EP#25: 8 Things Fit & Healthy People Have in Common

In this podcast, I share the 8 things the most fit and health people I know have in common.

After spending the last 10 years in the gym…

& helping over 500 people achieve the highest levels of success on their fitness journeys…

I’ve found they all have these 8 things in common!

That being said, if you want amazing results that last a LIFETIME, this video is for YOU!🙌🏼

In This Podcast I Cover:
00:00 - Intro: How I know this to be true
01:20 - TRAIT #1
03:13 - TRAIT #2
05:15 - TRAIT #3
06:41 - TRAIT #4
08:19 - TRAIT #5
10:18 - TRAIT #6
11:19 - TRAIT #7
12:54 - TRAIT #8
14:41 - Summary + Important Tip
16:05 - BONUS ADVICE

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Transcript

Speaker 1 0:00

The 8 things fit and healthy people have in common . After being on my own fitness journey for the last 10 years and working with over 500 people , and also being surrounded by other amazing fitness and health coaches and other fit and healthy people , I've seen that there's a lot of common traits that these people tend to have . Not only do I see these traits over and over and over again , but also these are the things that we like to teach our clients in order for them to not only see great results , but to actually sustain them . These are the eight things that I find to be the most important and most common amongst the most healthy and fit people , not only inside the gym , but outside the gym as well . So for each of these eight things , I'm going to break down in detail what they are and how you can ultimately implement them or build these things into your lifestyle and , if done properly , being able to have these eight skills and habits and things in your life , I can almost guarantee you're going to not only see , but be able to sustain success on your own journey . So let's dive in to these eight things that healthy and fit people have in common . Number one may be pretty obvious , but it's something a lot of people lack , which is consistency .

Speaker 1 1:26

Consistency does not mean you never miss a workout . Consistency does not mean you are hitting a certain calorie or macro goal every single day . Consistency means that you don't go a long period of time without doing something that contributes to your health . So missing a workout is okay . Having a day where your meals don't go as planned or you don't eat according to your normal routine is okay . What's most important is that when you fall off , when you have those days that are not so great , those days that are not perfect by any means , you can get back on track without giving yourself a hard time . You can get back on track the next day . That is the power of consistency . The power of consistency is not being perfect , but being okay , with things going off the scheduled plan , going off routine and then getting right back on . I always like to tell people the only way to truly fail is to give up . So unless you actually just give up and stop trying for an extended period of time , you're being consistent . So being consistent really just looks like you're continually moving the ball forward , even on your hard days , even after your hard days . That is the power of consistency and it compounds over time . It's just like investing Early on . When you're just investing little bits here and there , you're really not building extreme wealth or anything crazy . But if you look over time you'll see this wealth will build more and more and more . And that's the power of being consistent . The longer you can be consistent for without giving up , the better your results will be over time .

Speaker 1 3:13

Number two is finding joy in eating healthy and cooking Now at first , when you are going from a diet that's highly processed or you're eating out all the time , to be honest , I know for me personally I didn't find too much joy in eating healthy . But I'll tell you something crazy . It's like when I first started to cut out fast food for my life . I really started to focus on eating more clean foods and started cooking more . Number one I sucked at cooking . I made a lot of meals that were absolutely disgusting , but over time I learned to figure out my taste buds . I learned to figure out like man when I put this seasoning on or this sauce or tried cooking the meal this way , like . I started to really enjoy it , barbecuing and putting stuff on my Traeger and smoking meats and I really found a passion for actually cooking different style meals and really found what works for me Ultimately .

Speaker 1 4:13

Right now you may be in a place where you don't really cook much at all and you may not even like your own cooking , and that's okay . But I promise you , over time you start to find that acquired taste that you really enjoy . And let me tell you , like now , when I go eat out , it's not even close to the meals I cook . I'm not that amazing of a cook by any means at all , but I love my food , I love my cooking . I enjoy cooking because , number one , it tastes really good , but number two , I feel good . One , it tastes really good , but number two , I feel good Because I'll tell you this now when I eat out , unfortunately , my digestion is not the same . It is not enjoyable to sit on the toilet after eating out anymore , and I know that might be graphic and probably not at all what you wanted to hear or what you expected , but I have to be honest with you I don't enjoy it . For that reason I don't feel good when I eat out . My body doesn't like it and because of that I found a lot of joy in cooking , making my own meals . I enjoy eating healthy because I love how it makes me feel .

