The new exercise influencer growth hack:

1. Take lots of testosterone
2. Work out and get super jacked
3. Do all podcasts, interviews, reels shirtless.
4. Sell your diet/training/supplement.

Steroids fueling much of bro culture.

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Don't wait for motivation to strike.

Start where you are, with what you have.

Action fuels motivation, not the other way around.

Losing well is about creating space between who you are and what you do and having multiple sources of meaning in your life. This allows you to occupy a place where of course you want to get better, but it’s not the end of the world if you suffer defeat. thegrowtheq.com/the-benefits-o…

It’s easier to maintain a capacity than to build it.

This is lesson #1 for exercise.

Maintain what you’ve built

Every college athlete I coached, I’d tell them to keep running, even if it was a tiny amount. It’s so much easier than starting from scratch after months/years off

Your IQ drops when you're a part of a group, according to research.

I'd guess the same thing applies with online group identities.

If you enmesh with a group, you've handed over your ability to think deeply and critically.

Rest isn't laziness, it's strategic. It leads to growth.

Your body and mind need downtime to recharge and come back stronger.

Honor the power of a good pause.

You miss out on something when you avoid the friction.

It's the time spent driving yourself nuts wrestling with the 1st draft that makes the final one worth it.

Don't avoid the work. Don't take the short cut. The magic is in the messiness.

A workout at 1pm is just as valuable as one at 5am.

We often glorify early workouts as showing some kind of discipline or toughness.

But the reality is... working out is enough to build that mental muscle.

Get it in whenever works for you. That's the most important part.

It's easy to harp on education, to glorify the good old days, but my wife, an educator put it succinctly:

What you (i.e., the parent) learned in 3rd grade is now part of the 1st grade curriculum.