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Introduction to the UFFDA! Podcast
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Welcome to the UFFDA! podcast, hosted by Emily O'Connor and Jordan Rudolph. The UFFDA! podcast brings you a surprisingly fresh take on everyday topics in health, fitness, and everything in between. We want to open the door to explore new information and new solutions in a way that's easy for you to understand and apply to your own life.
Let's get into today's episode.
hello, everybody. Welcome back to the UFFDA! podcast. I'm Jordan Rudolph. And I'm Emily Morris. We are happy to be joined by you in what's going to be our last episode in a little bit of the UFFDA! podcast before we bring it back, bigger and better than ever.
Reflecting on 10 Years of Unity Fitness
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Uh, and as we look into this, uh, today we are talking, [00:01:00] um, I guess from essential standpoint, I know you haven't been here for 10 years mm-hmm. But Unity Fitness as a brick and mortar business essentially has been in existence, uh, almost 10 years at the time of listening to this. But according, like you were listening to this, uh, April 14th, 2015 is when we got our keys to start tearing down the walls, tearing down this building, and then.
Doing, putting together mostly what it is today. So my point of all of this is we wanted to go through 10 lessons, uh, that we've learned over 10 years of being in business. And again, I know from you listening to this and m yourself, like you haven't been here for 10 years, but you've also had a, you've been in the industry for 10 years.
Mm-hmm. Plus. Mm-hmm. So we basically can pull from. All of that and your time here. Yeah, certainly. No, I'm excited to dive in. I think this one will be an episode where you might want to bookmark, take some notes, go back, re-listen, revisit, uh, as we go through [00:02:00] here, just kind of little nuggets of wisdom that might pop around to a few different topics in a bunch of different areas of life as well.
Not just our normal like. Single topic on fitness or single topic on nutrition or lifestyle or whatever that might be. Um, so be ready for that. If you're listening to this in the car, just be ready to maybe listen to it again. Mm-hmm. Yep. You're going to hear a lot of stuff that's been said before. You're gonna hear probably, and hopefully some brand new stuff that you've never heard before.
So we're here for all of it. Mm-hmm. Love it.
Lesson 1: Control Yourself
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Number one. Do you wanna go first? Ladies first? All right, I can kick it off. Uh, number one, you can always control yourself, your actions, your thoughts, your words, et cetera. Hmm. So I think the big thing for everybody listening there, and I tUFFDA!lly agree with this one, em, um, and for everybody that, uh.
Doesn't know us after a hundred plus [00:03:00] episodes. We had a lot of the similar ones when we quick like rattled off what we had and then we had to condense 'em down to the 10 because then it ended up being like, we had 11, but we had repeats. Yeah. So we had to like, yep, this is what we're gonna say. And this is the same thing anyway, when we go through this, um, control you have, you always have control of one thing.
It's your attitude, it's your decisions, it's yourself. There is some emotional hijacking that can go on. There is some things that's going on, but what happens when all that happens is we're usually focusing on things that we cannot control. Easy to do. Super easy to do. There's so many of them on a daily basis where there are things that pull our attention or things outside of our control that we like to scapegoat or blame, or maybe we create ourselves, the victim here in terms of what we're able to do, where we're going, and why we're not there yet.
When we can focus on what we can control and that one constant always being ourselves, it brings that back into something that we are able to take action on, uh, [00:04:00] throughout, whether that be health, fitness, life or or otherwise. I think one of the most powerful things that somebody can do in their life is understanding their internal.
Uh, what do they call it? Internal locus of control. Mm-hmm. Is that what they call it? Mm-hmm. So a lot of the people that get themselves in trouble, and a lot of the people don't realize they're not aware of this when it's happening, especially when they're feeling overwhelmed and stressed all the time, is they don't realize, like the world is not out to get you right.
Okay. The world is not out to get you, and there's a lot of stuff that you can do that attracts everything that's going on around you, and that's your perception of that, and it's your attitude towards it. Hm. But the world, I, I assure you, is not out to get maybe one or two people in the world, but the world is not out to get you unless you make it that way, right?
In your head and, and in your daily lives. So if you can control what your, essentially, your input mm-hmm. Right? Then your output will be the manifestation of that. So I think we have one in a little bit that's going [00:05:00] to be on a little bit of this. I know I wrote it down and I think you did too. That kind of goes more into that as well, but.
