Start Small.... No Smaller

Most professions have that thing people always ask them or tell them. Being in the fitness industry means everyone justifies what they’re eating to me and tells me about how they’re going to start getting after it.

When a prospective client at the gym tells me they want to train 5 times per week, I’m skeptical of their dedication.

Do they know how hard it is to show up every single day?

Can they deal with the soreness, the mundane routine, and and doing it on all the days they don’t want to, or can’t make it?

Usually people need to set the bar lower. They need to back off their overzealous ideas of exercise and create an easier routine first. They need to accumulate the discipline required to train 5 days a week by showing up for 2 days a week for 3 months before jumping straight to 5.

When it comes down to it, you need the discipline to keep doing the same thing over and over and over. When you're able to let the system to run its course, strength and conditioning works. If you're on and off the training bus though, it can seem like nothing ever works.

I'm here to tell you it does work, you just need to stick with it. Set yourself up for success by setting the bar lower than you think it should be.

Want to eat healthier? Start with breakfast

Want to run more? Start with 1 run.

Want to lift and spin? Do one of each a week.

Need to stretch more? Start with 1 stretch 1 minute a day.

Want to journal? Write 1 sentence.

Don't let the perfect plan stand in your way. Start small. Then go even smaller and prove to yourself you've got it before adding more.

Justin Miner

@justinminergain