Lately, I’ve been getting quite a few emails from people explaining the reason they don’t work out is a lack of time.
I get it. My schedule doesn’t have any blank spots either.
But I ALWAYS make time to work out. Here’s why:
A few years back, someone asked billionaire mogul Richard Branson how to be more productive. Branson answered “work out” and explained that exercising actually gave him 4 EXTRA hours of productivity each day.
He wasn’t the only successful person to make such a statement. Abraham Lincoln once said, “If given 6 hours to chop down a tree, I’ll spend the first 4 hours sharpening the axe.”
Working out is like sharpening the axe. Spending an hour in the gym makes you a better and more productive person during the other 23 hours of the day.
Proper training makes you leaner, healthier and stronger. Which in turn makes you a better dad, a better employee, a better husband and a better human being.
Your mind and body function together as one unit. And while you can certainly complete basic mental tasks even if your body is in poor health, to truly optimize your potential both your mind AND your body must be sharp.
So if you say you don’t have time to work out, what you’re REALLY saying is you don’t have time to be a better dad, a better employee, a better husband or a better human being.
It doesn’t take much. You’ve got 168 hours in a week. And you can see great results by training just 2-3 hours a week. 3 hours out of 168 is just 1.78% of your time each week. But if you’ll take 1.78% of your time to “sharpen the axe” you’ll be amazed at what you can accomplish with the remaining 98.22% of your time.
Matt Marshall
Author of “How To Build A Classic Physique”
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WAAAAAA! Don’t you get tired of hearing that crap? Man-up, take charge of your life! You ONLY GET ONE TRY AT IT! Do you want it? Oh I know it’s hard, but do you really want it??