November 10, 2025 • 22 mins
If you've ever struggled to stay consistent with your training, this episode is for you.
I’ve been there—tired, unmotivated, bored, over it. But I’ve also learned how to keep showing up when I don’t feel like it. In this solo episode, I break down the mental game of consistency. We’ll talk about identity, burnout, how to build momentum again after you fall off, and the routines that make it easier to keep going.
This isn’t about perfection—it’s about persistence.
We’ll cover:
- The First Mile Rule and how it helps me push through resistance
- Why identity matters more than motivation
- How to deal with fatigue and burnout without giving up
- Weekly systems I use to stay consistent and accountable
- Sports psychology insights that actually work
Whether you’re training for a race, working on a personal goal, or trying to build better habits—this episode will help you stay in the game.
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SPEAKER_00 (00:00):
Friends, welcome back to the Getin' After It
podcast.
I am uh really excited you'rehere today.
First off, I'm I I apologize, Iam a little bit sick, so my
voice sounds a little gross.
Um maybe not gross, but I justsound like I'm congested.
So bear with me through that.
And um I also want to say thankyou for all the support that
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we've been getting.
The show has been it's beenawesome.
Um, seeing all the the commentsand the uh shares on things like
Spotify um on YouTube, we'restarting to pick up some
traction there.
So it's it's really cool to see.
Um it just gets me excited thatmore people are taking interest
in the idea of getting after itand pushing themselves on a
regular basis.
Like it doesn't just have to berunning, running's a good start,
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but how how you stay consistentin the long run.
Like that is really what's kindof uh important about the
getting after it movement isit's it's aimed for building
consistency in yourself, whichis exactly what we're talking
about today.
This is kind of a part two tothe uh uh episode 162 that
(01:06):
unfortunately Spotify has takendown.
Um it's admin and appeal, buthad some copyright music in
there, so they took it down.
Uh unfortunate, but I guess hey,we're getting to that level now,
so it's kind of cool.
Um, anyways, being consistent isone of arguably the hardest
things to to do, really.
Like starting is easy becausethere's a lot of excitement at
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the beginning.
Anything that is novel, we canget really pumped about.
You know, and think about hey,you know, it's I used to be this
way as a kid at least, but Iwould always be excited for
school to start.
Like that first week of schoolwas so awesome because I'd be
able to show everyone my newoutfits, my new backpack, my new
lunchbox.
Um, I'd see who my teacher was.
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Usually at the beginning of thelike the school year, you don't
really do much.
You just go through thesyllabus, maybe play some get to
know you games, whatever.
Um and that kind of goes awaypretty quickly, right?
Like once you get back inschool, you start getting
homework, you start um studyingsubjects that are a little
difficult for you, then hey,that that excitement kind of
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dies away.
And it's the same kind of storywith everything that we do.
And I I hear it a lot fromrunners that I talk to.
It's just the hardest part ofactually doing the thing is
staying consistent and makingsure that you're um still
putting in the reps, stillshowing up for yourself.
Uh, and again, this doesn'tnecessarily have to be just
about running, but I think it'sa great analogy.
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Doing anything difficult, that'sa good analogy to think about
with this episode.
And um, so things likeweightlifting, things like
trading for a sport or running,uh starting a business, like
starting a family, anythingthat's difficult, how do you
remain consistent?
How do you perform to uh thebest of your abilities each and
every day, especially when youdon't want to?
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Like when that time comes, andeveryone deals with this, is
when you are grinding, you'repushing yourself, you're
starting to either get burntout, you're starting to get
tired, you're starting to getbored, you're getting fatigued
with whatever you're doing.
Um, but that's when you have tolook back at whatever you're
doing.
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Like you have to think aboutyour goal and say, hey, I'm
still in this.
And you have to show up foryourself.
Um, the reality ofinconsistency, though, is it's
uh human nature.
Like in in in all honesty, itreally is human nature.
Like everyone's beeninconsistent at some point,
including myself.
There have been days where I'vestared at my shoes more as
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enemies rather than somethingthat's gonna help me accomplish
my goal.
And I'll get to the gym and I'mjust like, I do not want to do
this, I don't want to lift, I'mtired.
Or I get to the trailhead andI'm like, I am really not
looking forward to what's comingover these next two and a half
hours.
Like, whatever it is, um, youcan kind of get burnt out a
little bit, and um, you know,sometimes it's burnout,
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sometimes it's boredom, andsometimes it's just life being
heavy at the time.
