Adam Schafer discusses the snowball effect of building healthy habits, where each step becomes bigger as you build confidence and discipline, and the space between the steps gets shorter. He shares how he motivates and helps his clients to develop a good relationship with working out and nutrition, which eventually leads to them wanting to do more and improve their habits.
Gym closures due to the pandemic have severely impacted customers who have made a significant transformation in their physical and mental health, but also due to the loss of routine, community, and financial commitment. This has added to the list of reasons of why they are upset because of the pandemic situation.
The importance of having a dedicated health and wellness coach who can work with you in person or virtually was discussed in this podcast. It is important to prioritize your physical and mental health by committing to a coach who can help with nutrition, movement, physical rehab, and prehab training.
The key to peak performance is integrating and building upon small habits, not just at peak levels but when getting started as well. By embodying the identity of someone who is making progress, pick one thing to focus on and use that as a foundation for next-level performance.
The speaker talks about being inspired by an ex-military fitness influencer who performs impressive physical feats such as lifting heavy weights and running marathons. The inspiration led to the creation of their own fitness influencer channel which helps keep them accountable and exercise harder.