No, Don't Do It. Not The Unrealistic New Year's Resolutions!!!!!

That's great.  You want to make some changes and improvements to yourself.  I completely respect that.  But, when I had my small gym, I saw only too well the unrealistic "resolutions" that were always made.  Before Christmas, wives or girlfriends would typically come in and buy a membership.  They, nor their partners, would have any idea about training.  It was done mainly because the female had joined a "female" gym, (the biggest marketing scam going) and she wanted her significant other to get "in shape" for the new year.  And on Jan. 2, I could always be sure of an influx of people who had no interest in learning or embracing the workout situation.  They had made the resolution of "hitting it hard", and getting that body they had always wanted, or of course, losing that 50 pounds that they felt that they could do in one month.  I was always told by this crowd that they wanted to start coming at least 4 days a week, for 2 hours a day. 


My lips were sealed, but I knew that within one month, they would disappear.  So sure was I, that I always discouraged buying more than a one month committment (yes, I know, probably not a great business model.  But I just couldn't take their money).


As I have always said, my gym was small with a relatively mid-sized membership.  I never wanted to tie people into long-term commitments, unless they wanted to be there.  So you will love this one.  One January, I signed up 29 new members.  By the start of February, guess what my rate of return was?


0.  YES, 0.


Enough said.  All these people had two things in common. 


A huge lack of interest to UNDERSTAND anything that they were getting into, and UNREALISTIC GOALS.


If you are a long-time lifter, and want to increase gym time, do it intelligently.  If you are just beginning, be realistic. Your goals should be to gather information and knowledge, and to stay consistent with your workouts. Twice a week is fine.  Believe me.  Don't set yourself up for failure like I see time and time again.


Lastly, let's examine something.
5 workouts a week for 4 weeks (1 month).  Then quit forever.  Total of 20 workouts.
2 workouts a week for 52 weeks (1 year).  Then keep on going.  Total of 104 workouts, then hundreds or thousands to come.


Which do you think works???