If you know me, you know I love watching sports. One of the most under appreciated statistics in sports is the number of games played. I don’t care how talented you are, if you aren’t out on the field, then you aren’t able to produce for your team. The same goes for working out. If you aren’t seeing the results you want, check your “games played”.
It sounds simple but if you aren’t showing up to the gym then how can you expect to see progress? If you are currently only getting in 2 days per week (this comes out to working out 104 days a year, or 28.4% of the time) you can see why you haven’t made the progress you want. Now imagine if you doubled that to 4 days per week. Then you would be working out 208 days a year, or 57% of the time.
A lot of people will skip the gym when they don’t feel “great” or they are a little off, but the truth is, these are the days that have the biggest impact. Oftentimes, once you get started you start to feel better and even if you don’t, by the time you are done working out at the very least you feel accomplished. I don’t recall one time I worked out when I wasn’t feeling great that I regretted that decision. It doesn’t mean it was my greatest workout of all time, or that I didn’t scale the shit out of it, or use much less weight, but it kept me moving in the right direction.
In my opinion the goal should be to workout 5 days a week which comes out to 260 days per year, or 71% of the time. This may seem like a high standard to meet, but that is what it is going to take if you really want to see the results you are looking for. Currently as of Wednesday July 29th, 2020 I am at 148 out of a possible 211 days. This comes out to 70%. As of this moment I am a little short of my goal pace, but I am trying to do an extra day here and there while also being smart about recovery to get back on track.
If you are struggling with seeing results, you have to start playing the game!
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