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Busy guys need this type of motivation
To be successful in your health efforts you need internal or intrinsic motivation. If you don’t have clear and powerful internal reason, you are more likely to struggle to progress and be consistent.
Internal motivation is the purpose you anchor your actions to even when you don’t feel like doing them.
Are you losing (and gaining) the same 5-20 lbs over and over?
Here are 3 simple steps that have helped 100s of guys like you break lose fat, and start building the lean and muscular physique they want.
Adherence Part 6; Passion
Some guys become passionate about health and fitness during their life, which helps create systematic goal aligned behaviors as part of your identity.
Adherence Part 5; Habit
It is important to understand that habits are iterative and formed by practice not simply time.
Adherence Part 4; Discipline
Next up is discipline. Discipline is thought of as this tough thing that only Navy Seals and Athletes have when in fact, discipline is something we all have – some of us just try and use it too often and when it runs out, we struggle to adhere.
Adherence Part 3; Intention
Intention is the plan you’ll follow to get from where you are today, to your goals. No amount of inspiration and motivation will get you to your goals if you don’t have a clear and specific plan to follow. Unfortunately, this is almost always the first bottleneck most guys meet in their efforts.
Adherence Part 2; Motivation
For the the greatest chance of success, we recommend a powerful internal motivation with additional external motivation to help you stay focused.
Adherence is the key to every busy guys success
6 part Adherence series to help busy guys make lasting physique, health, and fitness changes.
Most guys think of motivation as an elusive trait that they simply need more of to be successful when in fact, motivation is just 1 part of your bigger health and fitness picture called adherence.
Low adherence is the #1 reason guys don’t get the results they want.
I Suffered From The Curse Of Fitness Knowledge
I have been suffering from the curse of knowledge and speaking to you as if I am speaking to myself. Now I am better, I’ll be talking to you, about what matters to you, in a way that makes sense to you.
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.
Fishing for fitness...wuh?
Just getting back into fitness after months out of the gym, or you are completely new to this then this is my advice…
The power of environment design
Our environment plays a big role in our behaviors, desirable and undesirable.
5 (more) skills to make adhering to your nutrition efforts easier
5 more practices that can make your efforts stick long term
Plan B is not an excuse…
Having a Plan B rarely means that you aren’t committed to plan A. It means you are realistic in your expectations when something outside of your control happens, you’ve thought of ways to pivot.
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.
You can’t fire a cannon from a kayak
An estimated 90% of fitness New Years resolutions don’t make it through the year, and 65% don’t make it to April 1. In my professional experience this is why…
Wound wisdom or scar advice?
Ask yourself this question when determining what advice to follow…