Ep 91 // 10 Harsh Fitness Truths
Fitness Stuff (for normal people)
Tony and Marianna
4.9 • 644 Ratings
🗓️ 30 October 2023
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Would you rather hear a comforting lie over an unpleasant truth? The fitness industry is full of comforting lies and fairytale stories; however, in today's episode, your hosts are going to lay out the top 10 harsh truths about the industry. It's gonna get uncomfortable. It's gonna get real. Are you ready?
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You will never look like your favorite fitness influencer- (14:15)
motivation is fleeting- (19:56)
you’re going to fail.. alot (32:13)
it’ll take a lot longer than you think (36:36)
consistency trumps intensity (41:00)
health and fitness are not the same- (47:45)
too many of the healthiest calories will cause weight gain (53:12)
mental health is crucial- (59:48)
results will come from what you’re doing- (1:04)
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| 0:00.0 | What is up, everyone? |
| 0:01.9 | Welcome back to the fitness stuff for normal people podcasts. |
| 0:05.4 | I'm Tony. |
| 0:05.9 | And I'm Mariana. |
| 0:06.9 | And the fitness industry right now is not what it could be. |
| 0:10.7 | It's become something built on unrealistic expectations, aesthetics, and external validation, |
| 0:15.2 | just directing attention away from the things that actually matter. |
| 0:18.9 | The bottom line is we're not just trying to provide another |
| 0:21.1 | fitness podcast, but completely change the fitness industry for the better by giving you the |
| 0:26.2 | knowledge and tools so you have the competence in applying the best possible training |
| 0:30.0 | and nutrition into your own life. Where today, have you ever seen that meme where there's two |
| 0:35.2 | stands selling something on the side of the road where one stand has a sign that says unpleasant truths? |
| 0:40.8 | And that's what they're selling. |
| 0:42.0 | And the other stand says comforting lies. |
| 0:43.8 | Have you seen that mean? |
| 0:44.6 | Oh, I have seen that. |
| 0:45.9 | Yeah. |
| 0:46.2 | And there's a line of people, a mile long for the stand that says comforting lies. |
| 0:51.3 | And there's no one in line for the unpleasant truths. |
| 0:55.0 | Well, today we're going to be talking about the top 10 harsh fitness truths when it comes to different aspects of your training, diet, and psychology that we both fall for times to time. |
| 1:06.0 | Mariana and I, but if you can know and accept these uncomfortable truths, you're not only just going to save so much time from falling for these traps and ending up backwards over and over and over again. |
| 1:17.4 | But you can better see when you or someone else is trending down these paths and you can ultimately improve the overall quality of your life when it comes to diet and training, which is ultimately what's going to determine whether or not you're going to make it to where you want to go in the end because we're in this |
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