I Bet You Can't Do it! By John Phillips, Founder of Kitakitz We are now accepting applicants to become members of our Boxing Club, But most of you are not going to be asked to join!
The time of the year is coming upon us when people make their new years resolution. More specifically in regards to this website, people will be making committments to get into shape. They will promise themselves to stop eating junk and get on a good nutrition plan. They will also promise to start a fitness program of exercise also. BUT as you may know most people do not stick with their plans for very long.
Many will purchase a treadmill or other exercise device at great expense and in a few months you will see that $1,000 treadmill for sale in the local classified ads. I rather like this because it helps me out by supplying me with LOW COST used fitness equipment that is just like new but considerably less expensive when the item was purchased new.
When I first opened my boxing gym I would accept anyone to become a member because I thought I could help alot of people. But I soon found out that most people are not cut out to do a BOXING TRAINING PROGRAM. It is just too tough for most people. So after a few boxing training sessions the new member would start showing up late for their training session, calling in sick or some other lame excuse or even worse, just not show up at all without notice.
That is when I decided to make it HARD to become a member of my boxing club. I was going to start TESTING each potential club member to SEE WHAT THEY HAD. I worked up a test of exercises based on one, two and three minute timed units to see how many push up, pull ups, sit ups, jumps, etc. they could perform. Well, I discovered something real quick, MOST PEOPLE ARE IN ROTTEN SHAPE! So I started to make the test harder and harder and even started to charge a testing fee for the time I had to invest in each potential new member. This has helped to weed out those who like to waste my time and only dream about being in great shape. No matter how you look at this getting into shape business, it comes down to ONE THING, HARD WORK! Most people are not willing to do the work and simply quit after a few sessions.
Now after almost a year of playing with different testing routines I have got this testing thing down to a science. I can make YOU Puke nearly on command. Because I know what it takes to push most people past their limits.
By doing this I have been getting better qualified club members that SHOW UP ON TIME, WORK HARD and STAY MOTIVATED.
Do you think you can Do it? Can you submit to the test without PUKING? I DOUBT IT! But, surprise me. Show me that there are a few people out there who have the heart, time managment and the drive to stick to what they start. If you do I will welcome you as a new member of the boxing club.
