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Spring
Training
When March 22nd hits, the hibernation is over. It’s a day to
get busy and to make up for lost time.
“Once people get that first taste of the warm weather, they
start thinking about the bathing suits and the beaches and they
say, ‘Oh damn, I better get in shape’,” Libby
says. “It really is a psychological thing. For some reason,
when spring comes, everybody wants to get in shape, although they
know they should have been doing it year round. Then at the end of
the summer, they go right back into hibernation.”
Mike Paternostro is a veteran personal trainer who has seen this
very same cycle spin for two decades and counting. To him,
it’s as regular as clockwork. As a Boston-based trainer, he
has experienced twenty years of whipping civilians into shape.
That’s twenty times the summer sun has dipped over the
horizon and twenty times it has returned nine months later. To
Paternostro – and a slew of others in the same profession
– there really are only two dates to speak of, the two days
out of the year when the clients come rushing into the health clubs
in tidal waves. The first is the January 1st Resolution clan.
“And the other day comes right at the end of the
winter,” says Paternostro. “There’s no particular
date but it usually comes right at the turn of seasons, the first
day that we get that unseasonably warm weather. People have been
stuck in the cold all winter long, they feel that first bit of
warmth and it’s like – BAM – they dump the coat
and want to get in shape for the summer. To me, that day is even
bigger than New Years.”
That’s because there really is something quite special about
the blossoming of springtime. When temperatures rise and Frisbees
start to fly, you can feel it in the air.
It’s a time of reform. It’s a time of new hope.
It’s a time of coming out.
In Florida, 29 major league baseball teams will be knee-deep in
spring training, preparing for their intense, summertime
excursions. They’ll be sharpening up their rough edges,
fine-tuning their tools, and sculpting themselves into that
well-oiled machine.
Your spring training should consist of the same.
“I think it’s a great time to start working out,
because the warm weather can be very uplifting,” Libby added.
“And for the guy who has put on an extra ten pounds over the
winter time, he can lose that by summer, no problem. For the more
extreme cases, obese people expecting to have an entirely new body
by summertime, it’s just not going to happen that quickly.
But it’s a good time to start.”
The warm, radiant weather, however, should inspire more than just
a soothing walk through the park. It should evoke serious changes
into your daily lifestyle, changes that will transform your
makeover into a permanent one, not just a seasonal one.
“I think the spring mentally inspires a lot of
people,” adds Paternostro. “The problem is that most
people don’t carry it over. People who come to see me in
early spring want to get in great shape by the summer but at that
point, it’s almost too little, too late. I tell those people
to start training for the following summer but then they suddenly
disappear when the seasons change.”
While the number of Americans joining public health clubs remains
on a sharp upswing, statistics indeed show that gym memberships
have become as much of a money-waster as those convenience store
scratch cards. Only 75 percent of gym members actually use the
facilities they’ve paid for.
Nonetheless, gym owners are bracing for the springtime rush, that
late-March tidal wave that is swiftly gaining momentum with each
warming day. Yet, within a few weeks, the heavy current will be
swept away toward a deep, inactive sea.
Only those faithful 25 percent will firmly remain on shore.
“These people realize that you have to stay on top of
it,” explains Libby. “You can’t give up just
because it’s a pain in the butt to go warm up your car before
you get to the gym. Some people do understand that.”
It is this minority that has willfully accepted that year-long
commitment, refusing to differentiate between Christmas Day and
Columbus Day, beach time and shovel time, winter blahs and summer
hurrahs.
Just ask the 29 big league ball teams, when their work officially
comes to a close come early autumn. Many will dip into wintertime
comfort, rewarding themselves after a grueling six-month summer
stint. However, the true champions of the sport, the real success
stories, they remain on top of their game all year round.
With the winter thawing and the summer gleaming just over the
horizon, make March 22, the first official day of spring, your
personal opening day, the perfect time to take that first step
toward sprouting your championship form!
Take care,
webmaster@bodybuildingpro.com
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