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 :)

Hey Ya'll

If I only had one message that I could spread. Or if I had only one thing I could put in a fortune cookie for everyone to read. Or if I could someone how send you subliminal messages to train your subconscious while you sleep it would be this.

The basics work every single time.

Provided you are willing to be ruthlessly consistent over very long periods of time.

If I was feeling spicy and ever went into an angry rant I would tell people to "stop f-ing quitting because you think it's not working 2 weeks into your new plan"

But I am not feeling too spicy and I know it's hard to overcome that burning desire to get rapid results. And heck, it's all you see shoved in your face on social media and on magazine covers.

What you see in those places are the 0.01 percent of people who are blessed enough to hit on all cylinders, the genetically gifted and then you see the photoshop and lies people tell to get you to buy their stuff.

For the other 99.99 percent of us that aren't going to be featured on the cover of Women's World magazine (what I used to read as a kid because my mom bought it) it's all about the long journey and the basics.

It’s simple, but it ain’t easy.

Imagine if for the next 365 days in a row you:

-ate 5 servings of fruits and veggies

-did 45+ minutes of some sort of physical activity

-drank 2L of water

-ate 100g of protein

-ditched the screens 30 minutes before bed and closed your eyes in time to get 7+ hours of sleep (sorry parents)

-practiced gratitude or some sort of stress relief

It's hard to imagine because you've probably never done it.

The thing is you don't need to do 365 in a row. Shit will hit the fan.

But if you do this 90% of the time that means you have 36.5 days of leeway.

That's a lot of days for those of us with long term goals and who are willing to stick with the basics.

Remember that professionals at really anything are not out there learning tricks every day. They are doing the basics over and over and over.

And over again.

Tiger Woods doesn’t practice trick shots for 5 hours a day. He hits the same shots out of the bunker 1000 times, then moves on to 1000 putts. Day in and day out.

It works the same for our fitness goals. You don't need a fad diet or workout program.

You need to strength training, do some cardio you enjoy and stick to basic nutrition principles.

Over and over again.

Take some time and think about 3-5 things you could do every single day for a year that you are confident you can easily do.

Do you think if you did those things you would be feeling amazing?

Then let's do it.

Have a great day

Matt

PS. This applies to your career goals, your relationship goals and any other goals in your life. Think about it.

More datA means more wins for your goals

The Basics Of Health & Fitness (And Life)