Saturday, February 09, 2013

Pose Downs, Speedos and the Wrong Church Growth Numbers


When it comes to working out there are show muscles and there are go muscles. Biceps are the show muscles. Wear a Polo shirt that's a little tight in the sleeves and you can easily flex your way to impressing others around you (assuming you have enough bicep bulk.) Put simply, big biceps impress. They can't help themselves. Arnold trained us all to be enamored by that compressed ball of muscle between our shoulders and our elbows.

But you can't flex the muscle that matters most…your heart. Although the heart muscle is infinitely more important it doesn't have the wow factor of it's flashy, arm-bound cousin.

Oiled-up, Speedo-wearing, flexed-out bodybuilders may have more impressive external muscles but that doesn't mean they are necessarily in good cardio condition. The health of a person's heart is way more important than the circumference of a person's arms. Why? You can live without a bicep but you can't live without a heart. Read more

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