Exercising for Progress

This is a really short one. I wrote down a note that someone had said to me the other day.

Story:
Basically, there are two old guys who come into my gym. Both are in their sixties, and both are in really great shape.

One of them is more intense about fitness than the other. But the other is motivated by the desire to still "be able to do things and go places where a car won't go."

One day, I notice that the more intense of the two is really putting my "Do things" friend through the ringer, and really working him hard.

My "Do things" friend later comes up to me, sweating like a mule. I said to him, "He's working you hard today, huh?"

What he said to me stuck with me. He said, "Train with others who are better than you, if you want to get better."

It's true. If you want to be in great shape, find someone in the shape you want to be, and exercise with them. Ask them for help, because they know how to do it.

They know the secrets.