It control the controllables. Mm-hmm. Absolutely. And start small with that. It, I couldn't agree more. Couldn't agree more. Cool. Number two. Number two, I have, oh, different format here. Um hmm. We'll go to You're five. Five. Okay. I'll go. Mine.
Lesson 2: The Power of Identity Shift
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Uh, there's power in the identity shift of a person. Mm. Yeah. So, so like they change who they are.
Through their identity before they actually make the change of what they want or who they want to be physically and in reality, I think this might be one of. In Speaking of change, this might be one of the biggest changes that we've had more recently on our podcast, is talking more about the identity shifts that have to happen in order to [00:06:00] do the things and achieve the things that people say they want to achieve.
Right? It's, it's becomes less about habits, it becomes more about being the person. Who has the things that you want to have and has the results and achieves the outcomes that you're looking to achieve. So when we think in terms, when you say power, it has massive power, massive influence over every area it has it.
It's becoming the person who we want to be in its fullest capacity and fullest extent, not who we might be today or tomorrow, or next week. Yeah, there's, there's the stuff in life where we say, like, don't assume anything. If there's one thing we want to assume, yeah. It's, it's this dream state of yours, like it's the person who you want to be and we adopt everything.
It is that that person's looking like, feeling, like acting like. All behaving, [00:07:00] like all the things, and we start doing that thing now. So when I say this, like the 10 lessons thing, when this, when when we were kind of coming up with this topic, which I can thank Mandy, my wife for by the way. Um, it was the people, like the people who I have worked with that have assumed that I identity prior to actually accomplishing it, like in real time, um, have had the best success.
And like if, if, if, if we think about the lessons like. If you can assume that part of it and like, go to that shift, you're gonna be successful no matter what you do. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Absolutely. I couldn't agree more. We see it every day with people here even too. Mm-hmm. Right from, yep. Not just from a business side, but from a coaching and from a like habit change side as well.
Mm-hmm. Agreed. Awesome.
Lesson 3: Embrace Change
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Uh, number three, you have to get comfortable with change. Is that like you have to be uncomfortable? I. All the time, like you have to just have to be uncomfortable or [00:08:00] comfortable being uncomfortable. Maybe a little bit of that For sure. I think both of those things roll in, right? I think part of it is being willing to get uncomfortable, being willing to step outside our comfort zone and push the envelope a little bit in terms of whether it be it's drawback or last one, whether it be becoming a new person.
Whether that be becoming someone who we're not yet and assuming that identity, or whether that be being comfortable with trying something new and changing throughout. Right? Whether that be changing a training, changing a, an approach to a specific situation. I think both we have to be uncomfortable and willing to push the boundaries, but we also have to be comfortable enough to accept the change and to try something new.
I like it and. Uh, I'm trying to think. There's like a, there's tons of content on this everywhere, but I remember seeing something like, there's a quote out there. It's like everything you want is just outside of your comfort [00:09:00] zone. Mm. Um, some, it's something along those lines. So I just keep thinking like, if we draw that circle of control again, right.
And there's the things out of our control. If we draw a circle right next to it of like your comfort zone, and we draw the next circle outside of that, like a bigger circle into your. Uh, uncomfortable zone or your not comfort zone. You don't have to go all the way to the edge of this border. And I think that's where people expect this to happen.
They can just step outside of it and, and if you can live there and be okay with it and understanding that there's more power to how you're viewing it. And, and we talk about like anxiety with all of these things and whatever else, but this is where if you have certain other things with you. A coach, a supportive cast, like an environment and, and, and, um, those around you, like all of these things, they make it that much easier, um, and it makes it that much more possible.
So it, it's having some alignment in some of those pieces. But, um, yeah, big fan of it. Like I think I probably lived there [00:10:00] probably too much now, more than anything, but, right. Well, and I think what you just touched on there, right, it's having the support and the environment that allows you to be able to feel.
Comfortable with the uncomfortable or comfortable with change. So there's big power there in terms of who you surround yourself with and the rooms that you put yourself in. Mm-hmm. In allowing you to open and push the boundaries too. For sure, for sure. Agree with that as well. Agree with that as well. Uh, what are we on here?
Lesson number four. Um.
Lesson 4: Lifestyle Over Quick Fixes
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This is something that I put in our social media channels in a story earlier, uh, or I guess late last week, but earlier this week whenever you're watching this or listening to this. But, um, the week prior, uh, of this release. But people who have had the best success that I've got the opportunity to work with, uh, aren't just trying to make something out of a quick fix out of this and expect like.
