How to get unstuck - 4 Minutes with Bill Russell, CrossFit Cleveland - Episode 3

Hi, welcome to another episode of 4 Minutes with Bill.  I’m
Bill Russell, my wife Staci and I run CrossFit Cleveland in Rocky
River, OH. Today I’m going to talk about how you can get yourself
‘unstuck’ and out of a rut of inactivity. We work primarily with
people who have let themselves go over the years and now want to
get back in better shape, lose some weight and live a healthier
lifestyle.  We know a little about that because we’ve done
it ourselves, and we’ve helped hundreds of people do the same.
 When someone tells me that they don’t know how to get
started exercising, and that they are afraid to walk into to a
gym, I tell them this.  Do 3 minutes of burpees every day
for a week.  As many as you can do, in just three minutes.
 Get yourself down on the floor, chest to deck, and get back
up and stand tall.  Repeat for three minutes and count how
many you can do.  Don’t worry about your form, it’s not
going to be pretty right off the bat.  You won’t hurt
yourself, ignore the critics who tell you otherwise. It might
only be 5, maybe you get 10, it doesn’t matter, you started.
 Do it again the next day, and simply try to beat your
previous day’s number. Some days you will, some days you won’t.
But by the end of the week, you’ll be feeling better about doing
them. Now, do it for another week. You’ll start watching burpee
video on Youtube and improving your movement. Before you know it,
you’ll be knocking out 20 to 30 burpees.  Yes, you’ll be
smoked, but you’ll feel great. Keep that up for a month and
you’ll be ready to start a new routine at any gym in your area.
   Now let’s say you have a day, and you will,
that you just don’t want to do it.  Take it easy and just to
a handful, maybe one every 30 seconds. Treat it like a rest or
recovery day, but just do however many reps you can in three
minutes.  Dr. Leo Marvin had it right.  Baby Steps.
 Maybe you can already hammer out 40+ burpees in 3 minutes
yourself.  Use this idea for someone else in your life who
needs to find some trigger, some way to break out of their state
of inertia.  It works, if done every day.  If you try
this, send me a message every now and then and let me know how it
is working for you.  Who knows, you might be ready to join
CrossFit Cleveland in a few weeks and start off confident.
 Don’t worry, we’ll help you keep it going.  Thanks
listening, and until next time, happy burpees to you!