TSS 004 : Burning fat, Nonessential questions, Extremes vs complacency
Build Your Body
Burning fat and getting lean isn’t as complicated — or as time consuming— as you might think.
When done right, fat loss should only take up about a third of your year at a maximum. The other two-thirds? That’s where you focus on maintaining, building muscle, and boosting performance.
Losing weight shouldn’t be your default mode.
If you feel like you’re always trying to lose fat, something is off. Either your approach isn’t working, your expectations are off, or your lifestyle needs a reset.
Master Your Mind
Most people are experts at ‘majoring in the minors’.
Until you consistently execute the fundamentals, all other questions are irrelevant.
People love to ask: what supplement should I take? what time is best to workout? should I cold plunge/intermittent fast/go carnivore?
At best, these nonessential questions will distract you.
At worst, they will derail your progress as you jump from thing to thing to thing…while avoiding the real work that bring real results.
Don’t try to optimize something before proving you can handle the basics.
Strengthen Your Spirit
Until I had an identity shift, no amount of trying harder worked.
Discipline from the flesh ends in either pride or burnout.
Discipline from the Spirit produces the fruit you truly desire.
This battle between the flesh and the Spirit was the tension that Paul wrote about throughout the New Testament (Romans 8:5-8, Galatians 5:16-18, 1 Corinthians 9:24–27)
If you settle for complacency, you’re feeding the flesh.
If you chase extremes, you’re focusing on the flesh.
Both are a dead end road to frustration and failure.
Don’t get discouraged if you find yourself on either side of the spectrum.
To accomplish something you haven’t before, it will require less of you and more outside of you.
Dive Deeper
Set the standard,
Dave Paczkowski
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