In today’s fitness world, it’s easy to get caught up in trends—high-intensity workouts, fad diets, biohacking tools, and flashy new gadgets. While trying something new can be exciting and even beneficial, constantly switching things up just to keep things interesting can actually work against your long-term goals.
Over the past 10 years in the fitness industry, I’ve noticed three common patterns among people working toward their goals:
- Those who rise to the challenge, crush their goals, and sustain them long-term
- Those who hit their goals but eventually backslide
- Those who struggle to ever get started or stay consistent
The most successful individuals—the first group—are the ones who stick to the basics. They follow consistent routines, repeat the same movement patterns, and maintain steady nutrition habits. It may take them longer to see dramatic results, but the progress they make is lasting.
The second group tends to chase fast results. They get an initial boost from making a big change but can’t maintain it, often jumping to the next new thing and never building lasting momentum.
Change can be good—but constant change for its own sake is a trap. We often see fast results when we start something new (running, tracking food, etc.), but when progress slows, we switch again in hopes of another quick fix. Over time, this leads to regression and frustration.
Stick with what works. Master the basics. That’s where true, lasting progress lives.
(I’ll expand on this in my next blog, on why MVMTS programs the way we do, for something we call GPP: General Physical Preparedness. And why I think you should train this way!)
-Will Hogendoorn
Owner
MVMT Strength