Most people think we have to be in the gym for hours to transform our bodies. That simply isn’t true. It’s no badge of honor to tell me you spend two hours a day in the gym and your body hasn’t changed in the past two years. The solution is simple: you must be effective and efficient in what you do. The time you spend working out is irrelevant if it’s not done efficiently (or if you’re merely at the gym spending most of your time “resting” between sets).
Calibrate your training to your level of fitness
To be efficient and effective is about focus and intent. It is stewardship of time and effort and it’s based on proper programming and training protocols that are appropriate to your current level of fitness. By this I mean, pegged to your age, weight, stamina and medical health. My level of training is different from someone that has never exercised in their life. Your level is different than the person standing next to you at the weight rack. Yet we can all be efficient and effective in what we do in order to accomplish our desired results.
As a follower of Christ, I believe we must commit all we do to the Lord. Two verses come to mind.
Proverbs 16:3 (HCSB) says, “Commit your activities to the LORD, and your plans will be achieved.” The GNT puts the same verse this way: “Ask the LORD to bless your plans, and you will be successful in carrying them out.”
Proverbs 19:21 (NIV) says, “Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the LORD’s purpose that prevails.”
Focus and commitment
When our exercise is focused and committed, on-purpose and with the goal of transforming our temple to honor God, it is committed to God and we will achieve our purpose and goal. I am here to tell you that I have witnessed this over and over again. Here is a testimony from one of our Fitness Revelation transformation clients. He is a guy that actually worked out but was still overweight and not really healthy. Listen to what He has to say about Fitness Revelations Temple Transformation program:
You are doing an amazing job of leading and transforming people’s hearts and minds. The platform you are using has given us the instruction book on how to lose weight and transform our bodies through diet, exercise, and—most importantly—Scripture. God has given us the instruction book on how to live in the Bible. If we would just do what the Bible says, we would live an abundant life for others. I draw parallels to that with what you are doing with Temple Transformation. If we would do the exercise, eat what you have given us in the meal plan and do the devotionals, then our lives will and have to change.
He gets it. He has become an advocate. During his time in working with me, he sent multiple messages about how he never thought about connecting exercise and diet with his walk with God. When he submitted those things to God, his body changed—and dramatically so.
