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You've trained for years and justified your strength. Now it's time to plan for the long game. That means listening to your body more, and a program less.

For most people reading this, it goes without saying; you’d be a fool to enter the gym without a training goal. Anything outside of this structure is a waste of your time as a lifter. And I’d usually agree. But my age and personal experiences have me singing a different tune at this point in the game. It’s likely an unpopular opinion subject to ridicule from purists – but I believe there’s a time and place for fitness goals.

There's way too much mania over the big lifts. Let's not get carried away.

It’s been a couple of months, and most heavy training die-hards are going stir-crazy trying to makeshift training programs that prevent them from losing their gains.

Most people shouldn’t run to get in shape. They should get in shape to run.

This pandemic has brought out the best of the innovators, as they’ve been able to make ends meet with home training programs in the absence of their precious barbells and dumbbells.

That’s commendable, since for many, it’s more difficult to transition away from a classic gym setting to one more poorly equipped. These days, when I drive the streets of Toronto, a quick glance at most sidewalks reminds me of the other method people are using to cope with gym closures: Running.

Global pandemic, hey? There's another way to look at this.

With the rise of Instagram “influencers”, group training studios, and do-it-yourself training apps, few would have thought it would be a global pandemic that sends the grass roots of the personal training industry into question.

Yeah, they look great. Their results could be yours, If their reality was yours too.

Yeah, they look great. Their results could be yours, if their reality was yours too.

Time to get uncomfortable.

Time to get uncomfortable.