“I want to start exercising, but I’m waiting for my knee, low back, or shoulder to feel better first.” That makes sense on the surface. If something hurts, why would you exercise if certain movements might make it worse? But if we change the perspective, that logic starts to fall
Imagine walking into the Apple Store because your laptop broke and needs to be fixed. You explain the problem. Then the employee starts asks “Is the issue happening at the hardware level or just within the operating system?” and “Have you tried resetting the SMC or running a diagnostic on
I was at a restaurant recently and ran into one of our Pratt members. She is in her mid 30s. She was there with a few friends. One of the women with her said her friend talks about Pratt all the time and keeps trying to get her to come.
A friend of mine once told me about a training plan they were excited to start. It had 3 days of running. 2 days of active recovery and mobility work. 4 days of strength training. And it called for about 90 minutes per day, 7 days per week. On paper,
I remember some of the old-school bodybuilders I spoke to in high school saying things like this: Eat canned tuna. Eat dry chicken breast. Stop caring about taste. Food is just fuel. That kind of advice is still around. And it is a big reason fat loss feels impossible for
If you’re not training seven days per week, you must not be taking your goals seriously. Kidding! Although sometimes that feels like the response some people expect. How many days per week do I need to exercise to see results? A simple answer is this: Try to do one more
A plateau can feel frustrating. But it usually means something important: You were doing enough to get results. And now your body has adapted to that level of behavior. That is how plateaus work. Your old behavior was better than your old condition. So you lost weight. Got stronger. Built
A lot of people think exercise is only “working” when they can clearly see fat loss, muscle gain, or a big change in the mirror. That is not really true. Every action has a result. Every workout has a result. Every missed workout has a result too. Every good meal
I watched a documentary about Tony Robbins recently. At one point, a woman stood up and shared a problem. She was dating someone she knew probably wasn’t right for her. But she kept avoiding the decision. Tony asked her a few questions and then said something unexpected. He told her
A good way to think about strength training is like driving on the Garden State Parkway. You do not want to be going 25 mph in the right lane. And you definitely do not want to be going 125 mph either. One is too cautious. One is too reckless. Strength
