Training Mental Resilience in the Gym - Nat Galloway
People often ask me how I train clients to build mental resilience. The truth? I make them do things that fucking suck. That’s not punishment. It’s deliberate
People often ask me how I train clients to build mental resilience. The truth? I make them do things that fucking suck. That’s not punishment. It’s deliberate
Many people feel stuck in life because they believe they’re useless. That belief quietly becomes their identity: “I’m the kind of person who fails… who can’t change… who doesn’t matter.” When that identity sets in, goals feel impossible. Purpose feels unreachable. Even looking in the mirror can feel like confirmation that the story is true. But here’s the truth: identity isn’t fixed. You can rewrite it. And one of the most powerful ways to do that is through fitness.
Most people get into training with a simple goal: “I want abs,” “I want to look good,” or “I want to fit into my old clothes.” But stop for a moment, ask yourself: why do you really want that?
The greatest people I’ve ever met—the ones I genuinely look up to aren’t the ones who had an easy path. They’re the ones who had every excuse in the world to give up… and didn’t.