Whether you’re just starting your fitness journey or you’re an experienced enthusiast trying to create a program for yourself or your clients, developing healthy habits is critical to achieving your goals and seeing profound results in your fitness routine. But, beyond merely going to the gym and working out, how can you develop healthy habits that enable you to maximize your performance and improve your results?

On today’s episode, I share the four keystone habits for training, fitness, nutrition, recovery, and mindset. I explain what a keystone habit is and how they impact other areas of your life beyond your health and fitness. I explain how hiring a trainer or coach helps you stay honest and accountable to your fitness goals, the impact that developing a meal prep routine can have on your nutrition, and how focusing on your sleep quality - instead of quantity - can lead to better recovery. I also explain why most people see better results from a 3-month workout program and the benefits of rotating your workout routine as well as share actionable strategies you can begin implementing immediately to improve your health and fitness.

“The fittest people in the world - the people that are consistently in the best shape - are that way because they take their meal prep seriously.” - Mike Robertson

This week on The Physical Preparation Podcast:

● What is a keystone habit and how they create a domino effect in your client’s and athlete’s fitness results.

● How hiring other fitness trainers and coaches can impact your results while keeping you honest and accountable to your training.

● How to find a great fitness trainer.

● The benefits of hiring an online fitness coach.

● Why meal preparation is critical for achieving your nutrition and fitness goals.

● How certain flavors and additives impact your eating habits.

● Actionable tips for improving your nutrition through meal preparation and planning.

● What is a pre-sleep routine and how can help improve your sleep quality and fitness recovery?

● Practical strategies to re-engage healthy pre-sleep routines.

● Why your mindset is critical to fitness training success.

● The difference between experimentation and shiny object syndrome.

● The importance of setting a goal and sticking to it - then rotating.

● The benefits of rotating your workout routines.

● Actionable strategies for balancing rigidity and variability, rotating your routine, and improving your mindset.

Resources Mentioned:

● Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin

● The Warp Speed Fat Loss Program by Mike Roussell and Alwyn Cosgrove

● Instant Pot Pressure Cooker

● Sleep: The Myth of 8 Hours, the Power of Naps...and the New Plan to Recharge Your Body and Mind by Nick Littlehales

● Nick Littlehales on Optimizing Sleep to Maximize Performance

Improve Results with The Physical Preparation 101 Training System

Are you a fitness coach or trainer looking for ways to improve the results you deliver to your clients? Want to create consistently better training programs and learn the exact exercises and strategies to improve your clients’ and athletes’ performance?

The Physical Preparation 101 Training System unlocks the secrets to optimizing performance and improving movement through my unique, cutting-edge basic training philosophy.

In this series, you’ll learn:

● The nuts and bolts of program design

● The single-biggest issue you will see related to core exercises and breathing - and how to fix it!

● How to train others to squat safely and effectively - in the first session

● How to stop lower back pain in its tracks through deadlift progression