It, it's a person that understands this is gonna be a lifestyle change. And I think it goes back into that identity [00:11:00] shift, but it also understands like the person's not looking at this as a, as a short term thing. They're wanting it for the long term. So the, what I'm trying to say is the lesson is the, the person who makes this like a lifestyle overall and understands that the gym part of this, the health and fitness is a lifestyle and it should be part of all of our lifestyles.
Mm-hmm. Um. Has the best success over everybody else. So, uh, again, I'm kind of going back to that identity shift thing as well as like those, these are the people that, I have lessons that I've learned that that, that I wish I knew sooner. The sooner I can kind of help people understand it is a lifestyle thing.
Like we view Jim as healthcare. Mm-hmm. And we also are some of those people that say the hospital is actually sick care. Uh, your, your proactive healthcare, your healthcare does involve the gym. It should involve the gym. So it's kind of going under those lines, those lessons too. Like, this is a healthcare, not, not a sick care thing.
A hundred. I couldn't, maybe, couldn't. That's [00:12:00] the better. The lesson. Yeah. Maybe, maybe as you were talking there, this is a newer term. Yes. But I feel like it encapsulates, uh, a lot of the stuff we've talked about before. Have you ever heard of the term, the long hell mentality? The what? Long haul mentality?
No, I thought you said the long health. No long. Like what? Well, hopefully not that. The long health, the long haul mentality. Uh, no. No. So new, new to me recently ish. They were talking about a different podcast. I heard it on, but it essentially. Refers to exactly what you were just talking about of that like long-term sustained effort and perseverance over a period of time versus like a short sprint.
Mm-hmm. So thinking I was, I thought of it in terms of like marathon versus short sustained sprint effort. Mm-hmm. Right? We want to have this be something, whether that be lifestyle change, whether we're thinking. Any change, we want it to be something that can be sustained for the long haul. Mm-hmm. For the long term.
So when we're thinking of that, that's how we create our actions. That's where we [00:13:00] approach things from, the mindset going into it, and then all the changes that come after that as well. Yeah. Yeah. I, yeah, the long, what is it called? Long long haul mentality. The long haul mentality. Yeah. The hard part is most people that we initially work with aren't attracted to that.
So from a. Clever marketing standpoint and a psychological standpoint of what we do to make sure people want to have that idea of working with us. We have to focus more on short term things, and then through that we actually capture them and take them through a process of making it a long haul Mentality.
Mentality. Yeah. Yeah. Right. Well, it's a little bit of Uno, UNO reverse, but yeah. Also, I think if we were to be honest with yourself, listener. We know that it's not going to be a short fix. We want, we might want it, right. We live in a world of instant gratification, but we know what we want isn't likely to happen overnight.
Mm-hmm. It didn't occur overnight. So to fix it or resolve it or get the results, it's [00:14:00] probably not going to happen overnight either. Yep. And I think deep down, we, a lot of us realize that it can just be challenging and like you said, it's not very marketable either. Agreed. So, um, heading into number five.
Uh, kind of similar kind of piggybacking right off of the, uh.
Lesson 5: Find Joy in the Process
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Lifestyle creation here, but learning to find joy in the process will bring more fulfillment than achieving a specific outcome. So meaning like the goalposts and your new goals will always move. We'll always set new goals. We achieve something, we set the new one.
So those new goals will always be set. But learning to love the process and start to enjoy that process of creating this and using fitness as your lifestyle as true healthcare will bring more joy than checking off a box at the end of a program or at the end of a day. [00:15:00] Yeah, there's, there's a lot of hidden torture that goes into that part of it.
Um, and a lot of times it's, it's. Like the outcome, the goal posts, the things that happen are never quite as good as we want them to be. Um, unfortunately, like spoiler alert, some people can really get showered in that and, and want that so bad, but they get so far and deep into it that when the thing actually happens, they're not always like, it's, it's not always as good as we want it to be.
In terms of this specific thing, it's very different from like an NFL player winning the Super Bowl, right? But when it comes down to this type of stuff, we, we realize like there's more to it. And I think the realization that happens through that is we realize the goalpost moved, or we realize like, wow, there's still more work to be done and it can be a little bit demoralizing.
So when we, when we think about this, I, I, I agree with the lesson as well, um, and falling in love with that process or like, at least having joy, like be part of it, [00:16:00] um, and having that go through that way so that you, uh, you have that constant. Reminder or that metric that's with you at all times to, to know that you're making the right thing happen.
