10 Reasons Your Workout Sucks

1. Because you’re scared.

Yep, I’m basically saying you’re a punk. I’m saying you don’t push the envelope. I’m saying you haven’t even flirted with the red line. Prove me wrong. And watch your results sky rocket.

2. Because familiarity builds contempt.

You’ve been working out at the same gym with the same equipment and the same people day after day after day. . . Break free. Go hit some trail sprints. Or push your car across the parking lot just for shits and giggles. Or pick up your significant other and run around the house until your lungs are on fire (thank me later for the post-workout workout on that one). Break the mold, break the plateaus, and break free!

3. Because you know everything.

Think you know how to do a deadlift, eh? Well go find a pro powerlifter, hand him a fifty dollar bill, and beg him to critique your technique with brutal honesty. And then apply what they say. Best fifty spot you’ll ever spend.

4. Because you’re stuck in the matrix.

Yep, your workouts are just another part of the routine. It’s nothing more than an extension of the shit, shower, and shave. You do it on auto pilot. You do it because it’s habit. Which can be a good thing but after a while. . . it becomes as rudimentary as flossing your teeth.

Shake things up. Instead of the back squat, hit the front squat. Instead of the standard deadlift, hit the sumo deadlift. Instead of your gym, hit the jungle gym at the park. Break free from the matrix.

5. Because your diet still sucks. You’re still eating shit that comes in a box. You’re still twisting caps on bottles of Budweiser.

You’re still chalking up an entire pizza to you’re cheat day. Stop it now and enjoy the difference in your energy levels, sleep patterns, and training results.

6. Because you’re unmotivated.

You haven’t found that pic of you of you in a bikini on a Mexican beach where you were in the best shape of your life and taped it to your bathroom mirror.

You haven’t taken the time to create a playlist for your iPod of all of the music that makes you want to rip shit off of the floor and break it.

You haven’t put those pants that are currently two sizes too small but perfect for your ideal weight on lay away. You haven’t found what ever it is that gets you through the inevitable middle ground. Quit being so fucking milquetoast and do it.

7. Because you still don’t track.

You don’t keep a workout journal, you don’t do periodic regular one rep max tests, and you don’t weigh in weekly. Shit, you still walk around the gym waiting for an open piece of equipment, get on it, do a few reps, and then get off.

That’s nothing more than masturbation – making yourself feel good but missing the real thing. Walk into the gym with a written plan, track your results, and be amazed at the results.

8. Because your ego is still in the way.

You still can’t do a full pull up. But instead of working with the bands, you do some half range of motion wanna-be pull up crap. You spend too much time on the bench press because that’s what everyone else does and you don’t want to be “different”. Leave your ego behind, quit being a sheep, and do what you know your body needs.

9. Because you have no sense of urgency.

You are going to die. And what is even more pressing, you don’t know WHEN you are going to die. Acting like you have forever to get into shape is foolish. Do it NOW, you might not have tomorrow.

10. Because you are good.

Yep, you’re in decent shape. You are stronger than most, faster than most, and hell you look better than most. But you are not at you’re personal best. You have settled. You are complacent. And you are complacent because you are “good”. Challenge yourself to be your best self.

End rant.

- Vic