Like there's a lot that's goingon, and we all deal with
different things.
And so it's it's difficult to gothrough that, but honestly, that
should give you some reassurancethat you're not broken, you're
not failing in any way.
It's just honestly, it's humannature at that point.
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Like, we all fall off the wagonevery now and then.
What's important is that we getback on.
Like, that is the most criticalthing I could tell you uh when
we talk about consistency is ifyou ever notice in yourself
there's a lack of ofconsistency, you're you're
starting to get inconsistentwith your habits, and you notice
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that in yourself, the firstthing that you need to do is
immediately get back on.
Like, start as small as you can,just do whatever you can do that
day.
Like, for example, if your goalis to train for a race and
you've kind of fallen off, um,run a mile that day that you
notice that.
Be like, okay, well, let's atleast get this momentum going.
Because with consistency,momentum is going to be the
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biggest help in this journey.
Like, you have to maintainmomentum, you have to keep that
going because otherwise you runthe risk of, like I said,
burning out, getting bored, or anumber of other things you might
run into.
But at least jumping back on assoon as you can, that'll help
you at least, you know, stayfocused on your goal and
hopefully get back on track.
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Um, because that really iswhat's important.
And you know, we we call thatresilience, being able to stay
with something for a long time.
And and when you do get knockeddown, you get back up and you
just keep on going, you keep onfighting.
And consistency requiresresilience because there are
days when you're fatigued andyou're exhausted, and um, you
know, things are prettydifficult to pursue, and um you
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just have to keep taking one onestep in front of another, and
and until you get to that pointto where you know you are
starting to make that progressagain and remain consistent on
your goals.
But just remember that it'ssomething that we all face
inconsistency and those kind ofum problems that we deal with,
they're they're human problems,they're not a you problem,
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they're not a me problem.
Everyone has to deal with them,and and that's the important
rule is that you just try, youjust try to get back on track.
And for me with running, um, ifI ever notice myself slipping,
or if I ever notice how like I'mexhausted and I am tired, I
don't I like I can't train.
That's an important thing forme.
It's like understanding whenyou're just tired, or
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understanding when you need a aday to rest.
And to be honest, I'm not greatwith this yet, but um one thing
that does help me is if I starta run, I usually try and just do
one mile, right?
And this is going back to thelike start small kind of things,
just maintain that momentum.
Um, I'll say, hey, if I run amile and I'm not doing great at
the end of it, then maybe I'llpull back and take a rest day.
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And so I start the mile, anddepending on how I feel after
that mile, I'll either keepgoing or pull back and say, no,
I need a day.
Um, it's rare when that happens,but it's important to be able to
lean back on that and just say,hey, I'm gonna give it my all.
And sometimes your all is gonnalook like a mile.
Like that is still consistency.
That is still putting your goalsout there.
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It's just, you know, you mightneed some time to recover, and
that's completely fine too.
You just have to listen to yourbody, and you you need to learn
what your like what it feelslike when you're going in the
red line for so long, and alsoum, you know, when you're
starting to feel better and inand go smoothly that way.
So just a couple things to thinkabout there is what's the
smallest thing that you could doto maintain that momentum with
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your goals?
Um, what are some triggers thatyou could use to help you stay
on track when things getdifficult and um maintain that
motivation uh when it's arguablynot there?
Like that's important to do.
Um you also need to rememberyour why.
Like a big part of consistencyis remembering why you're doing
something in the first place.
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And for me, like running is kindof nice because I usually train
for races.
Like I have a 50-mile racecoming up in April, and if I
don't train for that, then I'mgonna be in a lot of trouble
April 18th when I go and run myfirst 50 mile race.
And so that's like a good reasonfor me to push myself, but I
lean back on the why.
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My true why for why I run is isbasically because I know what
it's like to not be able to.
I was told by doctors that I,you know, ran the risk of having
a heart attack if I ran a halfmarathon.
Um, and that sucked.
That was not fun.
And I know there's so many otherpeople out there who don't have
that opportunity, so I I alwaysremember those people too.
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I try and think of them.
That keeps me going, and um,that's my main why for why I
run.
And the podcast, like the reasonI keep these episodes coming
every single week, and I I pushthem out to as many people as I
can.
I try and get this message outto people, is because I know how
beneficial it has been in mylife, and I know that it can
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really do well for others aswell, like the same kind of
thing.
