I am going to brag on my wife Alexis because I am proud of her and to make a point that can help a lot of people in their quest to be consistent and get lean & strong.
The pic on the left is after we had been dating a little bit, so she had been working out for almost a year and doing great!
The pic on the right is recent. So these pics are at least 6 years apart.
Being Consistent Is More Important Than Intensity
A lot of people comment on her shoulders and ask how to get boulder shoulders!
Here is the thing:
Alexis has always had a full-time job and is not in the fitness industry at all. She always just does workouts I give her (and trained at Coastal Strength & Fitness) and eats food I buy. She never asks any questions. Never wants to do something new and flashy.
She leaves the house at 7:15 am every day for work and gets back home at 6 p.m. every day. She then rushes to the gym, gets in her workout and that is the last thought she puts into it.
Her schedule has been like this for years. She has to eat a quick breakfast, pack her lunch for work and gets to sit down for dinner.
Alexis would be a LEVEL 1 client if I were to categorize her. 
She just executes the basics at a very consistent high percentage. She doesn’t ask or need to know about specific fat ratios, ideal carbohydrate timing, supplements, or ANYTHING like that.
99% of people can achieve 99% of their body goals being a Level 1 client, yet everyone wants to ask a million questions and jump to level 2 things when they aren’t even executing level 1 stuff consistently!
Small, Sustainable Workout Goals Build Over Time
Want to know how she got strong, built muscle, and made her waist smaller???
Not CrossFit, P90x, not whatever color theory, not a powerlifting competition, olympic snatches, tire flips or kickboxing….
DB presses, rows, pushups, lunge variations.
Simple, basic strength training exercises.
3 days a week.
For 6 years straight.
How did she get such awesome delts?!
She went from dumbbell pressing the 15lb dumbells when she first started, to the 30lbers a year later, to eventually they 40s… etc.
Just recently she pressed the 55lb dumbbells for 7 reps. Last year she was doing the 50lb DB’s. It took a year to move up 5 pounds.
Want amazing shoulders?
Can you dumbbell press 55-pound dumbells for reps?
Want a smaller waist while getting stronger?
Eat protein and veggies 3 x a day, day in and out, for years.
You can still have ice cream and chocolate, pancakes, pizza and your favorites from time to time. Alexis does every week, in fact. Most people get tripped up on the foods they think they can’t have, but aren’t even consistently eating the foods you need to be eating.
That is what most people aren’t prepared for. The 6 months to one year of working out everything progresses quick, but then things come to a screeching halt. Everyone wants to run to try something new or different.
But that’s not how it works. It takes patience and consistency. Are you willing to show up for 156 workouts in a year to see an improvement of 5lbs in the same lift you have been doing for 6 years?
Not so exciting is it? But, that is what it takes.
If you can focus on enjoying the process, being consistent, the understanding that being stronger, leaner and pain-free is good for your health, and long term well being…
You can achieve amazing results that lead to living confidently in a body you love.
What To Do
- Learn proper form and movement on simple, basic strength training exercises.
- Get good at them and focus on being consistent with an eye on improving performance over the years.
- Learn simple, proper health eating habits.
- Get good at executing them 80-90% of the time with an eye on improving body composition over the years.
- Stick with it and stop looking for a quick fix and falling for flashy trends.
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