Stephen Allison founded Fit, a private personal training studio in Boston’s South End, after more than 20 years of coaching clients one-on-one. He trains runners, lifters and everyday athletes, and writes the Fit blog on running, strength, mobility, recovery and nutrition.
You’re dialed in. You see your trainer 2 x’s a week. You run 3 x’s a week. You do yoga 2x’s a week. Your waistline is NOT shrinking. Why won’t the weight come off?
Indeed, as the book ‘Pain neuroscience education’ points out, if someone is not convinced something will work they’re right; and it won’t. The most important factor in the success of any drill, any workout, any diet, any proposed change to your physical/mental state is this:
You have to understand what you’re doing and believe it will work.
I ate almost 0 processed sugar for 110 days because I wrote about it on this blog. When I was tempted to eat something sugary I declined because it would be embarrassing to fail in front of an audience. So thank you, Dear reader, for holding me accountable. In so doing I may have learned the strongest hack for accountability.
The Holidays over, the resolutions are fresh, the gyms are packed and the Trainers… business is a little slow. It runs contrary to the prevailing sentiment that our business doesn’t pick up, but never once in 20 years have I seen an uptick in business on January 2nd. Never.
Don’t despair. The average person fails 7-12 times before finally figuring out how to create lasting change. Slip ups are inevitable, and anyone who claims to be undefeated is a liar (or Rocky Marciano). You’re going to fail.
And fail.
5-10 more times (on average).
To succeed we have to find a way to keep failing (and then learning/refining our approach of course).
My friend, who recommended I try intermittent fasting, sent me a study linking intermittent fasting to early death.
Don’t worry it’s one study, but “People who followed a pattern of eating all of their food across less than 8 hours per day had a 91% higher risk of death due to cardiovascular disease.”
There’s no such thing as the greatest snack, but I love pistachios and what makes them great lets us talk about some important, albeit overlooked facets of nutrition.
Let’s get nuts!
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