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Lost Pet Spider - HELP!
Ignoring problems rarely leads to positive outcomes. If you saw a giant spider on your wall what wold you do? Pretend you didn’t see it or hunt it with a flip flop?
What drinking and hangovers teach us about training
It’s better to do a little less than you think and gradually add more, than to overdo it and miss days of training opportunities because you’re so sore you can’t walk or you dread going back.
We all need encouragement
It can be easy from the outside to assume that the guys we work with at builtXyou are motivated, driven, and confident.
And yet - they’re all working with a coach to improve themselves. Very often, this comes from being deficient in those exact areas.
And the one need that is consistent for them all is…
You're Boring, Jay
Training principles and nutriton science are well established and commonly understood by most. Thats why we talk about the same high impact action in our content, and why we work more on helping guys integrate what works into their lives, rather than trying to reinvent the wheel. If you want to a tried, tested, and scientific plan that gets results, then keep reading…
IKEA fitness
If you’re using IKEA style instructions to assemble your health and fitness, then there is a good chance you’re going to miss a step, lose a piece, or get frustrated with the process.
We advise you do this instead…
Hardest Part ≠ Most Important Part
Showing up to the gym is often difficult, but it’s what you do when you get there that matters most.
Health, Fitness and Russian Dolls
There is a hierarchy of needs in training, nutrition, and physique change. Focusing on one at the cost of the other violates the hierarchy and leads to poor outcomes.
How good can you be at the things you’re bad at?
Eventually however, more training will be impossible within the lifestyle constraints (if you have a job, kids, and responsibilities you will eventually run out of time for more). At which point more training effort costs more for less results. This is the point of diminishing returns, and to see any further progress you need to do this…
How Important Are Effort and Discipline?
You can make progress by adding fuel or reducing friction. Most guys focus on adding more fuel until they get burned out. Here are 5 ways guys in our programs lower friction to get 2x the results with 0.5x the effort.
Ignorance is... Misery
Ignoring the reality of our situations protects us from the initial discomfort of recognition, but it creates long term misery by allowing misaligned actions and beliefs go unchecked. Here’s how to make the change…
The biggest lie you’ve ever been told
The biggest lie you’ve ever been told is that health and fitness is not that simple. It isn’t easy…but it is simple. Far simpler than gurus and influencers make out. Here’s why…