Reasons to go to a strength & Conditioning Gym

• Someone makes you do the stuff you don’t want to, but should.

• Make the boring wok more palatable. See above.

• Accountability builds consistency.

• Perspective adjustments - seeing goals and challenges differently and increasing confidence.

• Belong to a community with a shared goal of improving yourself.

• Sometimes an easy workout is appropriate, and it helps when a coach tells you that.

• Warming up.

• Long term development - a strength and conditioning program constantly readjusts and builds upon it set to maximize physical capacity.

• Learn new skills - squatting, olympic lifting, push ups, pull ups and swings are all movement skills. Learning new skills is good for your brain.

• Because no one wants to do intervals by themselves.

• Foam rolling just feels better at the gym than at home, right?

• Modifications. If things aren't going as planned, an experienced coach can make adjustments on the fly to elicit the desired outcome.

• Shared suffering - there's something rewarding about doing hard stuff with other people.

• Stay in the game. Strength training is about the long game. Belonging to a gym and having a coach in your corner is imperative to keep playing.

• Postive regard. Getting a “nice rep”, fist bump or high five doesn’t seem like a big deal, but grown ups in the real world don’t often get positive reinforcement, unless they have a coach.

• Get strong. Build muscles and bones and do good things for your brain.

• Do something for yourself.

Justin Miner

@justinminergain