Speaker 1 5:15

Number three is setting realistic goals but not obsessing over them . A big mistake people make when they first start is they set these big , lofty goals and they become so hyper-focused and obsessed on reaching that specific goal . I want to hit this specific weight on the scale . I want to weigh this amount , or I want to look this certain way . Well , what happens is people create these bad relationships with the scale . They create these bad relationships with the mirror and ultimately , when they don't look that way or they don't see those results , they become frustrated , upset and end up giving up . That is not what you want to happen on this journey . What you want to do is you want to set these goals and be okay with them taking longer than you expect . You want to set these goals and know that eventually you'll get there , but really falling in love with the process is what you should become obsessed with . What you should become obsessed with is hitting those daily targets , those action items . Those goals are likely outcome goals , meaning that you have no direct influence of the actual outcome . What you actually have control over is the actions that you do on a daily basis to get to the outcome . And if you win every day by hitting those action items , the outcome will be inevitable . You will hit that outcome , you will get to those goals and it's just a matter of time . So if you can have patience along with these goals , I have no doubt you'll get there .

Speaker 1 6:41

Number four I'm going to keep short and sweet . They avoid fad diets . If the specific diet that you are trying right now or you're going to attempt has a name , you probably shouldn't do it . More often than not , people try the keto , they try the fasting , they try the this , the that , the , whatever it may be . More often than not , if the diet has a name , you will not be able to stick to it for life . Because if you're on the keto diet and you go to your kid's birthday party and they have cake and you want a damn slice of cake , go eat the cake or just be miserable , and that's okay too .

Speaker 1 7:17

But at the end of the day , if you truly want to sustain your results , you want to find the diet that is best for you . You need to do the diet you can stick to , you need to do the diet you can stick to and the diet you can stick to is probably a combination , a sweet spot , of all the little things that you've learned from maybe trying all these diets . So what we need to do is find something that fits your lifestyle , something that fits your daily routine , something that fits into what you enjoy , what you like , and that probably includes carbs and that probably includes eating breakfast , and that probably includes having freedom and being able to eat out , go to social events , have date nights , have a drink here and there , and that should be okay . What you don't want to do is cut out or find or do anything extremely restrictive , because I promise you it will not be sustainable , it will not be enjoyable and you're eventually not going to stick to it , which could lead to the downfall of you not feeling healthy or you not looking fit , which is why you're ultimately watching this video .

Speaker 1 8:19

Number five is placing value on the effects of exercise that are not how you look . Placing value on things such as how you feel when you work out , like . Personally , when I work out after a workout , by the way , most days I go into the gym , I do not do not always feel like oh , I'm going to have a great workout today . I just feel so energized , like to be honest . More often than not I'm in the gym . I'm like , oh gosh , here we go again . And then let me tell you , the most amazing thing is after my workouts . I feel so refreshed , I feel so energized , I feel so amazing after my workouts and that's why I still do it , that's why I still show up , that's why I still put in the work in the gym , because I know how amazing I feel after . I also love how my joints feel , so I can hop into a squat any time of the day . I also love the energy boost I get for the remainder of my day . I usually work out in the mornings or mid-afternoon and that's when it gives me that energy boost to continue my day . And I also love the effects it has on my mental health , my confidence .

Speaker 1 9:26

As many of you can probably relate to , one of the amazing benefits of exercise is the increase of your own confidence , your own self-worth . One of the main reasons I started working out about 10 years ago was to increase my confidence . I wasn't comfortable in my own skin , I wasn't comfortable with who I was , but when I started working out , I started to unveil this confidence I had within myself . I started to become not only more comfortable in my own skin , but I started to become more comfortable in my everyday life . I started to figure out who I was , why I was doing the things I was doing , and I started to be more comfortable in other situations . So don't think exercise is only about how you look . Exercise is so much more than that and if you shift that focus to the other things aside from how you look , chances are you're going to look pretty damn good .

Speaker 1 10:18

Number six is separating your social time from your workout time . The most fit and healthy people I know don't go to the gym to go socialize with their friends or to go chitter chatter with all the people inside the gym . I know sometimes people may ask you questions , you can get distracted , but I'll tell you this the most healthy and fit people I know tend to get in the gym . They get their work done and they leave , and maybe after they have the social hour or after their workout is done inside the gym , then they can go talk . But most importantly , what I find is that the people that are most healthy , most fit and most successful on their own journeys just like many of my clients is they go into the gym , they put their earphones in , they're locked in , they go get their workout done and they get out , so they're not wasting a ton of time at the gym . They're there for 45 minutes an hour , maybe an hour and 15 if they stretch after , but ultimately they get in , they get out , they take care of business and that's what helps them see success on their journeys .

