You Probably Want What You Don't Need, and Need What You Don't Want

19 Jul, 2025

You probably want a diet that allows you to Binge on all the foods you crave once a week…
But you need to learn that no food has the power to make you eat it.

You probably want to exercise your way to the body you want…
But you need to learn to eat in moderation, because you can’t outwork the dinner table.

You probably want to lift weights by throwing and bouncing the weights around…
But you need to learn to use the muscle to do the work, not momentum.

You probably want to just be told what to do…
But you need to take some time to educate yourself and understand what you’re doing.

You probably want to just copy the program of a successful and gifted athlete…
But you need to gradually find your own way and do a program that is suitable for most people–not just the mutants.

You probably want a trainer who will spoonfeed you everything you need to know…
But you need to be a light unto yourself.

You probably want to be distracted by televisions, phones, and loud music…
But you need to set all that crap–I mean, distractions, aside and focus on what you’re doing.

You probably want to buy coaching at an everyday big-box gym or group-training facility…
But good training isn’t cheap, and cheap training isn’t good. ¹

You probably want a quick fix, a painkiller, or maybe even surgery for that nagging pain in your shoulder or lower back...
But you need to listen to your physical therapist, exercise regularly, eat well, lose weight, and finally heal.

You probably want to just do some “cardio” at low intensity a few days per week…
But you need to learn how to do meaningful resistance training to get the real benefit from exercise.

But then again, maybe you want to train like a special-forces soldier…
But you need to focus on stimulating–not annihilating, your musculoskeletal system for sustainable results.

You probably want what you want, and not what you need…
But if you wanted what you needed, you would finally get what you wanted.

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