Paul OneidConsistency with your exercise selection is one of the least exciting and most underrated drivers of long-term progress. We put the question to the MAP coaching team to hear how each of them thinks through the timing of a change.
Paul OneidThe majority of people who enter a gym or hire a personal trainer look as if they are using an external structure to outsource ownership of their lives. The most disciplined people you'll meet have the most external structure in their lives.
Paul OneidMost stuck gym-goers are running a quiet committee meeting in their head. The training program comes from one Instagram coach. The nutrition framework comes from a different podcast. The recovery protocol comes from a third YouTube channel.
Paul OneidThe instinct to go heroic is understandable. Heroic feels like commitment. It signals seriousness. It also fails almost every time, for predictable reasons. Heroic depends on conditions staying perfect.