07/08/2026
This whole last I’d say year and a half has been a reality check for me in what’s realistic for being in the gym, and what my goals really are. I haven’t stopped caring about my health, or how I look. But as a 30 year old business owner and prior to that sales manager/team leader, I have come to terms with not being able to workout 5 days a week every week, maybe not even 4, some weeks down to 2 or 3. And this last couple months it started to defeat me. Not because I was missing workouts, but because I lost my standard. I was missing workouts, and not hitting my protein goal, and not hitting my step goal, and not drinking enough water, and working 20+ hours straight. It was a combination of all of it, I started feeling softer; but that wasn’t what really bothered me. It was my performance in the gym, in the last 1.5 - 2 years I’ve been training less, I hadn’t seen a decrease in performance like I had this last couple months. That’s what hit me the most. So 3 weeks ago a made a commitment that I would get strict, and make it to the gym 4 days a week, and had a whole list of routine changes I was going to follow. It lasted 1 day. Not because I was weak, or undisciplined. If you’ve ever been around me in any aspect of work, business or life, you know that’s not true. It was because I was doing the exact thing I was doing when I started this years ago, trying to go ALL IN after a long time of inconsistency. So 2 weeks ago, I realized, I need to take my own advice. And my only 3 priority’s everyday right now, be physically active for 30-60 minutes, get 8k steps every day, and drink 1 liter of water. Yes. 1 liter. Because I’ve literally had weeks where I drink absolutely no water, and right now I need goals that I can accomplish. Once I can do that consistently. I’ll pick 2-3 more to add into my routine that will benefit me the most without overwhelming me. Likely 1 big change and 1-2 small changes. There is not right or wrong starting point. The only thing that actually matters is if you can do it consistently. Sometimes it takes more discipline, sometimes it takes more knowledge, but it always takes as little friction as possible to get from point A to point B.