810: Motivation Monday - Don't Be An Idiot In The Gym, Be Proud Of Progress & Crush Fitness With A Newborn
Fit, Healthy And Happy Podcast
Colossus Fitness
4.9 • 573 Ratings
🗓️ 1 June 2026
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Welcome to Motivation Monday, where every Monday we answer all of your questions and have some real talks about life & fitness & get you fired up for the week! In this episode we talk about how to avoid biggest fitness pet peeves, be proud of prohress and manage fitness with a new born.
Josh quote: "Comfort is the silent assassin of destiny."
Kyle quote: “You don’t need more motivation. You don’t need another quote, another motivational video. You need action. Ruthless, consistent, daily action.”
What has us excited or intrigued:
Client shoutout: Megan
Weekly questions:
Ive been making some great progress, just over 1lb lost per week but I can’t help but feel unhappy with where im at. How to get past that?
Ive been going to the gym 2 years and noticed the gym etiquitte is only getting worse and worse. I try not to get bothered by much but noticed it getting to me. I’m curious, do you have any major pet peeves?
How did you balance being the father of a newborn and keeping up with your fitness?
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| 0:00.0 | A lot of people end up being unhappy when they don't make progress, but it is also common |
| 0:04.6 | to feel like you could be doing more and you should do more and you want things faster. |
| 0:09.0 | If you look at when you've started your journey to where you're at now, no matter where |
| 0:12.2 | you are, you'd probably be so proud. |
| 0:14.2 | But obviously as that happens, you'll start to kind of dilute the amazing progress you've |
| 0:19.6 | had. |
| 0:20.6 | You'll underplay your accomplishments. |
| 0:22.2 | Unfortunately, when you don't appreciate your wins and where you're at, no matter what goal |
| 0:27.2 | you hit, you will never be happy. Is they believe they'll only be happy when they hit that goal. |
| 0:31.6 | Instead, you need to be happy all the way through. If you're delaying happiness and you're putting |
| 0:35.4 | all your happiness on the way you look, the way you feel, you're likely not going to be happy. |
| 0:41.1 | You don't need more of motivation. |
| 0:43.1 | You don't need another quote, another motivational video. |
| 0:46.5 | You need action. |
| 0:47.8 | Ruthless, consistent, daily action. |
| 0:52.9 | What's going on? |
| 0:54.0 | Welcome to the fit, healthy, and most of all happy podcast. |
| 0:57.7 | I am your coach and host Josh here with his co-host and co-coach KG and I'm in the house. |
| 1:05.1 | Welcome to Motivation Monday. |
| 1:06.8 | We're going to jump right into it today. |
| 1:09.2 | Waste none of your time with our primary question. And that is, I've been making some great progress just over one pound loss per week, but I can't help but feel unhappy with where I'm at. How do I get past that? Yeah. And this is a great question. I actually got asked there recently in conversation. And I had to spend some time thinking about it because I'm like, you know what? This is this is very interesting, right? Because a lot of people end up being unhappy when they don't make progress. But it is also common to feel like you could be doing more and you should do more and you want things faster. And the first thing I actually said to this individual is that, you know what, you're not in the worst spot right now. And what I mean by this is to want more and to be driven to want more is actually |
| 1:48.8 | a blessing, right? It's a, you're in a fantastic spot. Now, where it gets really challenging is that |
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