Speaker 1 11:19

Number seven is allowing life to dictate their workouts and not the other way around . Too often I see people early on their journey moving all these things around in their life just so they can go get their workout done . When the more successful people I know adapt their workout to their lifestyle and the things that they have going on . If they have a really stressful day and they still want to go get their workout in , they know how to back off and go a little easier and to listen to their bodies , to adapt the workout to their lifestyle or their day-to-day life . Being able to mold and shape their workouts , their routines , into their daily life is what makes these people successful .

Speaker 1 12:02

During the busiest times of my life , I have gone from working out two hours in the gym three days a week to I'm doing 20 minute workouts every day . I've gone and changed my workouts to adapt to the different phases or seasons I'm in in my life , to make sure I can still be consistent . Working out looks different for everyone . You may go through a phase where just going on an hour , 30 minute , 15 minute walk after every meal may be the thing that you need to do in that current season or phase of your life . But ultimately , adapting your workouts to your lifestyle is going to be much more effective long-term strategy compared to someone that is just trying to stick to this rigid , strict , straightforward routine that they have to do every week or all hell breaks loose . That's not what we want to do . What we want to do is find a routine that we can mold and shape to our lifestyle .

Speaker 1 12:54

And , last but not least , last but not least , number eight is moderation . Do not overdo it and do not overcomplicate it . Finding balance , synergy with your lifestyle is the most important factor . Being able to have the moderation of still having things that you love integrated into your routine , integrated into your life , is essential . You should still be able to eat the cookie . You should be able to go on that date night , have the drink , enjoy the foods that you love , while still seeing results , while still being consistent on your journey .

Speaker 1 13:43

This also goes for your workouts . Your goal in the gym should not be to kill yourself every time . You should not walk out of the gym feeling like you just got beat up . Leaving the gym energized , in a good mood , are the things that you should experience . Leaving the gym ready for the rest of your day , ready to have an amazing day . Those are the things that you should be looking for in moderation . Moderation looks like being able to take your foot off the gas pedal at times when things are crazy in your life , but it also looks like putting a little more pressure in the gas when things are going well , when life is good , when things are all in alignment , you can go a little bit harder , but you're not putting the pedal on the floor and you're never fully releasing . This ties into that consistency of being able to adapt the workout schedule , the nutrition , to the phases or the seasons in your lifestyle . And , ultimately , if you can really work on and master and practice the eight things I went over today , I promise you this journey is going to be easy . This journey will be sustainable . This journey will lead to you being one of those healthy and fit people One of those healthy and fit people for life .

Speaker 1 15:03

More importantly , and if I could leave you with one really important tip , that is not to go and try to implement all eight of these things . What you really need to do is pick one of them , get good at it , practice it , implement it , make it part of who you are , make it part of your life . Then add the second , then the third , then the fourth . I always like to tell people , if you can add one , two maybe , maybe three really solid habits into your life every year , just imagine where you'd be in five years . And just know , after those five years , you'll never be back in the shoes you are in today . You'll never go back to the unhappy version of yourself , the unhealthy , the unfit version of yourself . Because I know that's not what you want . What you truly want is to get there and stay there , to not have to go through those same struggles , the same frustration as you have in the past . And if I had to give you one bonus , one little bonus on top of all of this is don't start the journey because you hate yourself . Don't start your journey because you're so upset with who you are , what you look like or anything like that . Do not come from a place of hate .

Speaker 1 16:22

The final thing that all of these people have in common is they come from a place of love . They love themselves so much that they want to take care of themselves . They treat themselves like they would a friend or a family member . They love the potential they have . They love the opportunity they have to take care of themselves . They love that they are able to change who they are , change how they feel , change how they look to , change the habits and routines and the skills that they have right now so they can become the best versions of themselves .

Speaker 1 17:01

And ultimately , I want you to know this isn't easy and it's not for everyone , but I do know you're more than capable of it , and if you need some extra help or you need some assistance , I'm one message away . My Instagram DMs are always open and if you ever have questions , I'm always here to help . Ask away and you shall receive . So , that being said , I hope you got a ton of value out of today's video . I hope there are a few little nuggets in there that you could take away and take action and implement into your life . I hope you have the most amazing day of your life today and I'll catch you on the next one . Peace .