Mm-hmm. Absolutely. Absolutely. I think, I think it just, again, it just over lines everything. Right. It, it creates, maybe alignment is the word that I'm looking for there, but makes sure everything is moving in the correct direction and moving forward, not backwards or stagnant. Sure. Right. It's, it's moving forward.
Yeah. That's all. Okay. Uh, lesson five. Are we on lesson five, six? I think we're on lesson five. Lesson six. Yeah. I knew what happened. Okay.
Lesson 6: You Are Worth the Investment
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Lesson six, uh, I have on here is you are worth the investment. The person's worth the investment. So, uh, that also includes me, like as, as going through this. So the last 10 years and, and beyond, like being in the industry now for 13 plus years.
Um, [00:17:00] the, uh, the big part of this is. There was a lot of times where it wasn't so much of always the confidence, but I think for my first probably six, seven years in the industry, it was, now it's just more so I want the, uh, like I have the confidence, I want to keep it, and then I have the, the backing, the environment, the support to, to run things by and, and go.
And what I mean by that is I invested in myself and I'm worth that. So. The, the sooner that you can, that people can understand or that we can understand, like it's worth the investment, including us, uh, the better the results are, the faster the results happened. Uh, everything becomes worth it in the end.
Like it pays off more than we can imagine. So, uh, the lesson is that you are worth the investment. Mm-hmm. Like that's speaking to you. The listeners are re listening to this right now, Emmett's speaking to you. It's, it's speaking to myself. Um, invest. Like as long as you know that there's going to be a return and you're willing to work for it and, and, and, and be there for [00:18:00] it, uh, especially when it comes to the health and fitness in our bodies and our lives, like we only get one worth the investment.
I, I couldn't agree more. I think from when you say the word investment, certainly. Like the first words that come, like the first, if we're playing reactionary or whatever the game is where you say the first relatable word. If we're playing that game, I think money, but I also think time, effort. Energy, right?
All of the other things that we can invest in ourselves in towards a goal in the business, all of the different ways that we can invest and what is available to us to be able to do so, right? Going back to like the first one, we can always control ourselves if we don't have. Money to invest. Can we invest time?
If we don't have time to invest, can we invest energy? Can we, if we don't have energy, can we invest money? Where can we pull the levers and use all of these different things in order to move the needle forward? And [00:19:00] more important, tying back to the actual lesson of it's always worth it in the long term.
As long as we know the investment, the we know the return is there. And we're willing to work to make sure that the return is there because a lot of the things are in our control to be able to get the outcome that we want from the investment we're making. We have to be strategic and willing to work for that too.
Yeah, I agree with it. There's more, there's more than just the monetary side of things. Um, and I know one of the big things that we usually help with people when they first start with us. What's the one thing that everybody asks when they contact Unity? Well, this is probably any gym, but what's the one thing they always ask if it's not the first question?
It's the second question. Um, when they join us, how much does it cost? How much does it cost? We immediately flip that. The investment is X, Y, Z based on X, Y, Z for you. Right? Right. So we immediately flipped the mindset of it not just being a cost, uh, of it [00:20:00] being an investment because there will be a return on this.
It's not like most gyms that most people know out there where you're just actually paying for rent and access to equipment. In this case, you were investing in yourself and you're hiring coaches in our circumstance of this and blah, blah, blah. Anyway, yeah. Paying into a business model that wants you to pay but not come in.
Yes, too. So yes, there's that just fun thing. I don't know. It came to mind for me last night too, so I was like, Hmm. Interesting. Hundred percent. Always a return. Um, number seven. Yes, number seven. The, something we've talked about quite a bit on the podcast, uh, I don't know if we've ever done an actual episode on it, but we've referenced it in about 20 different episodes, if not more.
I don't know if we've ever done it. Well, what was it? Anyway, I digress.
Lesson 7: Avoid the All-or-Nothing Mindset
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Uh, the all or nothing. Oh, God. Yeah. We did Will slow you down more than any amount of imperfect action. I'm pretty sure we had, I I'm, we've referenced it in like a a million. I know, I know. But I don't know if we have one that like, I think there was probably a stretch where we [00:21:00] referenced it literally in like a dozen episodes.
In a row. In a row. Yeah. I think we had to have done one on it. I, I would we? I guess not. Maybe not. I don't know. I think we might've just kept referencing it. I'm not sure. Yeah. I feel like we did once anyway. Uh, yeah. Um. Geez. Uh, yeah. Not having the all-in-one mindset, like getting out of the AllOne mindset, like that is just a, a lifestyle lesson.
