The Fitness Adviser

If you haven’t read about Jason Oglesbee yet, chances are that you will. He is a construction worker who dangled from a crane to save the life of a woman drowning in the water at the base of a dam. Jason is not only a hero, but clearly someone who has been keeping in shape. When the time came to perform an act of heroism, not only was he mentally and spiritually willing to go for it, but he was physically able.

We Train For Life, Not For Vanity

There’s nothing wrong with being a little vain, especially if it pushes you to get strong and healthy, or if it helps you in a relationship. But taking vanity to the point of the extreme is wrong, and negates everything we work for when we try to get into shape. One of the reasons I look down upon bodybuilding is because it takes vanity to such an extreme that it completely forgoes functional fitness. We need to train for life, not live to train.

When I interviewed Vic Magary, he mentioned that he likes to mix up body weight exercises with weight lifting so that we can be more prepared for the challenges that life gives us. In the army, physical fitness is looked at as something that can make the difference between life and death. Your fitness level affects how you’ll perform in the field, and your ability to be there for yourself and for your buddies.

Fitness Is Necessary For Life, Not Just The Army

Like Vic, I learned how important functional fitness is in the army, but I also understand how important it is for life. Jason Oglesbee proved today that life can bring on the unexpected, and that we need to train to be as ready as possible for what life throws at us. Fitness isn’t just about looking good and keeping our cholesterol down, it’s about saving lives.

Start Getting Into Shape Today, Not Tomorrow

All of us have a piece of us that wants to procrastinate, but if we listen to that piece, we’ll never accomplish anything. Even if you haven’t read my beginner’s workout plan, and don’t know yet where to start, you can drop down and try to do a few push ups before researching workout plans. Get used to the idea of working out, and start training yourself today so you can be ready for the unexpected challenges that life is wont to thrust upon us.

My Free 9 Page Report That Will Help You Get Into Shape

The problem with most of the fitness advice out there is that it doesn’t properly convey to people exactly what it takes to get into shape. It’s just generalized information and you’re supposed to go about training by way of trial and error. Because of that, a lot of guys and girls get frustrated while working out since they don’t know what obstacles they should expect to run into and how to overcome them.

To help solve this problem, I wrote a 9 page report called The Fitness Parable: Learning From Charlie’s Mistakes in His Journey To Get Strong, Fit, and Healthy For Life. In it, I follow a medical student named Charlie and his quest to get into shape. With you, I analyze the mistakes he makes along the way, and by way of analyzing his mistakes we come to better understand how to reach our own personal goals.

I wrote it as a parable because a parable is an awesome tool for conveying something to readers that could not be done in any other context. This report is FREE for readers of The Fitness Adviser and you can get it here. Enjoy this awesome report, and send it to your friends and family.

Has Fitness Training Affected Your Life?

Were you ever called upon to do something unexpected that your training helped you prepare you for? Do you have a profession that requires you to stay in shape? Or maybe you train so that you can be there for the people you care about. Whatever it is, I want to hear about it so be sure to leave a comment!

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