25/07/2021
Iāve been spending all morning setting up my clients for their next 12-week phase & Iāve had a couple of thoughts rattling about my head on the first 4 weeks of startingā¦
In my experience, there are two approaches the majority of people take when starting their fitness journey šŖš»
#1. They go all in⦠food prep, training every day, cut out all the s**t theyāve been eating and buy all the supplements
Orā¦
#2. They ease themselves into it, take it easy in the gym going a couple of times each week, replace some of the crap theyāve been eating with healthier alternatives, try to move more than they usually do.
Neither are wrongā¦
They are simply different š
But there are some significant differences as you might expect.
With going all in, youāre going to see some very drastic changes over the first four weeks š„
Youāve shocked your body into action, and itās adapting rapidly to keep up⦠but therein also lies the problem.
Youāre going to be sore from the sudden change, youāre going to have to work hard to keep that level up, and when motivation starts to wobble, youāre going to need a lot of self-discipline to keep going.
Whereas with option 2⦠youāll have a lot more leeway.
Youāre giving your body more time to adapt, meaning it will have less impact on your life; you are giving yourself more time to build healthier habits without too much stress.
But again, therein lies the problem⦠results can be slow, you can get bored, you might even throw in the towel as you donāt see any changes.
There is no right way to start.
Iāve seen people succeed taking either approach⦠and Iāve also seen people make no progress with both.
Itās all trial and error.
You need to work on it as you go, find out what suits your lifestyle and double down on that.
The main thing is that you do just that⦠you start.
All the rest will take care of itself if you keep plugging away and donāt give up.
Have you struggled getting past the initial 4 weeks?
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