The Reason We Train

While fitness and performance may mean different things to different

people, there is a constant.

The performance or purpose.

A physique athlete trains to look a certain way

A sprinter trains to run very fast

An older person trains to maintain strength and mobility

An injured person trains to get back to, no, beyond the ability they had

pre injury

And so on and so forth

My own training has chopped and changed as my goals / purpose has changed.

I began lifting because I needed more strength for my Karate.

This is also what got me running.

When I worked as a Doorman, I needed some extra mass, so I trained to

get bigger. And be strong. And be enduring.

And ready for anything and anyone I may have to deal with.

When I was injured, I trained to become better than I was pre injury.

In fast, my wife stills reminds me that when we met my arms were the

biggest she's ever seen them. But at that time I was not long recovered

from a severe back injury and had spent a year doing Pull Ups and 1 arm

Push Ups. I was lean and upper body dominant!

Now, as a 47 yr old Dad, I train to protect my family, to feel strong

and mobile, to remain an example to my kids.

You could say, I train to be the Warrior in the Garden, which is better

than being the Gardener in a War

I want to be more capable than my environment requires.

I want to be able to move well, with power and grace despite the

injuries and mileage, right up until I inevitably can't any more.

This purpose drives the training.

The training supports the purpose.

Whatever your purpose, you can make progress towards it.

Are you?

Regards

Dave Hedges

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