So long as you’re okay with the potential of meeting arch-villains and wizards, having more fun than you ever have before training hard and being unable to resist the incredible urge to launch yourself from where you stand to fly……
Interwoven into our history, p ed on from one generation to the next. Stories that teach us lessons, inspire us to greater versions of ourselves and warn us of more destructive paths walked if not cautious.
These stories are the stuff of myth and legend. Yet they have followed and survived the history of man, with just as strong a foothold as actual events, and just as much influence.
That our capacity is beyond what we believe we are capable of. That our purpose is beyond the day-to-day lull of just getting by. That we have the strength, courage and for ude to withstand and overcome immense challenges and obstacles that stand in our way.
For some that will mean climbing a mountain. For others it will mean going out their front door and walking around the block. The actual “feat” is not what’s important. It’s the journey the hero has had to go through to overcome. Both scenario’s will bring us to tears and make our hearts pulse, if the journey is true.
For many of us in this day and age, the journey to unlocking our physical vitality, vibrancy and vigor is quite the undertaking.
An adventure in and of itself, with beasts and demons to be faced, traps to be outwitted and victories to be had. So why do many fitness programs out there appear to just add to the difficulty of achieving those goals, rather than empower?
A body whose ideal is dictated to you by the very influencers of that culture. Yes, self esteem and confidence gets spoken to. Sense of self worth and value, are addressed. Getting the guy or gal you’ve always wanted, the job that will make you millions, loads of adoring friends. These all get presented as what you will receive….upon achieving the ideal physique.
Without even realizing (or maybe I’m wrong, maybe it’s all being done completely on purpose) they are feeding and strengthening the very demons we struggle with and creating the trap to keep us stuck in the mire of mediocrity.
I’m going to give the benefit of the doubt this round and say that most are well intentioned. But due to the culture of influence around physique being first and foremost, the lowest common denominator that will attract us to them because of our actual desire to have an incredible physique, they get trapped in the cycle as well.
It is their willingness to step outside the safety and comfort of the m mentality that made them extraordinary. It was their refusal to submit to the status quo if it was in fact detrimental to the whole. Having to struggle against their own internal inertia despite the seduction and torment of those around them.
Standing up to the loudest voices of dissension (the ones in their very own heads) and moving forward are what make their actions heroic. Heroic in all of our eyes, because deep down we all want to do the same. Deep down, the hero within each of us is crying out to be freed.
Lean, ripped, curvy, smooth, taught, strong, flexible, dynamic. Any of us that looks at their bodies (whether we believe it to be realistic or not) can’t help but think “Dang. I wouldn’t mind looking like that.”
But are those who arise, heroes because they have these incredible bodies? Or do they have these incredible bodies because they are heroes?
There is a basic universal principle that applies to all physical results in our training. It’s called the SAID principle: Specific Adaptation to Imposed Demands. Our body only ever adapts specifically to w ver we are doing. If we sit at our desk all day, our body will adapt to that and physically manifest what is required to perform that function. If we stand all day, same thing. If we sit on the couch all day, do hard labor or drive a vehicle all day, same thing.
And these Heroes had these physiques as a result of the demands put upon them. So if we are striving to unleash the hero within, we need a program that matches that intention.
“Just wanted to share a win with you. When I started [Fitness Program A], almost 2 years ago, I couldn’t do the lunges, my injured foot/leg wouldn’t allow me to do more than about 20 % depth. Same story thru [Fitness Program B] and [Fitness Program C]. Hips got better from P1. But still had trouble… 
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