November 14, 2024

107: Why Implementing Change Slowly Unlocks Superior Results (Steve T.)

39 minutes

BMP-Ep107: Why Implementing Change Slowly Unlocks Superior Results (Steve T.)

While Steve has been a long-time hiker, he never really thought about exercise until he reached his mid-50s and noticed his body was starting to break down. Steve spent his career working a typical desk job where he hunched over a computer. And this caused immense knee and shoulder pain.

Since he wanted to continue to hike as he aged, Steve knew he needed to do some form of exercise to keep his body free from pain. He thought yoga could keep his body in “hiking shape,” but the one hot yoga class he attended made him feel uncomfortable. Not only was the class hot, but he was the only guy in the class too.

That’s when he searched for “yoga for men,” and became a Man Flow Yoga Member. This happened six years ago.

While Steve still does yoga today, he went through a complete transformation that makes him feel better today, in his 60s, than perhaps he’s ever felt.

What’s Steve’s secret?

Focusing on the journey. Taking his health one manageable baby step at a time. And refusing to beat himself up if he misses a day or two.

Steve’s chock-full of helpful mindsets, strategies, and tips that can help any man kickstart his fitness journey, including…

The biggest mistake men make which sabotages their fitness journey
The very first step to take to kickstart your fitness journey
How to continue adding and tweaking your regimen to grow healthier as you age

And more!

Highlights from this episode include:

Why strength-training becomes more important as you get older (3:03)
How Steve can bend over and squat without knee pain today—when his knee pain tormented him for several years (8:25)
The "smidge better” secret for exercising so consistently you no longer need willpower or motivation (12:26)
How to radically improve your body composition (even if you don’t lose a single pound on the scale) (17:01)
Why implementing change slowly leads to better long-term health outcomes than forcing yourself to do everything at once (22:29)
6 benefits of strength training—and how you can start without pumping iron like Arnold Schwarzenegger (27:41)
3 health perspectives to focus on that will make you healthier, happier, and more fit by this time next year (36:06)

Listen now!

Quotes from this episode’s guest:

(2:38) The first thing I did was I started to incorporate walking and hiking. And that was a game changer because it got me started on my fitness journey.
(3:21) Strength training is important, especially as we get older.
(4:32) I didn’t know that yoga for men was a thing, I just knew that going to a hot yoga class with all women was just not what I was looking for.
(12:32) My motivation for being consistent was that every day I felt a smidge bit better.
(16:28) Motion is lotion.
(22:57) Don't get bogged down in all the minutiae of detail with these programs. Implement change slowly. Take it as a journey, and don't force yourself to do this all at one time.
(32:57) My trainer told me, “Your training that you've had with yoga has enabled you to incorporate the proper positions when you're doing your strength and resistance.”

How Man Flow Yoga Helped Steve Hike Longer – Without Getting Sore or Winded (Member Highlight: Steve T.)