EUGENIZATION.

One of the more diabolical puzzles in the horror film Saw II is known as The Razor Box Trap.

Above: Ouchie. (pic courtesy of Wikipedia)

What’s so nefarious about this trap is that the harder the victim tries to circumvent the trap (in the straightforward way), the more the blades dig into her flesh and the deeper she’s trapped. Whereas, if she’d just taken an extra minute or two to think, she might just have noticed the key hanging out of the lock in back of the box, ripe for the opening.

A similar parallel can be drawn with trainees who exercise without changing dietary habits. Instead of helping your cause, you slowly run yourself down, because:

1. You never establish a proper hormonal environment for fat loss to occur, so you lose little to no fat, and,

2. You give the body insufficient resources from which to synthesize muscle, so you gain none.

Whereas, eating to support your goals would make your life so much easier, and take only a tiny bit more mental energy. Instead of fighting the losing struggle of more and more exercise to compensate for poor eating, you could use both to work towards your favor.

Don’t let the bogeyman get you - think first before you move.

Happy Halloween!