ADAPT by Anthony Hall, CPT

Adaptation has at least three different definitions.  In the case of fitness, the most appropriate of those may be "something adapted to fit need: something that has been modified to suit different conditions or a different purpose". 

Adapting a healthy lifestyle requires change.  In seeking to make things happen in this pursuit, you ultimately want things about yourself to change.  Therefore, you have to change the things around you.  Does this mean training in a brand-new environment.  It may but let's be clear:  the environment may not be the facility of choice.  It may even be the people around you.  Working out and bouncing ideas off of like-minded individuals such as yourself may help you more than you know.

You must also change your eating habits.  Is this to suggest you go cold turkey?  Absolutely not.  But, once again, you must do what works for you.  There were days when I worked out and never gained any true weight.  I ate everything that could be eaten within the confines of my liking:  ham, fried chicken, porkchops, honey buns, cakes, pies - you name it and I ate it.  However, began to see that in order for me to reach my goals, I had to change my eating habits.  The same must happen for you if you seek to change your look much less your lifestyle.  There are a million and one studies on foods that have been and are being conducted.  Yet, there are some that are universally recognized as staples in a healthy eating plan. 

Above all else, know that change is a constant.  It HAS to happen in order to reach your fitness goals.  Your environment and eating habits must adapt to the pursuit of your goals - long and short-term. Also know that change does not have to happen all at once, but it HAS to happen if you want to get where you want to go.  We have allo heard the saying:  "if you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've also gotten".  The same applies to personal fitness. 

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