Working out or getting exercise is the most crucial method to lose fat and expose a ripped mid section. Some would claim that it’s actually diet that’s more important, but a good diet won’t do much against a stubborn metabolism, it won’t train the muscles around the stomach (and the presence of muscles in itself burns more fat even while you’re sleeping) and there’s only so little you can eat while remaining healthy. Unfortunately however, many people who begin with admirable ambitions to lose weight and tone their muscles end up going off the boil after not long. This comes down to a lack of motivation, of determination and/or of enjoyment for going to the gym. In many ways then, feeling the inspiration to actually go to the gym is the most pivotal element in determining someone’s success in building good abs or increasing their health at all.
It’s unusual however that people find it so hard to be motivated to go to the gym when you consider all of the good that can come from it. Going to the gym will improve your musculature and your weight which will have knock on effects in every area of your life. The first thing you and others will notice when you look that much better is the increase in confidence (which is increased more so by the fact that you’re now strong enough to take all comers). This new confidence will then help you achieve in other areas of life - in your career and in relationships, as others start to notice that you seem to know what you’re doing. This is called a ‘self fulfilling prophecy’, whereby just feeling more efficient and successful can actually result in you becoming both. You need to believe in yourself before you can expect others too.
With new and improved confidence and a new firm and flat stomach you will of course stand a far better chance of attracting the opposite sex, and of getting a raise or a promotion (unfortunately many of our decisions are unconscious and based on appearances etc - it’s how we’re wired). By looking stronger you will be displaying to the world that you have good genetics and can be relied on. And all these things will in turn make you feel happier.
Working out of course isn’t just about how you look however, and those who approach it in this manner are unlikely to be successful. Working out is also about what it helps you to do and how it improves your health. Losing weight will lower you cholesterol, reduce you chance of a heart attack or stroke and cause other positive changes in your body. Building muscle meanwhile will protect your joints and bones and help your immune system. All these things can add years to your life span and decrease your chance of suffering a variety of illnesses and conditions. Again this improved health will also make you happier - as will the act of working out itself which can cause the ‘runners’ high, a release of endorphins that work as a pain killer and anti depressant.
So your health will be improved, but so to will the things you can do. By increasing your strength and your aerobic fitness you will become better at every single sport and every single athletic event. You can win arm wrestlers, drive golf balls miles and open the jam jar with ease. Even your reactions will be quicker, helping you catch things you drop or and win games of tennis. Should you need to you’ll also be able to win fights. All this will make you far more capable and everything will seem just a little bit easier (and you’ll be just that little bit more impressive).
Your endurance too will have improved meaning you feel out of breath less often, and your energy too meaning you can get more done in a day (you’ll be more energetic during the day but more tired during the night). As if that wasn’t enough of an upgrade, exercise has even been shown to help strengthen connections in the brain and to increase memory and IQ so that everything you get done will be done to a higher standard too.
In short, life is good when you’re fit and healthy, and if you’re a parent you’ll be providing a good role model too. However training in order to become better is again a mistake. In order to truly succeed in the gym, you need to appreciate the act of working out in itself and not see it as a means to an end.
When you’re in the gym you’re challenging yourself. You’re testing yourself to see what you’re capable of and relying on your pure strength of will to take you through it. In today’s world everything is too easy and we spend much of our lives typing into machines or moving files. When we’re in the gym on the other hand we’re doing what we’re designed for - it’s like we’re on the battle field. Here you have more in common with William Wallace and King Arthur than with your pencil pushing colleagues.
At the same time working out is a metaphor for every challenge you’ll face in life, and a way of showing that you’ll never give up. Arnold Schwarzenegger claimed that he learned everything he needed to know in life from the gym, and what he meant by that was that he learned never to give up, and that with some determination and vision you can craft even your own body as you see fit.
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