Does This Not Entertain You?
Does This Not Entertain You?
Social Media and Reality are Different for Your Fitness
The world of social media and fitness is an interesting place.
It's a place where reality and imagination are blurred.
And it's a place where one upmanship are the norm.
As you might have guessed, or at least I hope you have, social media is all a bit staged.
And so what we see in fitness might be done just for you to see it.
Of course, entertainment is an important part of social media.
Who is going to watch a video of paint drying? (Actually, some people will, but it's likely a small group)
People want to be entertained, and so our attention is drawn towards those things which achieve that.
But...
Fitness, the type that gets results, is actually quite boring.
It's usually the repetition of exercises, which in themselves are a quite boring.
And while diets don't need to be boring, the consistency required to get results from your diet, leads to somewhat of a monotony - which can get boring.
So when you see another video from me, of a client doing a pretty standard exercise, only a little better, but you're not entertained by it, I'm sorry, but that is the truth.
The reality of doing very similar exercises over and over, and improving bit by bit.
And if you saw the first video on day 1, versus another video 12, 24 or 36 months later, you might be amazed by the result, and be entertained for a second, but everything in between was small steps slowly improved.
Social media's power to influence in the positive cannot be understated.
But it can also influence us in the negative.
It can make us believe that it's all entertainment and fun, when the reality is hard work and small improvements over a long time.
Entertainment and reality might be two different things when it comes to your fitness.
Until next time,
Marco
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