top fitness tips and hacks
First sleep and nutrition, then exercise
You can never exercise more than eating or sleeping poorly. If you have the choice between losing sleep and exercising more or sleeping and exercising less, choose sleep.
Movement, not exercise.
The healthiest people in the world don’t have gym memberships. What the hell? Movement.
Mobility will save you.
Some of the most muscular people in the gym can’t touch their toes and have constant shoulder pain from poor movement patterns. Don’t be this person. Practice mobility as well as muscles.
Fitness is like finances.
You’ve heard. When you are young, health is easier. Keep it. It’s much harder to start moving at age 57 than at 27. No one wants to be a parent who can’t run or pick up their kids.
Put your phone away.
Instagram is great for education, and the internet is great for finding posts like these, but they shouldn’t interfere with your workouts. Most people’s 45-minute workout would be 15 minutes if they left their phone in the car.
Food, not supplements.
If you require an ad, you don’t need one. If it has more than 1 ingredient, you don’t need it. Glossy labels with a list of ingredients you don’t understand don’t equal health.
Hunger, not habit.
Your weight problems come from abundance. You don’t need to eat what you think. Eat when you are hungry, not out of habit.
Sweat helps.
I wrote this. I didn’t want to move. I was looking for a question I could answer. It took too long. So I wanted to have dinner. 25 kettlebell swings and I started sweating. So I didn’t want to stop.
Run.
Every man should be able to run one mile on the pace list, that is, 80% of his running speed. If you can’t, change it. “I don’t do cardio.” Don’t be a flower.
Stay lean.
A healthy human being is a long and muscular human being. You don’t need extra fat to build muscle. If you have it, use it above to get rid of it.
Forge your path.
Take the best of Dummies Like Me and mix it up according to your definition of fitness. My views are based on what I like. Wars should be a song.