Uh, it can be a catalyst for everything. Yeah. Right. Yeah. Like when we're. To define if you're unfamiliar. If you haven't heard our 50 other podcasts, we've referenced it all or nothing referring to, we're either all in or we're not doing anything at all. There's no gray, it's black or it's white. There's nothing in the middle here.
So when we think getting out of that and being comfortable in that gray area. Moving forward, not having to be perfect, not having something have to be exactly right before we take action on it. We allow ourselves the opportunity to move [00:22:00] forward, more importantly, the opportunity to grow and to learn from something that might not go exactly according to plan for us.
Right.
Embracing Failures as Learning Opportunities
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Those failures become opportunities to learn, not a catastrophic failure, for lack of a better word. Uh, yeah. I mean there's so much that just. Can be peppered into that. But I think that ultimately is, it's the mindset itself mm-hmm. Creates so much more chaos, anxiety, um, lack of action. I think it just, I mean, it just can't even think about like, it, it just, it automatically places an enormous amount of anxiety through you and, and it, and it, and it, ugh.
Yeah. It's, it's bad. I mean, I am trying to think if we could just paraphrase.
The Perfection Trap in Health and Fitness
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Some of the episodes that we've talked about, but it just, it comes into play so often and especially in health and fitness. Like, we're so focused on perfection. Mm-hmm. And waiting for the perfect time. The perfect exercise, the perfect diet, the perfect ex uh, [00:23:00] movement.
The perfect starting, like all of it. And that, all of that piece of the all or none. Or if, uh, the, the other common one is like nutrition.
The All-or-Nothing Mindset
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Like, oh, well I had one m and m, so then my rest of my day was screwed, so I just said F it. And, and. Uh, I just ate like junk, garbage and junk the rest of the day. 'cause I had one m and m, so like I was already off track, so like, do I not?
Yeah, like that's the com That's the super common one we hear all the time for. Absolutely right. And the kind of. Retort to that goes into like, oh, I got a flat tire so I'm going to smash the other three too. Like, might as well just go get three new tires. Yeah. Right. Like no one says, oh, I'm just gonna pop every tire 'cause I just got one flat tire.
Zero people would say that. Yeah. But for some reason with health and fitness, as we make one mistake, it can so easily spiral into, oh. I did this one thing, uh, the rest of the day's ruined. I'll start again tomorrow, or I'll start again on Monday, or I'll start again at the next month or the new year. Right.
It can [00:24:00] always be pushed off in that all or nothing, and it can really prevent action from being taken in the first place. I think that's the biggest thing. Like you, you, you just don't make anything happen or you completely derail yourself because it's, it's unauthentic. Um, unpassionate, like un mm-hmm. Uh, empathetic think thinking for you.
Yeah. Like it's, it's like the person ends up being so incredibly hard on themselves mm-hmm. And, and so down about everything. Like, it just, it demoralizes you instantly.
Book Recommendations for Personal Growth
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Like, so I highly recommend a book called the, uh, the Pursuit of Perfection by, uh, Dr. Tala Lahar. Mm-hmm. Uh, I think he's a positive psychology professor out of Harvard.
It's probably a 15, 20-year-old book. Um, phenomenal. He's got disciples out there now that are writing books. Dr. Sean Anchor is one of 'em. Archer, uh, anchor. Um, these are, these are the pursuit of happiness. Like these, these are the happiness advantage, um, all of these books. But the pursuit of perfection, [00:25:00] I'm pretty sure is the name of the book.
Um, like this was like a game changing thing for me when I read it. Mm-hmm. And this was probably 12 years ago. So like, tUFFDA!l, tUFFDA!l game changer. Yeah. Yeah. Also on the book recommendation, the one that came to mind for me was the one that you gave to me was The Gifts of In Imperfection by Brene Brown, brown, and she touches all lot actually starting that next.
It's very good. Yeah, it's very good. It's literally, literally my next one. It's very good. Cool. I'm excited. Um, that was recommended to me. Yeah. By my high performance coach. Yeah. Um, cool. Uh, he's been actually like. Drowning me in disappointment 'cause I haven't read it yet. And he recommended it to me like three months ago.
