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Fitness Stuff (for normal people)

#162 // 10 Reasons Your Workouts AREN'T Getting You Results

Fitness Stuff (for normal people)

Tony and Marianna

Health & Fitness

4.9644 Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

You know what’s hard? Working out. Sure, it can be fun — but let’s be honest, it’s hard. Getting to the gym consistently takes real effort, and if you’re like most normal people, you want to make sure every second you spend inside the gym actually counts. In this episode of Fitness Stuff (for Normal People), your hosts Marianna and Tony are breaking down the Top 10 reasons your workouts aren’t getting you results. From what you’re doing during your workouts to how you’re recovering outside of them, they’re calling out the most common mistakes and helping you make the most of your time, effort, and sweat.


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Timestamps:

(5:29) Working Out, Not Training

(10:10) Not tracking progress

(14:31) You’re always training to failure

(26:23) You’re inconsistent

(35:26) You’re working out TOO much

(37:58) You’re not fueling yourself towards your goal (diet)

(43:12) You’re not lifting heavy enough

(46:28) Sleep isn’t in check

(48:26) Not prioritizing technique or form

(52:00) You’re stress isn’t in check

Transcript

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0:00.0

You know what's hard? Working out. It's fun, but it's hard. Consistently hitting the gym takes a lot of

0:07.6

effort. And if you have any sense of normalcy, you want to do everything you can outside of the gym

0:13.3

to make sure your time inside is worth it. Today we're going to be walking through the top 10

0:18.9

reasons your workouts aren't getting you

0:20.9

results from what you're doing in your workouts to outside of the gym when you're recovering

0:26.6

from those workouts. But before we get into that, if you want a little bit more after each episode,

0:32.3

like bonus, Ask Me Anything episodes every single Friday, access to every single one of our

0:37.4

complete 12-week

0:38.1

training programs programmed out in Google Sheets so you can track your workouts to guarantee

0:41.8

you are making progress. All you've got to do is be a part of FS premium for just $5 a month.

0:49.2

You get access to every single one of our complete 12-week training programs, bonus episodes,

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and so much more.

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We will put the link to sign up in the show notes below. And again, that's just $5 a month.

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And before that, if you like the show, even a little bit, just a little bit, we never plan

1:05.6

to make this content not for free. And if you're looking for the easiest way to help support us, it's by taking

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the next 10-ish seconds while you're listening to just go give us a five-star review on whatever

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platform you're listening to us on, Apple, Spotify, whatever. And we would say thank you a million

1:21.5

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And we love our homies.

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for the past few years, but we talk about that enough. So today, I just wanted to remind you,

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a little gentle reminder, that Legion's website is hands down one of the best free resources

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