Page 5 - Fire Your Personal Trainer and Kick Your Own Damn Ass
P. 5
Fire Your Personal Trainer 2
And Kick Your Own Damn Ass
Let me tell you why you are here. You have
come because you know something. What
you know you can’t explain but you feel it.
This conversation between Neo and Morpheous when they meet for
the first time marks the beginning of Neo’s journey to understanding
and freedom in the Wachowskis’ film, “THE MATRIX.” Neo has the
uncomfortable sense that something is not right in the world around him,
but he can’t pinpoint what it is. As the scene unfolds, Morpheous reveals
to Neo that the world they see around them is actually an elaborate
construct that appears to fit together seamlessly, but it isn’t real.
Something similar has happened with weight training.
Magazines, books, bloggers and Youtubers deliver a consistent message
that appears logical, and you and I accept it as true. After all, if we read
and hear exactly the same message delivered the same way, month
after month, and year after year, the message must be accurate.
Except it’s not. Reality is actually quite different.
In this book I will pull back the curtain and reveal the truth. It may not be
what you want to read. It might require you to re-think your approach
to what you are presently doing, and abandon ideas you hold dear that
will not deliver the results you are after.
Many of the ideas I will share with you are not discussed or written about
anywhere. Why is this? Are these carefully guarded secrets that are
deliberately withheld? Hardly. The ideas I will share with you are directly
in front of you, but like someone watching a street magician perform a
card trick, you don’t see them because you are distracted and focused