Um, but I've been in a rabbit hole race for a certain author. Right. And I've been just pounding everything that this guy's put out now. Anyways, going back to this, what are we in number eight? Uh, yes. Um,
let's see. I kind of probably screwed this up [00:26:00] already because I have some lessons on here. I'm gonna go, I'm gonna take it this way. Um. I, I'm gonna say, like we talked about the investment side of things. Mm-hmm. Investing in you.
The Importance of Environment and Support
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I'm gonna say on this one, it's, it's more about, uh, I'm just, well, let's just put down environment, like surround yourself.
Here's the lesson. Um, surround yourself with the right people in the right places. And I say that for two reasons. One of them is in the involvement of hire a coach that's Right for you. We hire a plumber to help with plumbing things. We hire an accountant to help with our taxes. We hire a professional to do all these things, but for some reason we poop on you.
Are you poop on? Um, the health and professional fitness professional, like the personal trainer, the fitness coach. And we expect our doctors to know a lot of these things, which is fair. But the doctors have been educated on this very briefly because they specialize in something else. So they're just giving you the [00:27:00] education that they know.
And last time I checked 44% of our doctors. Are classified as morbidly obese. Just throwing that out there from 2023. Just I'll drop it there and move on. Um, mic, mic drop and move. Yes. So, uh, that might also be because they are extremely busy and stressed because they get an average of seven minutes a day with people and they're expected to see like 60 people a day.
Um, I think it's more like 45, but, uh, again, just telling you what the numbers are, just telling you what it is. And when we go through this stuff, the coach is a big deal. It's a person that is in your corner. Again, it's an investment thing, but it's also a person that's going to help you get to where you want to be because you couldn't do it on yourself.
They're gonna help you be your, basically your Google, so you don't have to, you can stop with the influencer bull crap that you see on social media. You can stop looking up stuff. The coach has got your back. If, if, if you've hired the right coach, the coach has you, you can now live, move on, go to the next thing.
[00:28:00] But. We also appreciate when, whenever you're researching and bringing this stuff up, 'cause it means that you care for us at the same time. Um, this environment piece, uh, also is for the people that are in your corner, like get around the right people. That helps. This is, uh, for anything in your life, like you are the average of the five people that you hang around with, right?
Mm-hmm. Um, but it's also like only 20% of the population actually has a gym membership or a health membership. So. You might have to dig a little bit on this one. Surround yourself with those people. You're gonna more likely become like those people. If you're around other people that are essentially after a certain goal like you, you're gonna start doing more things like that person without even thinking about it.
'cause that's the environment. And the last part of this was why specifically we created Unity. And then Emma let you chime in on this, but I'm just explaining my part. You're good. Have at it.
Creating a Positive Gym Environment
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Um, unity Fitness existed, like when I was at a big box gym. I worked as an independent contractor for two years, essentially, maybe almost three.
Um, and it was an [00:29:00] environment that was very fast paced. It, there was a lot of different people in and out. There was times where, where there was a hundred people in this gym and we're operating. Right. Uh, that's not very, that's very intimidating. Like we see the free weights, but then they create a machines like, cool, I can do these machines.
They're easier. Mm-hmm. Um, but the environment is intimidating and most often times when we see people in the gym, they're not coming to the gym because they want to be here. So. I tried to create an environment where I almost put a bubble around the client myself. This is our place. This is your space.
I'm here to help you. Don't worry about anything else going on. I wanted to take all that and put it in the walls that exist with Unity Fitness today. I wanted them to be excited and happy about coming to the gym. 'cause I know if I could do that sooner than later in their journey, they're more likely to continue showing up.
Mm-hmm. So the physical environment also matters to this a lot as well? Absolutely. I, I couldn't agree more. I mean, just from a, like from my side, I know he started, I haven't been here all 10 years, but [00:30:00] little background for the listeners on this one. I had listened to you on the podcast, so I was like, okay, I kind of knew he, you had done a podcast with.
On another podcast, and I was listening to it way I was in college and anyone that knew me in college at the time knew I worked three jobs and I was trying to finish with a dual minor in four years. So I was incredibly busy and I was like, wow. Like I, I love what this guy has to say. That's really cool.
But Emily, you cannot get another job that is one mile away from all of your other jobs with you moving, like it's not gonna happen. Everything aligned. I come back, I'm like, okay, looking to change. Looking to move my career. And you guys posted a job opening for Unity, looked into it. I'm like, this is a room that I wanna be in, right?
This is the environment that I want to be in from a coach, from a professional side. So I think it's so cool to hear you say that. From like a gym side and be able to give that and provide [00:31:00] that for people, but also for coaches as well. Like it's, it goes both ways from a tUFFDA!l support environment, from hiring the coach, from investing in that, from making the move to the environment and having the support and the people around that I knew would.
