TJ's Thoughts on Fitness Resolution Hacks

Happy 2022! Blog photo is of a highly recommended hike by our daughters: Loma Alta Summit in West Marin.

We’re back to posting weekly blogs! TJ will be sharing his weekly thoughts, and we will also provide a link to our newsletter with important updates and announcements. This week’s newsletter can be found HERE.

Here’s what the WSJ is saying about fitness resolutions.

  • Create an environment that sets you up for success

  • Anticipate Obstacles

  • Find Your Passion

  • Make it Social

  • Have a Backup Plan

  • Surround Yourself with a Supportive Community

  • Invest in Your Workout

  • Make Your Workout a Means to an End

  • Gamify Your Workout

  • Give Yourself a Pass Sometimes

There are over 16-million articles written about New Years Resolution hacks. Hell, I even had linked one in our newsletter today.

They all basically say the same thing, and many say the same thing I’m about to say below.

In all my years of collecting data around success, I have found one common link: Healthy Obsession.

Obsession is not a bad word. We’ve turned it into one by attaching it to bad behavior, but that’s not what I have observed with people who actually achieve success.

Here’s what they do with regards to their goal:

  1. Talk about it

  2. Plan it

  3. Make lists about it

  4. Talk about the plans and the lists

  5. Execute the plans and the lists

  6. Tweak and improve the plans and lists

  7. Repeat until goal is achieved

That’s it.

We enjoying rolling our eyes at our friend who talks incessantly about their bike or workouts or meals. But is that all they talk about it? Probably not. It bothers us because it’s not OUR obsession.

The problem is that WE aren’t talking about our obsession. We are keeping it to ourselves, because it’s uncomfortable to talk about it. And we are failing and moving on to something else.

How many people know about your goals? Why wouldn’t you share your goals? People will challenge you. They will support you. Or maybe they will be apathetic.

I have the top five people in my life with whom I would drive across country, and the top five with whom I definitely would not.

You know what separates the two? The bottom five are a combination of obsessed and successful. They don’t make me feel great, and they’re not wildly entertaining, because a large portion of what they talk about is their healthy obsession.

And they’re crushing it.

Happy New Year,

TJ

Allison Belger