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Introduction and New Year Motivation
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Hello, everybody. Welcome back to the UFFDA! Podcast. I'm Jordan Rudolph. And I'm Emily Morris. We are happy to be with you into our second full week of January. Um, motivation's still high, hopefully. This is about when it starts to, uh, kind of get into like that peak mode.
[00:01:00] Um, and then after this week, it starts to kind of like people start questioning things and then it seems to drop off. Uh, if, if you guys don't know the stat, 80 percent of people that start their gym Um, at the beginning of the new year are done with the gym routine by February, and that's not because they got the results, it's just because they are not going anymore.
Right, which is a pretty staggering stat, especially if this is the first time you are hearing of it. Um, but something that hits close to home for us, especially as we work with people, Who want to and successfully do create a plan that is for the long term. It's not for January 1st through February 6th.
It's for the long term. I've talked to three people actually over the last week and a half that have said like, hey, this isn't Just because it's January 1st, this is just because this is the time I'm deciding to do it. Which I thought was a very powerful statement where we can rely on the new year [00:02:00] for some of that.
But even more powerful to rely on ourselves and commit to something new regardless of the time of year. So I think power in both elements of that, for sure.
The Power of Control in Achieving Goals
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Well, and where there's power, there's, I would say, control.
Mm
hmm.
And where there's control, there's a lot of comfort. So, um, and it's, it's not power over people that I'm referring to as power with, um, it's power with your own goals, aspirations, wants that I'm referring to.
It's not power over them. That's, that's not, that's not the type of power, but putting you back into control is ultimately what we're after. Always. Like that's our biggest thing. Like, we don't want you as coaches to need us. We want you to want us, but not need. And we want you to take these next steps on your own and have that power.
Uh, to have the control of your own life.
Certainly, certainly. And I think today's episode plays into a little bit of that and puts some of the control, a lot of the control, back [00:03:00] in place. Your court, right? As we start to experiment with new things as we start a new fitness journey, perhaps, or even as we just continue on an existing one, but maybe need to pull another lever.
Maybe we need to learn something new, something different than we've done in the past.
Unlearning What You Have Learned
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I think today's episode will, as we dive in, um, provide some of that self reflection and questioning that might be helpful in terms of the title of the episode on learning what you have learned.
As I'm showing Emily the quote from Yoda himself.
Star Wars reference. And made it, and made it for us, for us, for us without even trying.
For the listeners of the podcast, I've never seen Star Wars, nor have I ever made a Star Wars reference or really understood many Star Wars references, but first time for everything, so.
Yeah, so, um, the, the tricky part about this [00:04:00] component of unlearning what you have learned is that there's a lot, like, I think of it in so many different ways, but this, this topic of this podcast came from a conversation with a client.
Okay. Um, that we had recently that, uh, it got crazy results in a matter of a week, um, through a certain body confident, uh, body, uh, composition side of things and, and the client kind of mentioned like, yeah. Yeah. Um, kind of in skeptical looking at these machines and what they all say. And also a little bit of like what I was asked to do or what I was recommended to do to get these results.
And he's like, and now I see this, like, I just kind of left it. I'm like, yeah, like keep doing what you're doing. And we walked away, but he was, he used the word skeptic. I'm like, Oh gosh, like that's a good topic to think about this. And M and I kind of boiled it down to unlearning what we have learned.
Like we think we know what to do, but if we knew what to do, Is it a matter of actually doing it or is it a matter of maybe what we know needs to be forgotten [00:05:00] and learning something else or trying something different? Because to quote what Em said back this morning to this client of ours and myself was, if nothing changes then nothing changes.
So if what we're doing is not working and it's something that we keep doing we can't expect it to eventually work. That's that loose definition of insanity, right? Doing the same thing over and over and never getting it right. Never getting another result.
Yeah. Yeah. Well, and I think that respecting
the result,
yeah.
I think that ties into. Some of the frustration that can come around to where we oftentimes are so tied to some of the things that we know so closely that they might be so integral to ourselves, our behavior, what we do on a daily basis, maybe even who we are as people, that to start to unlearn and start to challenge some of those feels so quite honestly feels scary or feels unknown, right?
And we're naturally afraid [00:06:00] or skeptical of the unknown, which leads us, if it's unknown, it might be a little bit more uncomfortable, right? And as humans, we seek out comfort. So we will naturally shy away from those things that might be more uncomfortable. We want to stay in the comfortable spot. We want to be comfortable.
So as we talk about comfort, Changing behaviors and creating new habits and creating new patterns, then what we do might dictate or be dictated by how comfortable or how willing we are to get uncomfortable by how willing we are to forget the things that we have learned or challenge the things that we have learned and hold to be, quote, true to ourselves, whether they are true in reality or just true to us.
The definition doesn't matter. When they're true to us, we will hold on to them and it will be challenging to push back against them and unlearn some of those things to be able to change so that [00:07:00] we can have a different result.
And that different result is the thing that's going to take you out of your comfort zone.
