The Schedule Staller
Yesterday I spoke with someone who told me they wanted to start training 12 weeks from now.
Why?
Because over the next 12 weeks, they’ll be gone for four of those weeks. And two others will be really busy. That left them with only about six weeks of “normal” life… and in their mind, that wasn’t good enough to get started.
Totally understandable logic on the surface — if the schedule isn’t perfect, why commit?
But I offered him a different perspective.
I asked, “If there are 84 days in the next 12 weeks, and you can’t train for 42 of those days… what about the other 42?”
In his mind, missing half the time meant doing nothing made more sense.
But doing something — even a little — is almost always better than nothing.
Let’s say he trained just 21 times in those 84 days.
That’s once or twice a week, which is infinitely better than zero.
And most importantly, it builds momentum.
What happens when the 12 weeks are over and life calms down? He’ll already be in motion.
The habit will be in place. The excuses will be quieter. The results will have started.
And ironically, once he gets going, he might find himself making time during those busy weeks — maybe even getting a couple workouts in while traveling.
The truth is:
Waiting for the perfect schedule is the easiest way to delay your progress forever.
If you find yourself doing this, you might be a Schedule Staller.
But you don’t have to be.
Start with what you can do.
Even if it’s once a week.
Even if life is messy.
That’s how real change begins.