This month marks one year since the pandemic gripped the country and forced us to change and adapt in ways we’d never quite imagined.
In most areas, gyms and other small businesses were forced to close their doors for months. But that didn’t mean fitness had to stop. We just had to find different and more creative ways to get it done.
And if you ask me, the skills we learned and resilience we showed during various shutdowns in 2020 will serve us extremely well as things slowly return to some semblance of normalcy in 2021.
I think we have better and more effective ways to be fit and healthy than ever before. In my experience, the following things will matter more than ever when it comes to achieving the body and health that you want:
Technology: Results are no longer 100% based on time spent at a physical gym location. It’s now much easier to replace those gym workouts with structured home workouts to amplify your results.
Accountability: In the “old days,” chances are the only time you interacted with your trainer was when you were in person for your weekly sessions. Now, you can receive coaching, accountability and support during the “Other 365” hours of the week. And as I’m learning, that’s where most of your outcomes are determined.
Access: By this, I mean access to your workouts, training program and coaching in ways that are most convenient for you. For example, instead of getting stuck in traffic and not being able make it to your gym session, you can simply pull up your phone or laptop and workout with your trainer at home home. Why fight the traffic (and waste the time) to make it to an in-person session when you can meet with your coach on Zoom during your lunch break?
Overall Wellness: If the pandemic taught us anything, it’s that we need to prioritize supporting our immune system. So access to services like healthy meal plans and high-quality, immunity-boosting supplements is going to be a game-changer.
These are just a few of the things that changed over the past year, and frankly, made health and fitness more important — and more accessible — than ever before.
What’s one way you’ve been to adapt your fitness routine over the past year? Shoot me a reply and let me know.
Your friend and coach,
Paul F Sweatt CPT
Train Smart. Train Hard. Train Safe. Train to Sweatt.