Beyond-Brawn-2nd-Edition

SETTING THE SCENE FOR BUILDING MUSCLE AND MIGHT
the same rep count but with an extra pound on the bar. Or it could be one
of several other indicators of progress.
1.42 All of these small doses of progress are little thrills you will never tire of.
ey make weight training a fabulous activity. But you cannot experience
this unless you implement a rational and productive interpretation of
weight training.
1.43 Physique improvement and strength training are not just about getting bigger
and stronger muscles, though, of course, they are hugely satisfying in
themselves. Training is also about enjoying exercise, and making yourself
fitter, more flexible and healthier, and about strengthening your mind, selfesteem
and confidence.
1.44 ough physically hard to do, training satisfies a basic human need for
physical effort. No matter where you are now, you can take delight in realizing
some new goal in the physical sphere.
1.45 But none of this can happen unless you rate exercise high in your priorities.
Resolve, now, to give your exercise program and dietary discipline the
priority they deserve. Get on course for realizing the physical qualities you
admire. Put a spark in your life through productive training.
1.46 Not only will you look and feel great, and maintain your physical youth
while others around you are getting old, but you will love the journey there
and the knocking off of all the little targets; and revel in the pleasure that
exercise brings.
1.47 Each of us can create a utopia of training sanity. By doing this we can keep
our own houses in order, and develop ourselves so that we are outstanding
in the minds of untrained people. We can then present ourselves as examples
of how training works for “average” people.
1.48 Resistance training is one of man’s finest discoveries. Do not miss your
chance to benefit from it.
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You must find training to be heaven on earth and, when in the gym,
live to train.
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