The Racers’ Toolbox Way
Some people exercise to lose weight. Others to improve health, fitness or performance. At Racers’ Toolbox, our aim has been to help these people streamline their process to reach their goals with more efficiency and in a more safe and sustainable fashion.
Everyone has a philosophy about how to exercise. Not everyone writes a blog about it or sets up a company based on it, but everyone has a philosophy on exercise that they reveal as soon as they lace up their shoes, put on their goggles or helmet and head outside into the fresh air.
Too many people think of philosophy as boring, and perhaps, have not even given any thought to their exercise philosophy at all – exercise is just something ‘they do’.
At Racers’ Toolbox, we see your philosophy as the operating system for your exercise goals. It’s what informs your decisions, makes you happy or miserable, and is what will ultimately lead you to achieve or not achieve your goals.
Not All Exercise Philosophies Are Equally Good
We see a lot of mistakes in the common reasoning about exercise philosophies. A big one is assuming that all perspectives on exercise are equally as effective. This is just not the case.
If your philosophy is the operating system for your exercise, then just like a computer operating system, there are good and bad operating systems.
We are not saying that there is a perfect operating system or that we posses it. We have however, developed a philosophy that is unique, measureable and has helped thousands of people achieve the results they were looking for.
A Simple Philosophy
The Racers’ Toolbox philosophy is always evolving, but at its core lie a few fundamental principles that don’t change.
1. You must understand the “why” of the exercise you do
2. The exercise you do must be progressive
3. The exercise and nutrition plans you follow should be effective and sustainable for a long time
4. You must keep it simple
Our Approach
After you whittle away all the unnecessary “padding”, there are just two things that you really need to worry about in regards to exercise. One is the intensity at which you exercise and the second is the way your structure your exercise sessions over time.
The reason we set up our athletic lab was that it allows us to provide and manage those two key elements. Using our tests, we are able to define very clear heart rate ranges that we use to control and monitor the exercise and improvements of the people who work with us. We can set heart rate ranges to improve a person’s fat burning ability, lactate clearance ability and fitness.
By providing training plans and incorporating the data taken from the tests, we can carefully structure an exercise plan that is progressive and effective for each person.
Finding Your Groove
The people we mix with often have a big impact on the way we exercise. Making sure that you are positioning yourself around people with a similar philosophy and approach to exercise will allow you to focus on the task at hand without being pulled in a different direction to where you want to go.
Whether you choose to work with us or not, really give some thought to your exercise philosophy and how it will effect what you are trying to achieve – it could make all the difference in the world.