WEBVTT - MOTIVATIONAL MOMENT: Strive for progress not perfection 📈

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Sam Wood, and this is your motivational moment for

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<v Speaker 1>this week, and we are talking progress, not perfection. So

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<v Speaker 1>I want to tell you a little story. When I

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<v Speaker 1>first started my twenty eight program back in twenty sixteen,

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<v Speaker 1>I was two weeks into the program and I was

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<v Speaker 1>doing a daily video to my twenty eight ers and

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<v Speaker 1>sending it to them on their little app, something I

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<v Speaker 1>still do to this day. And I pulled into the

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<v Speaker 1>supermarket and it was about nine o'clock at night. I

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<v Speaker 1>was on my way home from my gym Snares and Eve.

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<v Speaker 1>He hadn't moved to Melbourne yet, so I was still

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<v Speaker 1>living the bachelor life where I could kind of go

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<v Speaker 1>home at whatever time I wanted. It didn't really impact

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<v Speaker 1>anyone else. I pulled into the supermarket to get dog

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<v Speaker 1>food for my dog Hendrix on the way home, and

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<v Speaker 1>I proceeded to not only get his dog food, but

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<v Speaker 1>also a lead of chocolate ice cream. And I sat

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<v Speaker 1>there and I got my phone out and I did

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<v Speaker 1>a video to my twenty eight ers where I showed

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<v Speaker 1>them that I'd bought the leader of chocolate ice cream

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<v Speaker 1>and that I was heading home and couldn't wait to

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<v Speaker 1>get into it. And It was by far the most

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<v Speaker 1>popular video I had done to them at that stage,

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<v Speaker 1>and it was just so beautiful to see that people

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<v Speaker 1>needed to see that I was real, and the relief

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<v Speaker 1>to people that we didn't have to be perfect. And

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<v Speaker 1>it really really dawned on me at that moment that

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<v Speaker 1>the reason I don't like so many exercise programs, not all,

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<v Speaker 1>but so many, and the reason I think they do

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<v Speaker 1>more harm than good in some cases is they are

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<v Speaker 1>extreme and they practice perfectionism, which is the total wrong

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<v Speaker 1>thing to do. If something isn't enjoyable, it's not sustainable,

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<v Speaker 1>and if something isn't detainable, what is the point in

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<v Speaker 1>doing it. That's where I've shifted my whole philosophy, my

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<v Speaker 1>whole workout philosophy, particularly in my thirties and beyond I'm

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<v Speaker 1>now forty one, has been to move away from that

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<v Speaker 1>extreme lifestyle where you have to work out for sixty

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<v Speaker 1>minutes plus every day, and every workout you have to

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<v Speaker 1>smash yourself so you can barely walk down the stairs

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<v Speaker 1>at the end of the workout, and you can't drink alcohol,

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<v Speaker 1>and you can't drink coffee, and you can't eat carbs,

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<v Speaker 1>and you're depriving yourself of everything that you enjoy, and

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<v Speaker 1>guess what. Eventually, some people last longer than others. The

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<v Speaker 1>damn walls break, you throw the towel in, you feel deflated,

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<v Speaker 1>you feel defeated, and you go back to a worse

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<v Speaker 1>position than when you first started. I always explain it

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<v Speaker 1>to people when I'm explaining progress not perfection, that you

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<v Speaker 1>should be a seven, eight or nine out of ten

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<v Speaker 1>with your food and a seven, eight or nine out

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<v Speaker 1>of ten with your exercise, not a ten out of

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<v Speaker 1>ten in either, because neither of those are enjoyable, neither

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<v Speaker 1>of those are sustainable. Now, the reason I give a seven,

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<v Speaker 1>eight or nine range is it depends on where you're at.

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<v Speaker 1>If you want quicker weight loss goals, then you probably

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<v Speaker 1>should be closer to a nine. If you're happy for

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<v Speaker 1>it to take a little bit longer and you're a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit more relaxed about it, you should be at

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<v Speaker 1>a seven. Now. I'm sure some people are listening, going, well,

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<v Speaker 1>i'd be at a two now. There's a point where

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<v Speaker 1>you can't be at a two because that's actually not

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<v Speaker 1>there's not going to be any progress there. It's going

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<v Speaker 1>to be either going backwards. It's going to be regression,

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<v Speaker 1>not progression, or best case, you're going to stay where

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<v Speaker 1>you are. So I typically think you need to be

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<v Speaker 1>a seven or eight out of ten, and you've got

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<v Speaker 1>to have the ability to change gears. If it's the

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<v Speaker 1>start of a little challenge that you're doing to yourself,

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<v Speaker 1>you might be a nine out of ten, and then

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<v Speaker 1>you have the ability to change gears and go back

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<v Speaker 1>to an eight out of ten or a seven out

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<v Speaker 1>of ten. Once you've got that initial momentum, you've got

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<v Speaker 1>those initial results as long as you have the ability

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<v Speaker 1>to go back a gear so that it becomes more

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<v Speaker 1>enjoyable and more sustainable. Because progress not perfection, I promise you,

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<v Speaker 1>is the only way to get long term habits and

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<v Speaker 1>the only way to have long term success. Sometimes you

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<v Speaker 1>might reach a level of your health that you're really

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<v Speaker 1>happy with. I'm exercising three or four times a week.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm lean, but I don't care about having a six pack.

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<v Speaker 1>That's not for me, and I function and feel great

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<v Speaker 1>because really, let's not forget how we feel and how

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<v Speaker 1>we function is more important than how we look. So

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<v Speaker 1>my whole philosophy, the philosophy of my twenty eight program,

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<v Speaker 1>the philosophy that I've lived by with my personal training

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<v Speaker 1>over a two decade span has been progress, not perfection.

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<v Speaker 1>And if I can leave you no other motivational moment

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<v Speaker 1>than this one, this is the one I want you to remember.

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<v Speaker 1>So my task, as I always give you one with

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<v Speaker 1>these motivational moments for this week, is simple. I want

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<v Speaker 1>you to evaluate where you are at from a food

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<v Speaker 1>score out of ten and where you are at with

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<v Speaker 1>an exercise score out of ten, and I want you

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<v Speaker 1>to make an improvement. Unless you're already at a nine

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<v Speaker 1>out of ten, then just keep doing what you're doing.

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<v Speaker 1>But if you're at a six, go to a seven.

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<v Speaker 1>If you're at a seven, go to an eight. And

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<v Speaker 1>find that place where you are still enjoying life, but

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<v Speaker 1>you are really proud of the results and the progress

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<v Speaker 1>that you're making. Because when you can find that balance,

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<v Speaker 1>that's when you know you're in the right spot.