I was listening to my favourite book called 100m Leads by Alex Hormozi and heard a great quote from his doctor friend that I had to share.
PS. If you are an entrepreneur, know any or want to be one then I think this might be the most valuable book you ever read. I am happy to chat with you about my big takeaways.
Now the quote.
"The more things you measure, the more ways you can win".
Listen, I have been doing this for 16 years.
Far and away the number one reason people quit the gym is that they haven't lost weight in some small and unreasonable amount of time they expect to lose weight in.
Even though so many things in their lives are drastically improving.
So what if you measured your progress in more ways than just the scale?
Then you'd have more ways to win, and in turn, stay more motivated.
And when you stay motivated and continue to do the thing that made you win then chances are more wins will come later (ie. the scale).
At Evolve Integrated Health, we have an awesome health & fitness assessment that anyone can complete.
We measure a lot of data points.
-blood pressure
-VO2 max
-strength
-grip strength
-mobility
-power
-balance
-bodyfat%, muscle and fat
We are also working toward being able to get blood testing done to get even more data.
Now picture this.
You join a gym and you have a weight loss goal. Let's say you want to lose 40 pounds.
You complete a health and fitness assessment at the beginning of your journey and at 3 months.
You've lost 6 pounds which is much less than you were hoping for.
But you now have some other data.
-your blood pressure went from high to normal
-your VO2 max went from low to average (this is amazing)
-you increased your power
-you doubled your strength in all major exercises and increased your grip strength
-your mobility improved
-you lost body fat and gained muscle and had a big drop in body fat percentage that doesn't get reflected by the number on the scale
Picture how you would feel if you were only judging your progress by the number on the scale.
Compared to how you would feel knowing you improved so many other areas of your health and wellness.
And that doesn't even take into account other non scale victories like happiness, confidence, mood and the list goes on.
So when you are creating your goals, make sure you are measuring more points of data.
Because this gives you more ways to win. Winning feels good and provided motivation to keep going even when you might not feel like it.
This applies to more than just fitness :)