Move me in the direction that I wanted to go and what I wanted to do long term. So I think when you were saying that whole environment piece and then talking about Unity, I was like, fine. Like that's cool. It's not just the clients, but it's also our coaches and our team here too. It's a big piece. I mean, it, it came down to a lot of things like why would you, we want somebody here that hates coming to a place of their work.
But I knew from a gym standpoint, like obviously the person's here because they quote unquote know they need it. I want to change that mindset into more so like I know they want it. Mm-hmm. And, and if I can flip that to them, we can be a cool person, a kind person, a compassionate person, A genuine person, [00:32:00] maybe make 'em laugh a little bit.
Cool. We've got one, uh, one thing going, but we needed the people also around us, both clients and coaches, to support that as well. Mm-hmm. A hundred percent. A hundred percent. It makes it feel cohesive between everybody. Yep. So, oh, I'm heading into number nine. Second to last one here. Okay. Almost there. I know we're close.
Taking Immediate Action Towards Goals
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There is not going to be a quiet time or a best time to start. What can you do today? Right now in this moment? Maybe not in this moment. If you're currently listening to this, maybe finish the podcast, but. What can you do today before the day ends to move the needle forward towards the goals you want to achieve towards the results that you want to see?
Because while we'd love to wait for the perfect time, the best time, this kind of ties back to our all or nothing. There's never going to be a best time. We just have to do it. Just have to do it. There is, don't, don't wait for it. I, I [00:33:00] used to crush, I mean, just absolutely annihilate. When I was back at this big box gym, I stopped doing it as much.
Just I, I see on my old Facebook page, I still see, I used to see the statuses that came up and I was like, gosh, I, like, I wasn't necessarily like a little. Like poop head. But I would say things, I'm like, woo. Like I was feisty, but I'm like, I wish I had still had some coones like that. Um, but one of these was like, I just annihilated people that thought that they had to wait for January 1st to do their goals.
Mm-hmm. Like I, it, it just drove me bonkers and I made this big post and I remember everybody backlashing on me on Facebook, except for like three people. I still believe in that today. I'm just not as harsh over it. Um, I feel like it probably turns more people off than that, and I want to give the people the support as much as they possibly can.
But, uh, I hated how like we got to like November, people are like, no, I don't wanna start, I don't wanna wait till January. I'm like, what? Like, what are you gonna do the next 60 days? Right? And you know, they're gonna see you. I'm gonna see 'em in worse shape in January [00:34:00] 1st. And guess what? Like, I'm gonna be super busy and this gym's gonna be packed.
Like why not get a head start? Right? But you know what else isn't waiting? Nothing, nothing. Your your goals aren't waiting. Your health and fitness isn't waiting. Like, don't wait. The time is right. Now it's, it's the old saying of like, you know, a year ago you wish you would've started today or a month ago you would've, like, from now you wish you would've started today.
Right. Where you see it and you're like, yeah, I do wish I would've started then, but, and what's the next best time? Next best time. Right now. Right now, right now is the best time to start. So where can we go from an action standpoint, specifically an action standpoint, to start to move that needle forward instead of wishing, wanting, willing, anything like that?
A hundred percent. A hundred percent. We're in number 10. Number 10, drum roll for the last one. Bring your home.
Action Over Knowledge: The Key to Success
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It is, um, not, uh, action is greater than power and it's probably no surprise after the other nine lessons that we talked to. It kind of relates to all of them. [00:35:00] But the biggest thing is people just continuously think that they need knowledge and they, and they, and it just leads to more procrastination and it leads to a lot more overwhelm and confusion.
We just need you to start doing something. When we're trying to give people back control, we start with like the smallest thing possible that we know that this person can do and do well and do consistently. If I'm telling you, you're gonna do this and I'm gonna throw a fastball right down the middle, and you're at the plate, and I just want you to, I, I'm telling you it's gonna happen.
I want you to swing hard. I want you to swing for the fences, and especially when you know what it's coming. Mm-hmm. And then just do that consistently every time. And you do that daily, day in and day out, and then we get that rolling. That eliminates a lot of this overwhelming stuff because it gives you that chance to just go forward.
We don't need to search for anything else and how to start, how to get the, you don't need the best shoes possible to get going. Right? Like, like, like, let's just get those later. Let's just get you training now. We'll work with what we have. And, and I think part of that [00:36:00] action over power, like, like knowledge is knowledge, but only when it's put into action, right?
