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Make healthy the default
Humans tend to follow the path of least effort. By making healthy behavior the default, you stack the odds in your favor, as you are less likely to opt out of something if it is easy, even if you don’t want to do it.
Why I think “everything in moderation” isn’t great advice…
Moderation is a skill. It takes practice to get good at it, and it is going to fit some circumstances better than others. If we take the advice as it is given, as an absolute, we will fail more than we need to.
5 skills to help you adhere to your nutrition efforts
If you recently vowed to improve your diet then these 5 skills can help you adhere to your efforts.
Fail and be ok with it
We’ve all made a new year’s resolution that didn’t stick. Why? Because we don’t allow ourselves to be bad at it at first.
We fail a few times and then give up. Here’s how to avoid that mistake this time
Do you fall into this fitness category?
Do you do much general activity that you spread yourself thin, making your ability to achieve a specific goal, limited?
You can't pour from an empty cup
It can be easy to conflate hours worked with productivity (I know this firsthand from my years as a brick and mortar gym owner). This is a fallacy. Long hours DON’T always equal success, and more often leads to burnout at work and in the gym.
Is shame always a bad thing?
Shame is normal and though it has more negative than positive effect, like all emotions, we can learn from it.
Kevin from The Office taught me a valuable fitness lesson
What Kevin Malone from The Office taught me about health and fitness that blew my mind.
The time has come to test your skills
Research shows that trying our skills in different situations strengthens them. Engaging in novel activities builds diverse skills and relationships, and gives us practice in handling a wide range of emotions. Here’s how