Sometimes I would be able to get to the top, exhausted and out of breath, while my mom would arrive at the same time laughing at how hard I had to work.<\/span><\/p>\n Spend enough time in an airport (or travel with young kids), and within a few minutes you\u2019ll see kids trying to run on a People Mover moving in the other direction. Exhaustion for them, entertainment for us.<\/span><\/p>\n See where I\u2019m going with this?<\/span><\/p>\n My friend Mark Manson put the following in<\/b> \u200b<\/span>his newsletter<\/b>\u200b<\/span><\/a> this week:<\/b><\/p>\n \u201cAll the grit, persistence, and motivation in the world won\u2019t do you any good if you\u2019re working on the wrong thing. In fact, it will do the opposite.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Which brings me to today\u2019s question\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n Earlier this year, I remember having a conversation with Coach Matt from Team NF about<\/b> \u200b<\/span>coaching clients<\/b>\u200b<\/span><\/a> who succeed and who struggle.<\/b><\/p>\n I bet you\u2019ve had moments where you wondered if all the effort was ACTUALLY worth it, or why progress seemed harder than normal.<\/span><\/p>\n Here are a few examples of trying to run up the down escalator:<\/b><\/p>\n Running (and anything else considered cardio) is <\/span>great<\/span><\/i> for heart and lung health. But running and cardio is<\/span> \u200b<\/span>far less effective for weight loss<\/span>\u200b<\/span><\/a> than we think (unless we ALSO adjust our nutrition strategy too).<\/span><\/p>\n My guess is you want to look more \u201ctoned,\u201d which means you don\u2019t just want to \u201close weight,\u201d but rather keep the muscle you have and lose the fat on top of it.<\/span><\/p>\n If these are our goals, then putting on our focus on the right escalator is key.<\/span><\/p>\n Here are examples of walking up the up escalator:<\/b><\/p>\n Show me somebody that eats mostly protein, fruits and vegetables, and strength trains (with progressive overload) for 30 minutes a few times per week, and I\u2019ll show you somebody who is moving UP the right escalator.<\/span><\/p>\n Here\u2019s the thing:<\/b> \u200b<\/span>humans aren\u2019t wired to love exercise<\/b>\u200b<\/span><\/a>.<\/b> We\u2019re also not designed to thrive in a world in which high calorie, nutritionally-empty delicious foods are always available.<\/span><\/p>\n Which means if we\u2019re going to spend valuable brain power and energy on doing<\/span> something,<\/span><\/i> we might as well pick the right things to trick ourselves into doing.<\/span><\/p>\n Yep, there\u2019s a whole \u201clife vs behavior\u201d change component to this too (which I covered in a previous newsletter about<\/span> \u200b<\/span>Manageable vs Meaningful<\/span>\u200b<\/span><\/a>). But deciding \u201chow quickly do I want to implement these meaningful steps\u201d is a better question to be asking than \u201cWhy am I not making progress despite <\/span>working so hard?\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n Get off the wrong escalator, and get on the right one.<\/span><\/p>\n Might as well put that effort to good use!<\/span><\/p>\n -Steve<\/b><\/p>\n ###<\/span><\/p>\n The post Wasted Effort<\/a> first appeared on Nerd Fitness<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I remember racing up the down escalator in Macy\u2019s at the Cape Cod Mall. My mom, calmly riding the Up escalator like a regular human, would say I was going to hurt myself (possible) or I was making a scene (correct) or interrupting the people trying to get down the escalation (also correct). Sometimes I…<\/p>\n
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