Mm-hmm. Like knowledge becomes powerful then, right? Like knowledge is only knowledge unless you put into action, then it becomes powerful. That's what I was trying to say. I think that's the saying. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It's probably a saying or, or a quote I've heard somewhere. I don't know. It's gotta be. Yeah.
Uh, so this little action stuff. F are the big rocks, but they lead to bigger actions. Kinda like the thing, like we just get the ball rolling and then it stampedes down the hill, right? Mm-hmm. It creates the avalanche. Um, you, you can't just want something badly and like, so bad Yeah. And not do anything about it.
Like, I, we don't want to, as coaches, we don't want to hear about it. Like, show me what you're doing. Right, right. And, and more so than let us, let us help you in doing the thing. Mm-hmm. Like, we understand this is important to you. It's important to us for you to be successful and have what you want. Let us help you do that.
Right. And a lot of this stuff, you know what's funny is like we didn't say anything on here. Like deadlift is the best exercise overall. That's the thing I've learned. Like [00:37:00] all of these are actually, very few of them have to do with actual exercises. Very few lower nutrition. Yeah. None. I mean, could configure, aren't you?
They relate to, I haven't sworn in this episode. I've caught myself like eight times so far. I can beat that out too. It's not hard. Well, I can at least hit the explicit button, but I did try and beep. It was, I haven't sworn once, not I used to wear poop Crap. I know. Freaking F-ing f all things quite impressive.
Yeah. Waited to the end actually. Uh, there's been moments, but I'm trying to slow myself down. I've actually been trying to talk slower too, but there's not one on here. I'm just looking back and mm-hmm. What you mm-hmm. Like what we have when you type this up for me, we don't have anything on there of that.
None, not one. So that just makes me realize, like, we saved lesson number 11. It's not just about fitness first. It's, there's something else in play. Like if we can help the person to meet the person where they're at, maybe that would be lesson 11 for, for like, if I were to add one more mm-hmm. It's, it's meeting [00:38:00] the person where they're at and, and being okay with it.
Like, I don't need to force my shit onto them. That Iwo. Perfect. Explicit. We really thought we were gonna get through the episode. No, no. I, I couldn't, I mean, I couldn't agree more from less than 10, and now we've kind of tacked on. Uh, lesson 11 though. But I think both playing into the same thing that we've talked about throughout many of these is like, action underpins a lot, right?
We have to do something. You can't want it, you can't learn about it. We can't will it to happen. Anything that we're chasing will require action. And often that action is uncomfortable. It's new. It might be a change from what we've done before. It might not be perfect the first time, but action underpins all of that and meeting someone where they're at with the appropriate action to take in that moment is the key, whatever that might be.
Whether that be a mentor, a business coach, an actual [00:39:00] coach, a fitness goal, a nutrition goal, right? It's the combination of those two things that allow both parties to excel in that, in that coaching relationship. And again, when you like those lessons that we've learned, um, I saying what we're saying, like we're relating it to the audience, but like if I go over my other ones, it's probably more business lessons and like leadership stuff too.
Right. But a lot of the stuff is actual leadership stuff as well. Okay. Like, I would say like let, like just let, let 'em cook. And they say that like get outta the person's way. Like they don't need more of me at certain points. The coach of who we have here on our team do not need more of me at certain points.
Just let 'em cook. Mm, right. And, and, and get outta the way, ride the waves, like those type of things happen. But yeah, this was a fun episode. Yeah, it was fun. Hopefully you guys took something from it. Get to learn a little bit of insight or bookmark. Few, few little nuggets to put into action in your own lives.
Final Thoughts and Season Wrap-Up
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Agreed health and fitness goals. So, um, [00:40:00] that, like we said at the beginning of the episode is our last episode for this season four. Might go back and do kinda like we talked about last week, little best of most downloaded type of deal, uh, episodes throughout our little break here, kind of some bonus reruns.
Uh, but we will see you back for season five. Uh, as we return, we don't really have a, a date for that, but sometime in the future. As always, we appreciate guys listening, take this time, re-listen, uh, go back, relearn all the things throughout our previous episodes. Share this episode with someone who you think will find it valuable.
Leave us a rating or review, subscribe, download all the things that help us to grow organically, and we'll catch you in the next episode. Bye everybody. Thanks everyone.[00:41:00]
