It all adds up: you’re made of moves
You are your workout results. Your daily choices - workouts, walking, carrying shopping, picking up a pot from a low cupboard - stack your daily movements into your current body. These are your body’s ‘work-it-outs’.
You are a collection of these small choices you make each day. They have compounded over time: the good and bad, big and small, the most effortful and the laziest! While that list is so different for everyone, there remains a few basics I have collected after nearly two decades in the health and fitness industry that apply to us all:
You are your own gym. Moving your body throughout the day is better for a long term view (your youngevity!) than a 40 min all out workout followed by or following sitting at a desk for 8 hours.
Consistency is more important than intensity
Methods are many but principles are few
This means worry less about doing the “perfect” workout. Instead focus on lifting consistently with intent & utilize progressive overload & you'll make better gains than 99% of folks
Don't worry about gaining “Too much" muscle too fast. It takes a long time.
Adequate protein & quality sleep help with progress way more than expensive supplements.
Lifting weights is about more than aesthetics. Strong muscles & bones, increased confidence, & improved mental health are just a few benefits.
Focus on “all or something" instead of “all or nothing." The 10 min warm- up, 5 min walk, 15 min bodyweight circuit all add up.
It ALL adds up.