I know it can really do wondersfor people who apply these
principles into their lives.
Like you will become someone whoyou never thought was possible,
and that's why I think it's socool, it's because everyone goes
through these transformations,um, and by the end of it,
everyone has way more confidencewhen they do apply these
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principles correctly.
And like I think of Drew, Ithink of my my mom who's been
getting after for years, um,like Allie, her brother.
There's so many people who I Ijust look to who are really
trying to achieve um achievegreatness in their lives.
And it's through small steps,it's not through major major
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steps that um seem like anovernight success.
No, it's the small andconsistent ones that really
really build people up andreally um do wonders for others.
And one part of like I hear thisa lot too.
When I talk to people who saythey're not consistent or
anything like that, they willsay that.
They'll be like, oh yeah, I knowI'm just not a consistent
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person.
Like I can't stay with somethingfor so long.
I and then they'll they'll listoff their excuses, like, oh, I
get bored.
Um, you know, I'm I'm fatigued alot.
I I have a job, I have to gohome and you know be with my
family, like all these things,which are valid excuses.
But at the end of the day, it'slike, okay, well, does it matter
to you enough to make time forit?
Because arguably, I think anypursuit that you want to do, you
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can find time in your day tomake it happen.
You can cut down screen time,you can cut down Netflix time,
you can cut down um time spentdoing you know tedious or or
stupid tasks that don't bringyou any value.
Um and that's the thing, it'sjust like when you eliminate the
excuses when you don't allowthem to show up, and you say,
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you know what, I am I am aconsistent person, then hey, you
identify as that and you becomeconsistent.
It's it sounds like some woo-woostuff and some cliche crap, but
it truly is like that is apowerful tool to use, is saying,
like, hey, I know I am aconsistent person, or I'm a
runner, or I'm someone who goesto the gym every day.
And then you show up for that.
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Like, even if it's not great,even if it's not the best
workout you ever had, but atleast you still showed up.
And that's what consistency isall about is showing up,
especially when it getsdifficult, when life starts
getting heavy, when there's somany things happening at work
with your family and um in theworld, that you still make time
for the things that matter toyou.
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Like that is important, and youneed that.
Like everyone is an individualperson, and we all have
different desires, we all havedifferent wants.
And you can't go about your lifejust focusing so much on
focusing so much on like yourcareer and your family, but not
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not give any time for yourself.
And that might be a might be arough thing to to say, but I
think that is true.
Like, I've done that before inmy life.
I've I've tried, you know, beingthere for other people more than
myself, and it's almost likethat um it's kind of like that
analogy with the you know, youyou're losing altitude in a
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plane, and the um oxygen maskspop out from the ceiling, and
you have to put yourself yourson first before helping others.
And I feel like a lot of thetimes, like when you have a
goal, like if you show up forthat goal, if you're doing what
you can in your life, like tobalance it, and sometimes you
know, one each day is gonna lookdifferent in terms of how close
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you get towards that goal andhow much progress you make
towards that goal.
Sometimes it's gonna be small,sometimes it might look bigger
than others.
But if you make that time foryourself to pursue something
great, then I think one, you'llhave more confidence in
yourself, and two, you'll have abetter relationship with
yourself.
Like you need to still learn whoyou are.
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As weird as that sounds, like Istill find out some things about
myself that I was like, hey, youknow what?
That's that's kind of cool.
Like, I I still am learning whoI am.
I'm 28 years old, and I'm surethat'll go until I'm you know on
on my deathbed.
Like I'm sure I'll always belearning things about myself.
And um, I I just am passionatethat you need that time to to be
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able to have that to decompressfor yourself, to be able to
forget the worries of the world,and I wouldn't necessarily say
forget your responsibilities,but maybe take a break from
them.
Like, and this might be badadvice, but it helps me.
Like anytime I'm having a daywhere I'm stressed at work and I
didn't work out that morning, umI'll go work out and I'll feel
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100% better.
Like, ask Allie, she's seen itbefore, where I'm just a grumpy
guy, and then she will literallytell me she's like, go work out,
and I'll go work out, come home,and I'm in a much better mood.
And it's just weird.
Like, if I didn't have that, ifI didn't have that outlet, and
that's kind of what it is for meas an outlet, um, I think I
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would be a lot more angry.
And I'm just glad that I Ifigured it out as early as I
did.
But you might be feeling thatway right now.
