Why Most People Do Not See Result: Following the Wrong Strategy

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Most people fail to get what they want from their health and fitness because they are strategically failing. There are quite a few things you could be doing that can contribute to you missing the mark, or a combination of multiple things. Working out isn't just a show up, check the box, and things happen type of endeavor. Your body adapts to the signal you send, not what your mind wants it to adapt to. Regardless or what you want, just checking the box, winging it, and not looking at the complete picture are a piss-poor habits.

Here are the biggest mistakes we see:

1. Training Without a Plan

Jumping from workout to workout without direction, either complete randomization or the same exact work, means you’re not applying the right stimulus for your goals. Random work, even if it is hard, doesn’t equal progress. Unless your goal is just to struggle and likely not improve. Walking into the gym and doing the say order of exercises, at the same weight and intensity, will lead to the same result. Example is if your goal is to get stronger and you are never lifting heavy weight (correctly) but instead walking in doing 20 minutes of cardio a few lifts for a 15 reps, then hitting the sauna.

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The Fix at Bishop Arts Fitness: We program with purpose. Each training day has a specific goal, whether it’s strength, capacity, or endurance. Throughout a given cycle we will make minor adjustments to the movements and organization for the days while keeping the goals in mind. We focus on the stimulus of the day so you know what you’re training and why.

2. Inconsistent Effort

Some weeks you're in the gym 3-4 days. Then you miss a week and a half and blame the world. Then you show back up talking a big game about committing to yourself and being consistent. Only to miss the next week. Progress requires consistency in pacing, intensity, and effort. This start and stop cycle is something so many people do. You're goal should be to training 5-6 days a week. I know that sounds like a lot but life will present days when you can't make it, and if you are planning on the entire week, missing 2 days still gets you 4 training sessions. Creating a limit ("I'm going to workout 3 days a week") and missing 1 day takes 33% of your training out for the week and creates a long gap between training sessions. If showing up that many days a week is too much to recover from, you need to evaluate your recovery and then evaluate your program. That's the order.

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The other is people show up but aren't doing the work at the intended intensity. The problem here is a bit more obvious. Don't tell the body it NEEDS to change and it won't.

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The Fix at Bishop Arts Fitness: Coaches guide you on how to approach each workout and what it should feel like. We teach pacing and effort strategies so you can hit the right intensity without burning out or going through the motions. Free recovery guidance is given to any member who needs it. If you can't consistently get 8 hours of sleep, you need help.

3. Ignoring Life Outside the Gym

Training is only one piece of the puzzle. Poor sleep, bad nutrition, and unmanaged stress can hold you back no matter how hard you train. You spend an hour in the gym, roughly. Subtract warm up time, subtract time you spending getting equipment set and not managing time well, and it's less working out. But we will stick with it being 1 hour. That leave 23 hours left in the day. Amateurs think that the 1 will outweigh the 23. They are wrong. The nutrition, sleep, and stress management are a significantly bigger piece of the pie. Example: do a hard workout, you burn 500 calories. Throughout the day you eat aimlessly but "good" and still manage to take in 600 calories more than you need. The gym time isn't the reason you aren't losing weight, not controlling what you put in your mouth is. Not getting enough sleep and feel like you aren't getting good workouts, obvious answer that people don't fix.

Two camps of people show up, people that genuinely don't know what they should be doing outside the gym, and people that know and aren't executing.

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The Fix at Bishop Arts Fitness: We support members beyond the gym floor. Want help with recovery and stress management strategies and do a dive into nutrition for anyone that wants to implement. It starts with one nutrition task at a time and we troubleshoot along the way to help you get there. . We’ll highlight what matters most and give you practical ways to improve outside the gym.

4. Moving Without Intention

Too many people just focus on getting from point A to point B in a lift, ignoring how they’re getting their. This leads to poor technique, mobility issues, and stalled progress. How you do the lift is more important than just being able to do it. Ask anyone that has hurt themselves on a deadlift. You movement quality is your responsibility. You need to tune in and feel what is going on. Not mindlessly outsource to someone else. You should be taught how to do things correctly, but at no point should you not be the first line to evaluating how your are doing something.

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The Fix at Bishop Arts Fitness: Our coaches prioritize quality movement patterns. We teach you how to move correctly, address mobility gaps, and make sure technique drives long-term progress. We also hammer into people the idea of staying tuned into what you are feeling so you can take control and correct yourself if needed.

5. Chasing Goals That Don’t Matter

If you’re training for goals you don’t actually care about, it’s easy to lose focus. Training without buy-in turns into mindless work. Training just to have fun or training solely for your mental health aren't reasons to not have goals that are more objective. You want to be healthier. Cool. What does that mean? Lose weight, build muscle, improve blood work (via nutrition). What's the emotional factor that makes you want to change? Feeling uncomfortable in your clothes? Weak in daily life or when playing with the kids. Every day you feel run down and tired and hate life? All things that come be improved with a good program but you need to be specific and find the emotional attachment to make change matter. Why do something hard if it doesn't matter? You can tell me you want to lose weight but if you choose not to stop shoveling pancakes in your mouth and generally eating like a child, you won't get there.

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The Fix at Bishop Arts Fitness: We help you define clear, meaningful goals. We dig a little to see why you want the things you ask for. Then we start the process of see what things in your life you should adjust and stick with you along the way.

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Bottomline

You only have a limited number of hours per week, and limited time alive. Wasting time with the wrong approach cuts into results and holds you back from living life to the fullest. Being more capable only makes life better.

The Fix at Bishop Arts Fitness: We maximize every training session. Our coaching, structure, and focus on efficiency mean you get the most out of the hours in the gym so you can get the most out of the time you have.

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