
Once you have covered all these bases something remarkable has started to happen and will continue to happen. You think clearer, you feel less tired and more energised, you are less distracted, overall your productivity increases and down time becomes far more enjoyable.
Why? You are optimising your functions. Truly optimised human function across the various spectrums of human physiology can only result in 1 outcome.
This outcome is a lean, mean thinking machine!
Many studies (including this review) have revealed that physical exercise has enormous cognitive function benefit. Brains actually get bigger (it’s true) and we increase our ability to problem solve, we have better memory and have increased concentration as well. Children that engage in physical activity DO BETTER AT TESTS!
Most people know that exercise will help in many areas of their lives and yet many people will find a bunch of reasons not to do it. And if they do do it, they’re dissatisfied with the results. They can’t keep a regular schedule, they get hurt, they’re sore all the time and it basically all gets too hard.
Why?
In a nutshell because they’re doing it wrong. You can’t simply buy a gym membership and roll up there 3 times a week, circle the gym randomly doing different stuff and expect something to miraculously happen. “Oh look, I’ve now got abs!” Likewise you can’t pay a few bucks a month for a random app spitting out random workouts and expect that to work either. Oh sure you may get tired at the time and feel sore the next day but is THAT what you want to achieve? Then there’s the big issue of trainers – hiring one that actually knows his/her business is no way as easy as you think. Most actually do not know what they’re doing as I explain HERE.
I know we are always looking for the quick fix and believe me when I tell you that I KNOW the fastest way for most people to a lean, mean thinking machine. There are no corners to cut, no magic pills or himalayan, deep sea minerals to gobble down but there are precise, effective measures that move people quickly to an excellent result.
You just need to know how.
I have so many clients over so many years vouching for my success, ones that actually have tangible weight losses, increased muscle mass and are fitter, leaner and stronger! They sleep better, make their way through life easier and importantly, have achieved greater cognitive function! Do I specialise in building lean, mean thinking machines? Yes, I do!