We talked about this last week. Um, it's going to take you to essentially learn something new or unlearn, in this case, what you haven't. Again, just fortifying more of what you're saying. But the, the tricky part about unlearning what you have learned is once you learn something, you, you actually can't unlearn it, right?
You, once you know how to do something, you know, something, you can't unknow it. Right. Uh, so you have to basically replace that with something more valuable or something that's, uh, more that aligns more with wherever you're at right now. Like if I were to told to go back and do. a certain type of calculus right now that I went through like minor in math, right?
Like understood like I know how to do all this stuff. I've learned how to do it. I can't say I was always good, but there was if there's a certain component that I need to bust back out. [00:08:00] I wouldn't be able to do that in a moment, but if I got a refresher really quick in a textbook or online, whatever it is, I could figure it out pretty quickly.
Like, it would come back. What happens is, when we think about the health and fitness, like, we sit on beliefs or things that had worked for us once, in a totally different situation than where we are today, that would still work again. Or this worked before, and it would still work now. Sometimes that's the case, but other times you just have to accept where you are right now, and be open to unlearning what you have learned or letting that new piece come in and trying something being experimental, um, and and being uh, being able to still commit and being Uh, I think experiment is the word I want to say But I feel like there's another one on the tip of my tongue But to go through that and and actually commit and have the courage to go into that um But it it's it's it's unique and and there's a lot of information out there too, which can muddy this Quickly for our listeners
for sure.
Well, it's it's easy to become [00:09:00] distracted by the options that are available Right and as a result because of so many options being available. I think it's a little bit more Justified to be Skeptical of where you're getting your information from.
Yeah
So there's a natural piece to that with the availability of information comes a natural like weed out of that information.
We've become hopefully master weeder outers of all the information that we're consuming on a day to day basis. As it relates to health and fitness, this can often then prevent us from taking action on anything, right? We start to get that like paralysis by analysis, or we start to just think about things without actually taking action on them.
We start to get tied to the habits that are comfortable, but also the habits that are keeping us where we're at. when where we're at might not be where we want to be. And if it is, great. Tie to those habits, keep crushing them, do not change a thing. But if it's, if where we are [00:10:00] is not where we want to be, then something needs to change in order to get there.
And like Jordan was saying, sometimes those habits that need to change in order to get from B to C are not the same ones that got us from A to B. It has to be a different set of habits and a different thing that you have to learn and execute on to get there.
The Role of Stress and Recovery
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Yeah, and, and not falling back on some of the things that maybe is our safety net or that we've had reliance on because oftentimes if we're falling back on those things consistently, that's why we're not getting the process, right?
Yeah. A lot of these could be unconscious behaviors, ones, uh, subconscious behaviors, sorry, ones that, uh, are happening without us even realizing it. A lot of these could be food related. A lot of these could be stress related. That we, like, we were talking about this in the pre show conversation, um, and the conversation went to, hey, what do you think about this?
I heard this quote from a coach, uh, recently that said, um, things don't get easier when We just get better [00:11:00] at doing harder things and Em responded back. Well, it's kind of like the stress and you said
We don't get less stressed. We just become better at handling our stress. Our stress never goes away,
right?
So there's different components to think about with that, but if we don't get better at handling stress That might be a reason why we don't get the results that we want to like stress is the killer of how our body heals And recovers and the more that you get focused on your In particular, through, through your strength training and through your exercise routine, you, and, and the more stress you take on, sleep is how your body recovers.
And, and if you're super stressed, your sleep goes downhill really fast. And your day to day thought process and how your brain actually functions and works, which is the control, control center for everything that goes on, obviously plays a role in this. So, there's not a perfect exercise plan, sleep routine, or nutrition program in the world for you.
That'll take care of that if you're not ready to handle the stress, but your body can become [00:12:00] more resilient by doing more exercise like Our whole goal under this this podcast is to deliver a surprisingly fresh take I think we've probably done that Numerous times for our listeners to think like oh, I didn't know that I just learned something new today That makes the world to us when we hear people say that mm
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like to me I'm pretty sure you're shaking your head to people, but you agree I love when people come up and say I didn't know that we have another new guy.
That's You Doing more golf related type of things and getting back into that from a hip replacement He's he's not be able to do a swing the golf club For without pain for years five six years, right? We have a conversation a lot about rest And he's like what when I was going through this and doing this stuff in high school and beyond I was a wrestler and beyond That and even doing some more stuff like we just had to pound ground and pound baby We just get it all done.
Push it. Push it. Push it do as much as you can I'm like, so where did that get you? And like now we know more too, right? And somebody like me who knows more about me every day is somebody that is going to look into the research, look [00:13:00] into how they did the research, look to see if anybody's replicated the research, done the thing, do it myself, make sure that I understand it fully.
And then I'll tell somebody about it. So I have delayed kind of like communication towards that end, but I want to make sure what I'm telling people is true. So by the time it comes out of my mouth, it's nine times out of 10, probably pretty true. Useful. Right, right. What I'm learning.
