Consistency isn’t the answer by Tom Biggs

Whatever your goal: fat loss, muscle gain, mobility, fitness etc., if you ask personal trainers about what the key to any of this is, many would say consistency.

I know a lot of people who are personal trainers themselves, or actively employ a personal trainer. These people are consistent with their training; some training up to 6 times a week. However, the personal trainers nor their clients look any different as they do not work hard enough. If you want to seek improvement it’s not about consistency, it’s about consistent hard work.

You have to maximise that time you have in the gym and put in the hard work. It’s not nice and it’s not glamorous, but people stop short of reps or won’t increase the weight. Some people go to the gym for the social aspect, chatting to people during their workout, or making sure their camera is set up in the right position, which is fine, but if you are one of those people don’t lie to yourself that you are working hard and doing everything you can to maximise that effort in the gym. There’s no magic exercise, or magic diet; it’s consistent hard work.

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