Hi everyone, Drew Prode here. In my conversations, I regularly hear a common scenario from so many

people I talk to. And that scenario is, hey, Drew, I feel like I'm doing everything right. I'm

cutting on calories, or at least I'm trying to focus on that. I'm working out like crazy,

maybe chasing the number on the scale, but they aren't seeing sustainable results. Can you relate?

If so, you're going to want to listen to today's featured moment from a past episode where I'm

sharing a portion of my conversation with Adam Schaefer, an IFB pro bodybuilder and founding

member of the Mind Pump Media team. Adam has managed some of the largest

fitness clubs in the Bay Area and along the way collected eight national certifications as well as a

pro card in bodybuilding. And on a conversation today from a past episode, Adam shares the truth behind

why most people fail to reach their goals and why shifting the focus

away from aesthetics and towards metabolic health, strength, and function leads to not only better

results, but results that last. We get into topics like the myth of faster fat loss, why cardio

isn't always your best fat loss tool, and how building muscle is the metabolic secret weapon

most people are missing. Adam also talks about how real success comes when we connect our health

habits to our sleep, energy, sex drive, mood, and focus and not just how we look in the mirror.

This conversation is packed with clarity, compassion, and practical takeaways that everyone can apply.

Let's listen in to this featured section from a past conversation with Adam Schaefer

from Mind Pump Media.

Most everybody comes in with aestheticals.

They're unhappy with the way they look or their doctor told them they're unhealthy or they're carrying all this extra body fat. And so most people come in, they're like, they want you to change the physical part of them. But the part that will keep them going for the rest of their life is teaching them how to attach it to all the other things that you're alluding to right now. So as my client, as I'm giving them the nutrition, I'm motivating to show up to the gym and stuff like that, what I don't want them to do is to be focused on the scale and the body fat percentage and the mirror. Those are things we use to measure if we're doing some of the right things. And I know you came to me for your goals. But what I really want to do with you, Drew, is I want to remind you of like how you felt after that workout. And how did you sleep last night? And how is your sex life going? And how's your skin feel? And how's your productivity at work? And how's your energy with your kids? If I'm a really good trainer, I'm helping you connect those dots. And I'm speaking to that more than I'm

speaking to your body fat percentage, your reflection in the mirror, and your scale. Yes, those are tools for me as a trainer to make sure I know I'm calibrating things and we're heading the right way or I need to make adjustments. So I'm using those things. But what I'm talking to you about on a daily basis is all those other things. Because that is what's going to keep you going forever. Because even if on the best train in the world, I get you to all the craziest goals you've ever seen. And once you achieve it, then what? Really hard to keep you going if, because then you just go like, okay, I've done it. I've already been the guy in the room cool I've already been the strongest guy in the room cool what now but if I've

done a really good job of along that journey making sure that you really make those connections

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