"What's your goal? What are you hoping to achieve? my golf teacher asked.
"I just want to be consistent; be in the fairway and not splaying the ball all over the place," I replied.
A short grin grew across her face as she said, "Well, then, you better quit your day job."
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I like to think that I'm reasonably committed to my health and fitness. I train often and usually fairly hard. I've been doing that for a while and have been feeling pretty good about my frequency and duration of sessions. Even now while my right shoulder is in rehab, I still train. Usually 4 days per week and an hour or so per session.
But, what I do pales in comparison to competitive athletes.
If you're inspired by what world class, elite level, competitive athletes can do or what they look like, and think you might like to perform like they do or have the bodies they have, you had better quit your day job.
The Wall Street Journal reported on the workout of Lindsey Vonn, the highly decorated US skier: "Red Bull provides Vonn with two trainers who travel with her around the world ensuring she sticks to her regimen. Vonn trains six to eight hours a day, six days a week. Most days she gets in three hours of cardio, usually on a bike."
And, she follows a very rigid diet and deviates from it very little. That's a job.
And most other athletes at her level train the same way. Hours per day.
It comes down to what you want, knowing what it takes to get there, and what you're willing to do to get it.
Me? I had two brownies last night after dinner.
If what you're after is the body image of an athlete, remember this - athletes don't train to get the bodies they have. They train to compete and their bodies develop as a result. It's a fringe benefit.
So, give your self a break and a reality check.
Now, if I could just quit my job.....
:-)
