NANAIMO KETTLEBELL CLUB
  • ABOUT US
    • Testimonials
  • Membership
    • Membership Registration
    • The Lifts
  • Blog
    • Blogger
  • Trusted Links
  • SHOP
  • SCHEDULE & SERVICES

The latest in kettlebell sport, health, fitness, strength, aerobics, nutrition, lifestyle

Q: Does Exercise Get Easier?

1/13/2023

0 Comments

 
A: Exercise is a broad term.  I think of exercise as “activity”: moving around.  Does moving around get easier? - Absolutely!  But it gets easier because you get better at it, because you enjoy it more, and because it becomes a part of your routine, meaning that it becomes your new normal.  Training to get results however is a constant process of self-challenge.

In the beginning you get some results from some effort.  However, as it becomes your new normal, those results slow, so you have to increase the challenge.  Once you do that - either by increasing weights/intensity, duration and/or volume of work performed - you start to see progress again.  Soon you adapt to this new normal, and the process repeats itself.

So weights get heavier, workouts get longer, and recovery gets more important - but your perception of how hard you’re working only moderately increases.  That is to say, for example, 10lb bicep curls for 20 reps used to be an 8/10 on the exertion scale for you.  Now, 6 weeks later, you do 15lb bicep curls for 20, but it’s still 8/10 on the exertion scale.  It certainly feels heavier - you notice the weight - but it doesn’t feel 30% more challenging (the difference between 15 and 10lbs).

In short, it doesn’t get easier so much as you get stronger, fitter, and better able to manage the stress and load.
0 Comments

Your comment will be posted after it is approved.


Leave a Reply.

    NANAIMO'S BEST kettlebell group, strength & fitness classes | (250) 713-1262

    RSS Feed


    CategOries

    All
    Chocolate
    Classes
    Coach Solly
    Dehydration
    Goal Setting
    GS
    IIFYM
    Immune System
    Injuries
    Kettlebell Sport
    Lifting Form
    Low Carb Diet
    Macros
    Mental Training
    Metabolism
    Motivation
    Nanaimo
    News
    Nutrition
    Recipe
    Science
    Sports
    Stress
    Team
    Tom Venuto
    Training Program
    Vitamins And Minerals
    Weight Loss
    Weight Training

    Archives

    January 2023
    December 2022
    November 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    November 2020
    August 2020
    May 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    November 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    July 2017
    April 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    August 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    March 2014
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013


Get Social!

Instagram
MEMBERSHIP
SHOP
CONTACT

Closer Than You Think!

11 Giggleswick Pl
Nanaimo, BC
V9S 2V7

    Let's chat!  

Submit
Subscribe to Newsletter
Photos used under Creative Commons from verchmarco, KJGarbutt, barnimages.com, verchmarco, COMSALUD