Making The Gym a Happy Place Using Biology (not willpower)

Honestly the thing I hear from EVERY single new client in our first session is that the gym doesn’t feel like their happy place. It can be an intimidating place full of sweaty humans grunting and making pain faces. But something magical thing happens once you’re able to build confidence in the gym - it becomes one of your favorite places to be. And THAT is the key to a sustainable, joyful, fun-filled fitness habit 🎉 Because when we love going to the gym, staying consistent is easy 🫧🌈🛸

This episode is meant to give you some science, tips + tricks that explain how you can turn the gym into your personal happy place 🥰

FAVORITE MOMENTS FROM THIS EPISODE ~

some of my favorite moments from this episode:

• busting the myth that we need to rely on discipline and willpower to get to the gym

• a bit about dopamine and the feel good states we can induce in the gym

• how we can rewire our brains to see the gym as a tool to help us on hard days

• why it might actually be better to go to the gym less often to start

• how our brains react to visualizing progress

• cycling between being in the zone + chilling out

RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS SHOW ~

WIZARD WITH A DUMP TRUCK - OPEN NOW! 🛸

ART OF IMPOSSIBLE BY STEVEN KOTLER

FREE NOTION WORKOUT TRACKING TEMPLATE

HUBERMAN LAB PODCAST: THE SCIENCE OF SETTING + ACHIEVING GOALS

CO-CREATE PODCAST: HOW TO OPTIMIZE STRESS AND CULTIVATE RESILIENCE THROUGH MOVEMENT

DETAILED EPISODE BREAKDOWN ~

0:00 - 10:00 ish:

• overview of today’s episode

• how you can easily implement on these concepts inside Wizard With a Dump Truck

• busting the myth that we need to rely on discipline and willpower to get to the gym

10 - 20:00 ish:

• a bit about dopamine and the feel good states we can induce in the gym

• the importance of having a winnable gym strategy

• how tracking the right things makes our brains light up with joy

20 - 30:00 ish:

• the challenge-skills sweet spot and why we care about it

• using the post-exercise endorphins to amplify your happy

• how we can rewire our brains to see the gym as a tool to help us on hard days

30 - 40:00 ish:

• tip #1: start with a winnable strategy

• why it might actually be better to go to the gym less often to start

• how to set yourself up so you get a dopamine hit just for walking through the gym door

40 - 50:00 ish:

• tip #2: track the right things

• how our brains react to visualizing progress

• examples of what it looks like to track the wrong things

• simple tools to track your