So I’m at the gym today and what do I see but three girls “working out” in the shortest shorts ever, talking and laughing like it’s the most fun they’ve had in their lives. Now, why did I just put “working out” in quotes? Because there’s a difference between actually working out and just hanging out in the gym and thinking you’re working out, and apparently a lot of people do not realize this. The gym is not a place to socialize people — be it the basement of your house, gym in your apartment or road you are going running on, go there with a purpose.

If you’re in the middle of a set and talking to the person next to you, you are not working out. If you are looking across the room and checking out some girl stretching, you’re not working out. And if you feel exactly the same at the end of a set as you did at the beginning, you damn sure are not working out.

Working out means training hard all the time. Not slacking off on leg days or walking on the treadmill while reading a book without a bead of sweat on your forehead. It’s pushing yourself like your life depends on it. Imagine if you knew today was the last time you’d ever be able to workout for the rest of your life – would you be taking it easy? Hell no, you’d make sure you felt like you were about to die by the time you were finished. And that’s how you should train every day.

So if you have been taking it easy, now is the time to stop being a baby and start pushing yourself. I am not saying that if you are not working out like a top athlete then you are not working out, I am saying if you are not pushing your own personal limits then you are not working out…

Push yourself towards what I like to call implosion. Ever heard the saying give it your all? Regardless of how long you are planning on being in the gym be it 5, 30 or 60 minutes, give it your all the entire time, please. Then true fitness will come.