Here are 3 ways to ‘think gray’
- Give yourself a menu of different options
And not the good, better, best kind. More like the different flavors kind.
Then you choose depending on what kind of mood you’re in
For example:
- If I’m feeling rushed —> Do a 5-minute walk
- If I want to be outside —> Go for a hike or run
- If I want to blow off steam —> A heavy weights session
- Learn to ‘Adjust the Volume’
Not every workout has to be SUPER intense- that’s ‘all or nothing’
Can you think of intensity like a volume knob?
- Feeling great? Dial it way up to the max
- Feeling tired and lazy? Don’t skip! Just dial it way down to 1 or 2
As long as it’s never zero
- Think in weeks (or months) not days
You don’t have to be ‘all or nothing’ with your workouts every single day
I’ve had clients who’ve had better success being 80% consistent than those that give 100%. Why? Because those that go at 100% (or even 110%) burn out FAST. (They ghost me after a few weeks)
But my 80%ers? They stick around- they know that missing one day is not the end of the world.
They don’t drop off because they’re not perfect
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