How can I (& u!) bring the whole project together?
I'm always researching and looking at how the whole project can possibly come together: your moves, means and mindset. The whole project is you: the things you choose to do to keep you you. Don’t get me wrong, I think it’s all too overwhelming to take it all on! I think the best shot you have is to keep yourself - your immune system, your mind, your strength - to have a sense of what’s going on with you. Cos I don’t think we can manage what air am I breathing, what’s in the food? Control what you can control (helpful in staying sane too).
As humans, I think we have a tendency to attribute that control by seeking one single factor as the cause for an issue, when it's typically multifaceted - one and done, the magic bullet, the cure all of all cures. Likewise there’s not just one but a whole host of things we need, and not all or all the time!
For a long time, health, fitness, sport, and performance have been shaped by an outdated idea: that the body works like a machine. That if we just track the right numbers-steps, calories, reps-we can predict and control the outcomes. However, no matter how many steps, reps, tests or how many magic bullets, we realise we can’t out-lift, out-run, out-protein, out-sauna, out-fancy- supplement the ways in which we live in competition with our biology.
Your body doesn't adapt to a single workout in isolation. Every run, every strength session, every yoga class happens in the context of everything else going on in your life. Exercise doesn't just affect muscles—it changes hormones, metabolism, your nervous system, and even how your brain works.
Load isn't only physical-it's emotional, social, and environmental. All of these factors interact.
Your body doesn't "optimize" for a single thing - it balances trade-offs to survive and thrive.
This is where many training plans fall short. They assume you can work on one thing at a time-strength, endurance, mobility-when, in reality, everything is connected.
What This Means for Your Training
Feel it. Instead of following a program to the letter, adjust based on how you feel.
Your workout is important — but how it interacts with all of the other things in your life: your food, your sleep, your stress, your social environment, etc. - is more important.
Accept that progress looks different for everyone. Your body has its own history, strengths, and limitations. What works for someone else might not work for you.
The best approach to your health and fitness starts with listening-to your body, to how you respond over time. KEEP yourself: know what’s going on with you thru your moves, meals and mind. Because in the end, health isn't about engineering a perfect plan. It's about guiding adaptation.
