Training Mistake Q&A

Question: What’s one of the biggest mistakes you can make in your training?

Answer: Stopping because you don’t think you’re getting the results you want. This, in turn, leads to starting over. Stopping and starting over will put you back at the beginning, or at least at a disadvantaged position relative to where you should be.

There is no “perfect” plan. Sorry to bust your bubble. Yes, there are great plans (we think we have some pretty darn great ones at Farmer Gym, of course!), good plans, and bad plans. From my experience, most plans are at least good—or adequate—and get results. They will. It’s just a matter of sticking with it, executing it as prescribed, and putting in the work. In today’s click-happy, check-out-the-latest-gizmo culture, though, it’s easy to want to try a thousand different things. Especially if your friend just started this “crazy awesome” glute-smashing routine! Or if you think you should be seeing more from your work. But you can’t get caught in the trap; you can’t keep getting suckered into the newest fad and the hot new training. And you can't discount progress, no matter how slowly it comes. What you must do: STAY THE COURSE. Keep doing what you’re doing. Continue to chop wood. (The tree won’t fall if you don’t keep swinging the axe.) Once you’re done with the plan, that’s when you can try something new, something different—if that’s what you still want.

So, I guess my long-winded answer is this: the biggest mistake is the lack of discipline and consistency. Stay the course.