The Most Important Aspect of Fitness

I’m constantly being asked for advice when it comes to fitness. Recently, however, someone came up to me and asked me, “If you had to focus on just one aspect to get the most results what would it be?”
I must admit the question almost stumped me.  Was it resistance training? Was it cardio? Maybe it was nutrition? How about rest? Or stress relief? I could go on and on.  All of these are important and I can definitely argue for each as being the primary focus to get the most results. I’ve had clients who just by focusing on resistance training would get tremendous results. Then again I’ve also had clients who just by focusing on cardio would get great results from that as well. So how do I answer this question? I had to think really hard but eventually I figured it out. The clients who had to focus on resistance training pretty much were doing great with their nutrition, cardio, rest, etc. The clients who had to focus on cardio were doing great with everything but cardio. And those who had to focus on nutrition were doing great with everything but nutrition.  So what was the most important aspect that all these client had to focus on when it was obvious that they all needed different things to get their results?

CONSISTENCY

That’s right! It’s consistency. Consistent resistance training, consistent cardio training, consistent eating habits, consistent rest, etc. will get the most results and keep those results. I can give you the best program in the world but if you aren’t consistent you will not see results. If I give you a decent program however, and you follow it with consistency, I guarantee you’ll get great results. I’ve seen it time and time again. The clients who have been the most consistent with their fitness programs have been the ones who have had the biggest and best results. But remember, this consistency is not a 30-day thing, a 6-week thing, a 6-month thing, or even a 1-year thing. Consistency is every day, every week, every month, and every year. It’s a lifestyle!