Fit for Life: The Three R’s to Success

Fit for Life: The Three R’s to Success

Many of the same rules apply to becoming successful regardless of the situation.

An example I always highlight is how running a business compares to executing a healthy lifestyle.

 

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Obtaining knowledge, understanding the components, executing, and staying consistent are the fundamentals of success in business and health.

 

I consider myself an expert in outlining the steps to claim your health. However, running a successful business has been a 10-year work in progress, and it's something I still work on daily.

 

Due to the many moving parts involved, progress requires constant learning, focus, and implementation of new tasks and strategies.

 

Advertising strategies change, the economy changes, technology changes, people change, and business models change.

 

Then, unexpected elements like pandemics add to the constant changes that occur daily.

 

Quite the contrary with your health and fitness.

 

The basics will remain the same: Exercise, eat clean, sleep, and hydrate.

Vegetables and quality protein were good for you 100 years ago and are still good today.

 

The same goes for sleep, exercise, and hydration.

The human body always needed these components and always will, as I keep saying repeatedly!!

 

Nothing has changed on that level.

 

What these two components (business and health) have in common is that you have to incorporate the 3R mindset to become successful at either one.

 

My business mentor, Bedros Keuilian, presented a while back on how to dominate in business with these 3 R's, so I will tell you how to dominate your health and fitness program using this technique.

 

The first one is resilience and bounce-back ability.

 

We all go through tough stretches when everything that can go wrong does.

 

You are doing great with getting to the gym regularly, packing your meals, and keeping your healthy habits on point; an injury happens, your schedule changes, or a loved one gets sick, throwing you out of your routine.

 

Acquiring good exercise and eating habits is tough to implement into your lifestyle, but it can be done with a lot of self-talk and mental focus. However, falling back into bad habits happens quickly and easily.

 

Look what happens around the holidays.

You eat poorly for several days, quickly morphing into a few weeks.

Then weeks become months, and before you know it, you are in a place you don't want to be.

 

This is where resiliency is needed.

 

You must be tough and claw your way back to where you want to be.

It takes formidable mental stamina, strong will, and the desire to succeed to become resilient.

 

You have to fight temptation and develop those good habits again.

 

The weak will fail, but the resilient will prevail.

 

In business, the same thing happens.

 

You get on a roll, then hit a roadblock and move a step backward.

The key is to take more steps forward than you go back, which requires showing up every day and being ready to battle.

 

Resiliency and hard work have gotten me through some difficult situations. Can you say Covid?

Intelligence or experience in running a business didn’t play a role here.

 

Before I opened Providence Fit Body Boot Camp 10 years ago, I had zero formal business training. Therefore, being resilient and having a no-quit attitude have become essential for survival and future success.

 

The second one is that you need to be Resourceful because not everything goes as planned.

 

This is also one of my core values at Providence Fit Body Boot Camp.

 

I tell my team that when something unexpected happens, as we run out of paper, the pipe freezes in the bathroom, or a member doesn't feel well during a workout, we must think fast and problem-solve ASAP.

 

Find solutions, don’t dwell on the problem, and do it quickly!

 

The same goes for you when trying to get fit and healthy.

 

With the nutrition aspect, you won't always be able to carry all your prepped meals with you.

If you get stuck at work longer than expected and get hungry, you need to find the best option.

 

That may involve running to a 7/11 and getting a Protein bar, a bottle of water, a banana, some packaged nuts, or a container of Greek yogurt.

 

Not ideal, but better than not eating or eating some fast food crap, a candy bar, or a bakery item.

 

When you go to the fridge and realize that you forgot to hit the market, you need to be resourceful and put something together.

 

We usually always have eggs, frozen vegetables, peanut butter, or something that can be created to emulate a healthy meal. You're good to go if you have something with protein and are resourceful.

 

Traveling or can’t make it to the gym?

 

Tons of bodyweight movements will have you sweating up a storm in about 10 minutes.

 

If you are resourceful, you will get it done. If you are not, that's another workout missed and another unnecessary excuse for not getting it done.

 

Oppressively constant: incessant. / harsh or inflexible is the definition for the final R, and that is Relentless.

 

Success with anything requires consistency, drive, repetition, and a strong desire for your envisioned outcome.

 

You can't eat well sometimes, exercise occasionally, get to bed on time a few days a week, and drink enough water when you feel like it.

 

This needs to be done all the time and forever.

 

You need to get in the habit of doing what you NEED to do and not just doing what you LIKE to do.

 

This holds true for every aspect of your life.

 

In business, you need to fire people, stay late to GSD, and get up early when it's cold and rainy outside daily.

 

Regarding your health and fitness, you must eat clean daily and work out 3-5 times a week, or it won't work out in your favor.

 

There is no flexibility to becoming successful on any level.

Either you are doing or you are not doing. There is no trying.

 

I am where I want to be on a health and fitness level; however, with business, I am just getting started.

I had a lot to learn, and still have a long way to go before I consider myself successful.

 

If I stop now, it will never happen.

 

I know that the more resilient, resourceful, and relentless I become in my pursuit, the closer I am likely to reach my goals.

 

We are all working towards something in life, and the more we stay focused and keep putting in the reps, the closer we get every day. So when you feel down and out, dig a little deeper and ask yourself how badly you want it.

 

Committed to your success,

Matt