Purposeful Fitness

Purposeful Fitness

By Matt SilvaHealth & Fitness
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Purposeful Fitness episodes

  • Mastering the Basics

    This is often talked about but it cannot be overstated. Stop overlooking the basics. What gives you the biggest return of investment is not the fancy new trendy equipment or protocol, but the old boring routine of the basics.

    11 min
  • Building resilience through fitness

    Out of the many benefits of training, the ones that are most impactful are the ones that influence aspects of your life outside of the gym. In that category, the most important one, in my opinion, is resilience. And resilience is only built in training if you train in a specific way.

    10 min
  • Fitness IS injury prevention

    One of the common concerns of people who are starting to workout is that they “don’t want to get hurt”. And while that fear is totally understandable, it highlights that they have already started on the path to fragility. Training, thus, becomes the obstacle they must overcome but also the task to must do.

    8 min
  • Why AI won’t replace coaches

    ChatGPT is here and is going to change our lives (for better or for worse, we will see). But one of the common topics brought up around it is how we will no longer need some professions, now that we have almost unlimited access to knowledge. But I don’t think coaches have to worry about this, specially the coaches who build a relationship with their clients.

    10 min
  • My Perfect Day exercise

    This single greatest life-changing exercise I have ever done. Creating my perfect day, the day I’d love to re-live over and over again, has shown me the clarity and simplicity I need to make life decisions that align with my perfect life. Most people say “I’ll suffer now so when I retire I can have my perfect life”, to them I say, “don’t wait, live your perfect life now”.

    9 min
  • The 9 Pillars of Health series : Wisdom
    Continuing our Pillars of Health series we now talk about Wisdom. More than just our IQ, Wisdom truly means how we use our brain. What has always been our biggest asset has now become something we can go days without using. Social media, reality tv shows, extremism, all disrupt our ability to critically think. It can also lead to early stages of neurodegenerative diseases. There’s plenty we can do to raise our defenses though. Learn more in this episode:
    9 min
  • What is Individual Design?

    Individual Design is the program I sell. It includes exercise, nutrition, lifestyle habits and mindset to, holistically, push you toward your goals and Purpose. Learn about what it is, how it can help you and why it’s the best program you could do!

    9 min
  • The 9 Pillars of Health series: Relationships

    The second Pillars of Health we are talking about is Relationships. This is one that took me a while to recognize and I had to complete change my mindset about. The environment can and will shape you. Choosing who you spend your time and energy with can be a powerful tool toward health.

    11 min
  • Strength training and bone density
    Strength training offers many benefits. One pretty important benefit is increased bone density. Unfortunately, it’s something that is hard to quantify and hard to “see the results”, so it’s easy for people to dismiss it. But here’s why it matters and why you should be going after it:
    7 min

About Purposeful Fitness

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Purposeful Fitness is about the idea that the training, nutrition and habits you partake in should be guided toward your Purpose in life.   Fitness has always been a means to an end. There's nothing that won't benefit form you being fit, but, at the same time, we want to make sure that your effort is well aligned with what you really want out of your life, your PURPOSE. Follow to learn more!