Stop Searching for Shortcuts

Most people aren’t failing because they’re lazy. They’re failing because they’re obsessed with shortcuts.

They want the fastest plan, the newest method, the six-week reset that promises to undo years of poor habits. And when it doesn’t work, they assume the problem is the program instead of the expectation.

There is no easy way.

There is only simple work, done with high intensity, done consistently, over a long period of time.

And that’s where people get consistency wrong.

When people hear “be consistent,” they think it means four to six perfect sessions every single week. Miss one workout and the plan is “ruined.” Miss two weeks and they’ve “fallen off.”

That mindset is the real problem.

Consistency is not perfection.

Consistency is showing up most of the time, over and over again.

If life gets busy and you miss a few sessions, that doesn’t erase progress.
If you have a rough couple of weeks, that doesn’t mean you’ve failed.
If you hit your training, nutrition, and habits 80% of the time, that is consistency.

What kills progress isn’t missing workouts. It’s quitting because things weren’t perfect.

This is why six-week programs sell so well. They offer hope without responsibility. They imply that discipline is temporary, that habits can be rushed, and that outcomes should arrive on a deadline.

But behaviour change doesn’t work like that.

Six weeks might get you started, but it doesn’t rewire how you think, eat, train, recover, or respond to stress. It doesn’t undo years of neglect, inconsistency, or avoidance.

Six weeks is an introduction. Not a transformation.

Real progress looks boring:

• Repeating the same basics

• Training with intent, not novelty

• Adjusting instead of quitting

• Coming back after interruptions

• Playing the long game

The people who get results aren’t doing anything special. They just stopped chasing shortcuts and committed to staying in the fight longer than everyone else.

Simple.
Hard.
Repeated.

The work doesn’t need to be exciting. It needs to be repeated. Stop looking for the thing that will finally make this easy, and start committing to the process that actually works. Stay long enough for consistency to matter. That’s where results come from.

Nat Galloway
Coach, Master Athletic Performance