Posted by George Beckham, certified personal trainer at Athlon Elite.   

  
Bob Turbow doing sumo squats… A great exercise for strengthening the hips as well as creating more flexibility. 

The Other 23…You’ve just finished up at Athlon Elite. You worked hard, you’re still sweating, you’re tired and you’ve just started up the car to drive home. Think for a minute about what you will do with the next 23 hours before your next training session…Will you sit down in front of the TV with a beer?Will you stay up too late, then not have time for breakfast?Will you drink soda instead of water before your next workout?Or will you drink your Fluid on the drive home, eat a good dinner and breakfast, and turn off the TV so you can get a good nights sleep? We hope you’re doing the latter.Training is more than just going to the gym. Training is going to the gym, eating right, sleeping enough, drinking the right amount of water, and recovering for your next session. There is a saying: “Great physiques are built in the kitchen”. This only addresses the nutrition aspect, but the theme is important – it is not only what you do inside the gym, it is also what you do outside the gym that counts.

We at Athlon Elite give you the stimulus – the gym training – better than anyone else in the County, but you half to follow the other 6 steps when we’re not around to bitch at you to really see results… it is eating right, taking your supplements, drinking your water, sleeping enough, and keeping good habits that shape your total response.Next time you’re driving yourself home, think to yourself: What am I doing with the other 23?