15 Fitness Lessons I Wish I Knew 15 Years Ago!
Here are the biggest shifts that have changed everything for me:
- 💪 1. Strong > Skinny: Muscle is metabolism, injury insurance, and independence. Want to “tone”? Lift.
- 📆 2. More ≠ Better: You don’t need to train daily. 2–4 smart strength sessions a week = strong, energized, injury-free.
- 📈3. Consistency > Intensity: Banking years of progressive, doable workouts > a perfect streak that fizzles in 6 weeks or 90 days. Play the long game.
- 🤸♂️4. Mobility Matters: What felt optional at 26 is nonnegotiable at 40. Move well now, or move less later.
- 😍 5. Performance > Aesthetics: Chin-ups, strength, endurance—not just more fun to train; you'll look better too. 😆
- 😴6. Sleep is essential: No supplement outperforms 7–9 hours of solid sleep.
- 🥗 7. You can’t out-train poor nutrition: Fuel with whole foods, prioritize protein, fiber, hydration—and repeat. The best diet is the one you can sustain.
- 🧘♀️8. Rest drives results: Overtraining (or under-recovering) leads to burnout, not breakthroughs.
- 🔄 9. Your body will change.... and that’s not failure: Hormones shift. Life evolves. Adaptation > Perfection.
- 🛟 10. Fitness should support your life, not consume it: Vacations + missed workouts aren’t failures. Keep going.
- 🎯 11. Discipline > Motivation: Motivation fades. Sustainable systems and habits carry you.
- ✅ 12. Stop program hopping: Stick with the basics. They work—if you give them time.
- 🚶♀️13. Walking is magic: For mood, metabolism, and mobility. Underrated and nearly always accessible.
- 🚫14. You don’t need to "earn" or "work off" your food: Eat to live, don't live to eat.
- 🥰 15. The goal is to thrive in the skin you're in: Chase strength, energy, self-trust. Compare self to self, trust the process, honor your current season, and hold space to grow into your future self.
I don’t just train for summer. 🙅♀️ I train for life. And I’m just getting started. 💪✨ If you're wondering if it's too late for you to start, trust me, as someone who has been there....it never is. Your future self will thank you. 🙏