Where were you when the “slap heard round the world” happened?
That one between Will Smith & Chris Rock?
Did that even happen at the Oscars??
Hold on one memento, please, I’ll Google it and check…
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Yup, it was at the Oscars right around 2 years ago.
Wow, it’s been 2 years since then already!
Yikes.
Well, there was a WAY less dramatic happening from this year’s Oscars last Sunday that nobody has really talked about at all.
I don’t know about you, but I get a kick out of awards show like this one.
There’s just something about someone — ANYONE — no matter how rich and good looking they are, (*cough* Ryan Gosling cough) getting acknowledged for a significant achievement that I find inspiring.
With that said, 4 hours is a bit MUCH!
I had to get up early so ended up just watching the first 2 hours of with wifey and toddler son, Kason…
… and I must say, he was more entertaining than the show! — with his super cuteness on display clapping along with all the celebrities on the screen and smiling.👏😄
Anyway, something happened at the end of the show that reminded me of a “results stopping mistake” a lot people do in their workouts. (but not with my fellow Workout Heroes! )😉
In case you missed it like I did, here’s what happened:
Al Pacino was tapped to announce the winner of the biggest category of the show, Best Picture.
Good idea, right?
He’s a certified and highly accomplished Hollywood legend — with a career more layered than my “not so famous” 7-11 layer salad (i’ll tell you about that some other time 😄)
But then…
When it came time to announce the final award, Pacino totally flubbed the delivery! (that’s a cool word, I’m going to use more… ‘flubbed’)
I just read about the flubb the next day and so asked my beautiful wifey, who did watch all 4 hours of it since she loves it, how it happened.
“yeah, instead of announcing who the nominations were one by one,” she said
“where they would play a clip of the movie, then everyone clapped and stuff,
instead 80-something year old Al Pacino, who looked like he didn’t know where he was, just opened up the envelope and read off the winner…
…”Oppenheimer”
WHAT??
That was my reaction when Bethany told me.
So I went and watched a clip of it online (I recommend you do the same, if you haven’t seen it, it’s hilarious!)
When you watch it, you’ll see how the entire thing just feels off.
He reads off the words from the envelope like he is ordering for his friend at the counter of Chick-fil-a.
Like Al is leaving the house and tells his friend, “Hey, I’m going to Chick-Fil-A, you want anything?“
and the friend starts listing off stuff… and Al goes, “Wait, wait, wait, I can’t remember all that … just write it down for me.“
(shout out to your fellow Workout Hero Carly’s favorite source of protein — Chick-Fil-A chicken nuggets )😂
— you’ll see the audience appear to be as confused by Pacino’s words as the viewers at home (like my wife).
No one fully applauded and it was rather quiet until he confirmed that “Oppenheimer” did actually win.
This was only AFTER the film’s soundtrack began playing loudly in the room — which seemed to be the only rock-solid confirmation that Christopher Nolan’s amazing film did actually indeed win!
**(it is quite a good film though, I must add. Especially if you like American history)
Just awkward and weird.
What does this have to do with a common mistake I see people do with their workouts? (except my fellow Workout Heroes, mind you) 🙂
You see, it’s the body’s job to become efficient and save on fat-burn and energy expenditure.
It’s kinda like if you bought a new car, and the mpg were like 35 mpg…
… but the more you drove it/used it, the better gas mileage it got — becoming MORE efficient and not needing to burn up energy. (wouldn’t that be nice)
That’s what your body does.
If your goal is to see results, lose fat, gain muscle … you DON’T want that efficiency.
As soon as you introduce a new stimulus to your body that burns up calories, like workouts — it starts figuring out ways to save its energy burn towards it.
Do that exact same workout over and over again, week after week…
… month after month.
It becomes predictable to your body and results stop.
In much the same way that the presentation of an award gets at the Oscars.
After sitting through a few hundred of them — they all seem to blend into pretty much the same.
That’s why it is good to have a different workout each day.
To change things up in some way to keep the body guessing.
p90x called this “muscle confusion” (and I just realized that there are now GENERATIONS of people that have no idea what p90x is… boy do I feel old 🥴)
It’s fine to repeat the same workout for about 3 days in a row, but after that, it’s much more effective to change things up…
… just like what ol Al Pacino did.
You want your body to have the same reaction to your workout like we did watching Al flubb his way through his casual announcement… (yes! I got to use that word again! Although is it one ‘b’ or 2?) 🙂
You want your body to be all like…
“oh… this is new. Not like it was last time? Not sure how to conserve my energy stores now… hmmmm”🤔🤔
If you want to know some of the best ways to change it up so that you never stop getting results…
… then I recommend you come on in for your free “No Sweat Introduction”, and we’ll chart a plan to do just that fits you and your schedule.
Here’s the link to do that — Please note: I’ve had a few new clients joining up this month already, so I have only have room for 3 more clients this month. So if you’re thinking of jumping on, I recommend doing that now.
If you’re already a member of the Workout Hero Club – you’re golden and all set! Just keep showing up…
… and yours unruly here will take care of it for you.
It is my Purpose and Calling after all. (maybe next life I’ll be an actor) 🙂
Your Guide & biggest fan,
Erick
P.S.
My vote for nicest and sweetest face goes to you.