Muscle for Life with Mike Matthews - So You Say

Episode Date: May 15, 2023

Some people say they “don’t have time” to exercise, but watch an hour of Netflix every night.  Or they buy produce and watch it slowly wither in their fridge.  Or spend time looking for that game-changing supplement while only getting 5 hours of sleep per night.  Listen to this episode to find the motivation to start, develop habits, and ultimately win at your fitness journey. Timestamps: (0:00) - Please leave a review of the show wherever you listen to podcasts and make sure to subscribe! (0:54) - My award-winning fitness books for men and women: https://legionathletics.com/products/books/ Mentioned on the Show: My award-winning fitness books for men and women: https://legionathletics.com/products/books/

You can say that you don't have time to exercise, but if you have an hour to puddle around on social media or Netflix, you also have the time to do a home workout or even just go for a walk, which, by the way, burns a couple hundred calories per hour, is easy on the body, minimally impacts muscle building, and preferentially burns body fat. And yes, that's me telling you to go for more walks. Walking is indeed a form of exercise, a very underrated form of exercise. So get walking every day outside if you can, in the sun if possible, in nature if possible. It is probably one of the simplest things you can do to improve many aspects of your health and your fitness and your well-being. Now, you can also say

that you wish you could be the person you believed you could be when you bought all that produce, but if you can just track the food you eat every day for a week, you can learn a lot about your eating habits and you can find very easy ways to better align your diet and your meal plan to your goals and your preferences. You can also say that you're looking for that game-changing supplement, but if you are not getting enough sleep or eating enough nutritious food, then the perfect supplement for you, my friend, is a vuvuzela to the face. And so what is the moral here? Well, it is this. First, we get excited to start. Then we get stuck and we want to quit.

Then we keep bashing away. Then we make it a habit. Then we win. If you like what I'm doing here on the podcast, and if you want to hear my musings on mastering the inner game of getting fit so you can reach your fitness goals faster, check out my book, The Little Black Book of Workout Motivation. In it, I share wisdom and insights from hundreds

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their courage when they need it most, and more. And all that is why I've sold over 60,000 copies of The Little Black Book and why it has over 1,000 four- and five-star reviews on Amazon. And you can find The Little Black Book of Workout Motivation on all major online retailers like Audible, Amazon, iTunes, Kobo, and Google Play. Well, I hope you liked this episode. I hope you found it helpful. And if you did, subscribe to the show because it makes sure that you don't miss new episodes. And it also helps me because it increases the rankings of the show a little bit, which of course then makes it a little bit more easily found by other people who may like it just as

much as you. And if you didn't like something about this episode or about the show in general, or if you have ideas or suggestions or just feedback to share, shoot me an email, mike at muscleforlife.com, muscleforlife.com, and let me know what I could do better or just what your thoughts are about maybe what you'd like to see me do in the future. I read everything myself. I'm always looking for new ideas and constructive feedback. So thanks again for listening to this episode and I hope to hear from you soon.