Right.
Um, as I learn more about how I gather information Myself, but he didn't know that yet And now he understands why we have rest breaks in between his sets Certain times and how we need to rest instead of just jumping.
He goes. Oh, I bet that that second set was a lot harder I'm like, well, you didn't rest. I'm like, can you rest for me now? Knocked it out of the park in his third set
Yep
on learning what you have learned doing those things doing something different Being okay to doing something different From a credibility side of things to get something different.
And I think going back to something else you said too, Em, I'll let you chime in here too. We were talking about those habits from like B to C might be different from A to B. [00:14:00] Remember the B to have. You have to be who that person is as well to make all of this work. Instead of just focusing on all the things that you quote unquote need to do or are supposed to do.
Remember who you need to be. Go back in our episodes if you need a refresher.
Right. I think we've referenced that episode many times. So if you haven't It'll probably
keep coming.
Probably. But if you haven't listened to it, definitely go back. Um, and go, go through. I think that would provide a phenomenal starting point for as you think about this episode and think about the things that you might have to Unlearn or relearn or learn differently.
That might be a good starting point for you of, Hey, who do I need to be? Who do I want to be? Excuse me, not who do I need to be, who do I want to be? And what actions does that person take, right? Are they the person who, consistently? Are they the person who strength trains two to three times per week? Are they the person that strength trains once per week?
Are they the person that runs? Are they the person that bikes? What does the family look like? All of those things. What [00:15:00] does all of that look like for you and what do they do? And we just start there. And if some of those things challenge where you are right now, maybe those are some of the first things we have to start to unlearn.
Yeah. And And to get something different, right? To get something different that's totally something that you've not done before, or to keep increasing, like, that's where we can be open to certain things to a certain extent. But it might also be, there's, there, if we don't want to consider it unlearning, there's the buckets that you can put in, there's the five buckets.
What do you need to keep doing? What do you need to do more of? What do you need to do less of? What do you need to start doing? What do you need to stop doing? So I saved those last two for purpose, because if you don't want to think about unlearning, you might just need to stop doing said thing that you're aware of.
And that can introduce all of those different pieces that we need to bring in. If you're still struggling with a lot of this stuff, it might be [00:16:00] because you need to be more open. Not necessarily receiving all the stuff that you said either earlier from all the information out there on Google social media.
It might need to be more, um, I don't know if you said this during our live recorded stuff, but more of like our pre recorded stuff that we were talking where you said like you might need to focus on, um, I can't remember how you said it, but like the commitment piece.
Going all in.
Going all in on the specific thing.
Yep.
And giving it a proper amount of time to experiment and go all in and go following through with that, all the way through, rather than trying it for a couple days and switching. Trying it for a couple days and switching.
Yep.
Commitment and Gathering Information
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Yeah, whatever, whatever decision you make, whatever actions we pursue, I think the key, With all of this is to go in all in on it, right?
Fully commit to it. Give it amount of time. Don't bop around. Don't be distracted by the myriad of information that's out there. But if we're going to try something different, let's fully try it. We've commit to it. Committed to what's gotten us [00:17:00] to now, right? Good, bad, different, or otherwise. Now, let's fully commit to getting to where you want to be.
Yeah, I think you gather information similar to I do. I think we were both pretty high on that fact finder thing. Yeah, like eight or whatever. Yeah, so was I.
Yeah.
So what that means, we had a specific test And that Em and I go through and we like to really dive in to get all the details about things before we understand or tell people about it.
And, and, what's funny is I like to receive information from other people in a different way than I like to gather. Okay, so when I go and do something it's different. But, when it comes to this part of it, and when I'm saying this, I'm not saying that M& I are the most credible people in the world. I'm not saying you should listen to everything that we say.
I'm trying to help you understand when we say something that we say, it's probably because we've sat on it for a minute, and we've probably done enough research that we, like, this is what we sit and enjoy a cup of coffee over. Like, looking up stuff and making sure we fully understand something before we start to implement.
So when something comes out of our mouth in this [00:18:00] podcast, understand that that's probably something that we talked about, chatted about. Researched, did more insight towards it. Uh, had a pre show meeting about it and then decided to speak in a microphone and tell you and record it and keep it on the recording to post it on the world.
Just levels of this shit, right?
Now that you say all that, yeah, it's quite a mini. So,
right. When it comes down to this stuff, again, I'm not saying that we're the best, we're the right, or anything else, but we try to simplify. We try to get out of the weeds, out of the muck, and give you direct actionable things that you can do to better your life with a surprisingly fresh take of something that you might have not thought about before, or taking a different angle on how to achieve X, Y, or Z.
Conclusion and Final Thoughts
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That's the Oofta effect. That's the Oofta
podcast. I think we leave it there. As always, thank you so much for listening to this week's episode of the UFFDA! Podcast. Share this with someone who you think will find it valuable. Leave us a rating, a review, subscribe, download all the things that help us grow organically, and we'll catch you in the next episode.
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