New Moon of Fitness
Has the Fitness Industry Ruined our Confidence in Us?
I just watched New Moon. My wife loved the books and the first movie so naturally, we saw the film.
I was reflecting back on the fitness level of a young man in the movie. His character name was Jacob and it would appear that he had made quite the change to his physique between the time of the last movie (Twilight) to the making of New Moon.
It was hard not to notice OK, he spent most of the movie without his shirt on. I think they even spent quite a bit of time showing his dramatic physique change in the previews.
My wife noticed ; )
There was a particular scene I was thinking back on where Jacob jumps from ground level to a second story window. He first jumps toward the house, then pushing off from the house, he jumps to a tree and back again until he is at the window where he swings in. The scene never breaks and it looks very real. So real, I kinda wonder if he or some stunt double actually did it.
It took me a bit of thinking before I recalled this scene. Why? Because when I first saw it, my brain yawned. No big deal.
It has become so common to see amazing things at the movies these days, we have become numb to any shocking moments. We are immune.
If you had shown that scene to me 15 -20 years ago, I would have been kicked out of the theater for going into the projector booth and making them show it to me again and again.
It got me thinking about the world we live in. More and more we are so overexposed to advertising, marketing and sales that we yawn at the most outrageous claims. Stock Trading, Real Estate, Get Rich Quick Money Making and yes,… FITNESS, WORKING OUT and EXERCISING. We get slammed.
We are immune.
When we see the most outrageous fitness claims made by advertising in whatever form it comes, we just yawn and dismiss it all.
Does this ultimately lead us to believe that none of it actually works?
Or worse than that, WE just can’t do it?
Has the industry gone so far as to finally make us almost unconsciously believe that we can’t be fit?
That’s where I start to get fired up. My poor wife has to listen to this stuff a lot and no, I don’t know how she does it ; )
You will hear from me many times over that I believe that anyone (yes, that includes you reading this) can achieve any level of fitness they desire. PERIOD.
Forget the hype, forget the baloney, set your mind to it, know it is yours and ANYTHING you desire will be yours. You don’t have to follow my way to get there either. I promise, I don’t have the market cornered on the One and Only Way You Will or Can Ever Get Fit!.
See, I’m getting repetitive again but here goes… You can be as Fit as you want, I guarantee it!
And, I’d love to help you get there
Contact me any time and let’s get to it! I’m excited to help you achieve any fitness goal you have nerve enough to share.
Yours in all Your Fitness Success,