Watching a good chess player at work is all about strategy.
The best team on the field or court very rarely wins because of one specific play, but because of the overall strategy, they came prepared with.
Our lives, and especially fitness, are filled with tactics, but not enough strategy.
"Use this belt, let it jiggle your fat, and it will magically make your waist smaller."
"Do this one specific exercise to tighten and tone your arms."
"Eat this superfood to boost your metabolism overnight."
Just like in business, tactics without strategy never works.
The media does a great job at filling our minds with all different kinds of tactics to lose weight, tone up, boost your metabolism, and have more energy...
But what's the strategy?
Throw them all together and hope one of them sticks?
You get my point.
There is not one specific exercise that is best...
There is not one specific food that is best...
There are just strategies that work.
For example...
My strategy is to workout 200 times this year through fun and engaging strength based workouts.
I want to eat "clean" 80% of the time, but not let it cripple me to the point of not enjoying life.
I practice daily mindfulness to keep most of my thoughts positive and have a 1% Better approach to fitness and life, which is this...
We only have good days and great days, and as long as I gave it my all today I know I'm better than yesterday but not as good as tomorrow.
I can then fill that overall strategy in with specific tactics.
I have a bookmark that I use for my daily reading, it has 200 boxes on it.
I place an "X" after every workout, that holds me accountable to getting my 200 workouts in.
I'm not saying tactics are not important.
However, we don't want to stack a bunch of random tactics on top of a non-existent strategy.
Have a strong strategy as your foundation, use that as your guardrails to keep you focused and on track, and don't get caught up in the fancy quick-fix tactics, you and I both know they never last.
1% Better.
Dedicated to Your Success,
Doug Spurling