Me and a friend went to the park to walk around and catch up. We walked along the trail and came up to the push-up area. Along the trail are different workout stations like push-ups, parallel bars and pull-up bars. We knocked out a few sets of ten and then headed over to the pull-up bars. I did a few pull-ups and some static holds with my elbows bent at ninety degrees. My buddy knocked out a few chin ups and commented on how he needed to work on those more.
After that we walked the path back to the beginning and headed towards the track. I saw the steps on the bleachers and became excited. Next up, walking up the stairs. We walked up the stairs continued our conversation and then headed back down the steps. This occurred around three more times and then we left to sit on the benches for a break. While we were walking the steps I couldn’t help but notice a trainer working with a client.
The client was male and at least weighed more than 250lbs. The trainer was running him through a serious work out and kept him huffing and puffing. I believe that type of work out was way two much for him. Not only that, I’d bet when he finished he was famished. He probably went home and ate a bunch of food to undo all that work he put it in. I know I would’ve. Working out hard for a long time makes me hungry.
So me and my buddy knocked out some walking, pushups, pull-ups, and stairs fairly quickly while also performing a max squat thrust test. We wanted to see how many he could do and then that would allow me to suggest a way for him to increase his numbers. The workout was light but sufficient and I had plenty of gas left in my tank, but he didn’t feel tired and actually wanted to do more.
I said nope. What we had done was plenty. We worked on strength and endurance, we got our heart rates up and that’s what mattered. And you know what? My friend texted me later that day to inform me that he was already feeling it. The next day he texted and said he was sore and glad that I said no to doing more work.
The lesson here is, it doesn’t take a lot of work to get a good workout. Like Lee Haney said, “Stimulate, don’t annihilate.”
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