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Consistency is the key



Whenever you hear 'The Rock' talk about training he will often say the magic ingredient to getting the results you want is....consistency. Yes, there are a million other different things you need but the number one ingredient....consistency.

It's the ability to drag your sorry ass out of bed and to the gym on a rainy, cold and dark morning . It's the dedication to say no to your friends when they want to go out on the town and get fucked up. It's the commitment to prepare your food for the week and avoid the lure of your favourite fast food outlets. Yes, you also have to have a life and enjoy yourself too. However, and I know it's not what you want to hear, but you pay a price for that. Every decision you take has a positive and a negative result.

 

Going out and getting wasted usually results in a bloody good night and is good for the soul. Let's face it, one of life's pleasures is having a few pints or bottle's of wine and chatting bollocks with your friends. Unfortunately what's good for the soul isn't good for the body.

And that's why it's so difficult to get the results we want, because most of us are surrounded by things that can easily suck us in and spit us out the other side looking a mess. Nowadays we are all guilty of being glued to our phones and filling our heads with unnecessary shit. That energy could be spent doing something more positive and constructive. We don't get enough sleep, staring at our phones brainlessly scrolling Facebook at midnight. And we drink too much caffeine (I'm massively guilty of this). We don't give our body what it needs to become what we want it to become yet we still expect to be happy with what we see in the mirror.

So what can we do? Realistically? We can always do our best. We can make small changes that will lead to big results in the long term. For example, I've decided to cut out sugar in my coffee. Usually I have two but I thought, "You CAN drink this without Sugar. It may not taste nice but you CAN survive." So I've been doing it. Sure, the coffee tastes like shit now and anyone who knows me knows it's one of my favourite pastimes but I made that choice.

 Imagine if we strung 5 or 6 little things together like that over a period of 6 months. We would be making a massive difference. Consistent little things.

We need consistency in our training too. It's not enough going flat out for 3 months and then taking a two month break because we lost motivation. It comes down to how much we want to change and what we're willing to do to make it happen.

As a Personal Trainer people kind of expect you to be perfect, practice what you preach etc.

Sometimes it's easy to forget that PT's are also imperfect humans. Just because we have a certain knowledge or qualification doesn't mean that we will never be seen in Pizza Express eating a 15-inch Meat Feast. Everyone is faced with the same day to day temptations.

I'm more than happy to admit that I need to get refocused and start working harder and training more often. It's amazing how difficult it is to motivate yourself to train at the end of a long day training other people. I am responsible for me, no excuses. How much do I want it? I'm still hungry to be the best version of me, I just need to DO IT.

So be consistent. Prepare your food, cut out stuff you don't need in your life, turn away from negativity and negative people. Find a programme that works for you and beast it every time you step in the gym.

Then and only then will you get the results you want.

I'm going to endeavour to take my own advice.

Carl Ackerley












 

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