Hey Ya’ll
Have you ever taken advice from someone and either immediately regretted it, or regretted it later?
Maybe it was a friend, family member or coworker. Or maybe it was a friend of a friend who made a post online about the latest revolutionary fitness or “diet” program.
Here’s the thing about taking advice from others. There is a hierarchy that should be followed whenever possible. The problem is that we often make decisions with emotion instead of logic and we end up regretting it.
So it’s important to be a good consumer, do our research and take advice from the right people.
After all, you would go to the doctor when you are sick. You go to the dentist when your teeth hurt and you go to a mechanic when your car is broken.
So why are you taking health, nutrition and fitness advice or judgement from non experts?
From best to worst, here is the order of people you want to accept advice from.
Someone who has done it themselves and helped many others reach the goals you are after. An amazing example here is our coach at Evolve Amy Muench. She was once an Evolve client who lost 40 pounds. She then became one of the strongest women in Canada. She is now a coach helping clients lose fat and also become much stronger. So she’s achieved many goals herself and has coached others to reach their goals.
Someone who has helped many others reach the goals you are after.
Someone who has reached a similar goal to you. I place this one below #2 because usually if someone has reached a goal but isn’t coaching others than they may only know one way to reach this goal. This is great, but someone who has coached many others will have the experience of dealing with different obstacles and helping people achieve success that are coming from different circumstances.
Now this is pretty much the end of my list. If I have a goal in mind, I am trying to contact and get help from number 1 if possible. And if not possible then I will work my way down the list.
You’ll notice friends, family and coworkers are not on this list.
Your health is the most important thing you have. Without it, all of the other success in the world won’t matter.
So we have to stop taking advice from people who, quite frankly, have no idea what they are talking about.
That sounded a bit harsh but I have been at this for a very long time and it breaks my heart every time I see a client or a friend who is so hopeful about bad advice they got from someone who shouldn’t be giving that kind of advice.
For some extra help, here is some honest help.
Sometimes finding this advice can be expensive. If it’s too expensive, all is not lost.
In the age of social media, you have a lot of free options. If you have a question about your health and fitness goals, I would copy and paste it and email/message as many trusted experts as you can. Not all will answer, but at least one will give you a great response.
Or you can use Youtube for all that it’s worth. This is a little tougher since there are a lot of fads/scams on there but at least your sister in law selling the latest diet pills isn’t. You can find lots of fitness experts and nutrition experts who have years of experience, PhDs and thousands of testimonials on there. This is a great free source of information.
For Youtube, I like to follow only a couple of people so the messaging is consistent and easier to follow.
I truly hope this helps and you can email me for help any time at mathewevolve@gmail.com.
Chat soon.
Matt
