04/02/2026
4 fitness truths I wish I learned sooner:
1. Micronutrient targets are more important than protein targets
Protein is important, but most people don’t need to obsess over it. Instead track your average intake of vitamins and minerals, I guarantee you are more likely to be deficient in those than protein.
2. Joint health and mobility is just as important as general strength training.
After experiencing certain injuries and general joint pain in recent years, I decided to do more direct connective tissue training and mobility work. I can confidently say that the difference in how I feel now is night and day. For anyone that is highly active, and deals with regular aches and pains, it is 100% worth the time commitment to specifically train your mobility and improve your tendon health.
3. If you are starving yourself for abs, you are doing it wrong.
Obviously you need to be in a calorie deficit to lower your body fat percentage. But If you are eating low calorie dense foods you will not feel like you are starving yourself, and the volume of food you can eat while losing weight is insane if you make smart choices.
4. Chasing “optimal” in fitness does more harm than good.
Fitness culture loves the idea that there’s one optimal way to train and eat, but there isn’t.
What’s called “optimal” will change depending on who you ask. The reality is there’s more than one way to train effectively and to have a healthy diet.
So stop looking for the most “optimal” way to do things, and start looking at the fundamental principles that all effective methods abide by, then choose which methods best aline with your individual preferences and needs. Everyone focuses on such small details thinking it will give them some massive leap in progress, but it really won’t. Cover the basics, and stay consistent that’s what actually works.
