Surprising Thing We Tell New People

Do less.

Seriously.

When people come in here ready to train 4 or 5 days per week, they’re fired up and motivated. Often they mention how they’re also starting yoga 3 days a week, getting a puppy, recently started a new job, and are going to stretch for 30 minutes every night after a 60-minute sauna session.

People show up motivated and ready to commit and make change. Remember though—that motivation won’t linger.

It’s incredibly unremarkable to train 25 times in 5 weeks and then stop altogether. It won’t change your life at all.

Contrast that with two or three days a week forever.

In other words, you don’t need to make your whole life revolve around the gym. I don’t recommend it. But you do need a plan you can stick with.

A couple months—or even a couple years—isn’t going to impact your strength or fitness all that much.

But doing it for decades will.

—Justin Miner