You might be feeling kind of howI feel when I'm not able to work
out and I have a rough day atwork.
And you might be grumpy.
And maybe it's because you youlet your hobby sit on the shelf
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for too long.
Maybe it's because you've saidyou're gonna do um, maybe you
said you're gonna do a halfmarathon for the last four years
in a row, and you haven't doneit yet.
And so you have to gain thatconfidence back in yourself that
you can do hard things.
And that's why I think it'simportant to give yourself time
to work on your own pursuits.
But don't put that over otherpeople.
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Don't put that over your family,don't put that over your career,
don't put that over you know,your faith.
You need to make time for thosethings too.
Like this should be your butmake sure you're just balancing
um time for others as well aswell as time for you.
Like you need that just as muchas um anyone else.
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Like do not allow yourself to touh fall off in that way.
Um but really quickly I want totalk about dealing with fatigue
and burnout because I feel likethat's a common thing that many
people struggle with, includingmyself.
Like that is something that Istill deal with to this game or
to this day, but I've realizedthat fatigue is actually just
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part of the game.
That is part of the game.
Some days you push through it,like I mentioned earlier, um,
but other days you need to restso you can come back stronger.
And again, I'm still learningthis.
I've I've pushed too hard, I'veI've ignored the signals many
times.
Um, and anytime I do, like myself-talk goes pretty dark, um,
especially when I miss workouts.
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Um But what I'm learning is thatrest, if done properly, can
become a weapon.
And burnout isn't necessarilyit's not a sign of weakness from
you.
It's it's more feedback.
Like, hey, you're in the redline, you're going too hard too
too long.
Like, let's tone it back alittle bit.
Let's see what we can do to takethose smaller steps to get to
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that point.
Um, so don't don't feel likeyou're weak if you, you know,
need some rest from your goals.
And you know, we've been talkingabout being consistent a lot of
the times, but um oddly enough,I have seen like, you know, I've
I've coached a few people andthey've told me like I am
exhausted.
And I will tell them, and mycoach did this to me too.
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But just saying, hey, listen,just take a week off, like, do
not run, just take a week off.
You might need that.
Fuel up, eat good, um, just takecare of your body.
And then usually after thatweek, they come back hungry.
Like they're like, okay, I'mready to run.
Like, I want to get back intothe things.
And I did that to my coach too.
I was like, okay, this is like Ihad my rest week, like, let's
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get back into things.
And again, it doesn't have to berunning.
Like, if it's a hobby or abusiness or something else, and
you're just burning yourselfout, you're you're burning the
candle at both ends.
Then maybe it's okay to say,okay, I'm just gonna take a day
from this.
Like, I think it would be betterfor me to not have this cloud my
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mind all day, every day.
And so just take a step back andbe like, okay, well, I'll I'll
come back to this.
Like, there's nothing wrong withthat.
And as long as you jump back onand keep that momentum rolling,
sometimes rust, like I said, ifused properly, can be a weapon
for you.
And it can be a good, a goodtactic to keep in your back
pocket.
Be like, hey, you know what?
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This isn't something that I haveto do every single day that
will, in fact, um determine thequality of my life, right?
It's you know, you might needsome time just to relax a little
bit.
Um, the other thing I would sayis consistency thrives on
support.
Like having accountabilitypartners.
It's it's why Drew and I we talkevery Sunday night.
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Um, kind of just in thatconversation, we have a review
of the previous week, you know,what we did well, how we did in
training, um, areas that we needto improve on.
And then when we're talkingabout the upcoming week, we will
set goals for that week.
We'll talk about our trainingplans, um, what we're gonna be
doing to stay consistent.
Uh, we'll talk about ourpersonal goals, our our uh
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spiritual goals, you know,financial goals, all these
different things.
But it just makes it easy for meto be able to be like, hey, you
know what?
Drew and I are trying to kind ofdo the same things together.
You know, we have thesespiritual goals, we have these
financial goals, we have thesefitness goals and these personal
goals that we're all trying tostrive on.
Um, him and I are in the sameboat.
And then we talk about ourtraining.
And um, whenever I'm tired andlike I'm having a hard day, I
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think about like I think aboutDrew or the other people that
I'm I'm training with too.
It's like they're humans, theyprobably have the same kind of
feelings that I do from time totime, and they're still showing
up and and pushing through, so Ican too.
And I don't know, it just givesme a little bit more um success,
I think, with being consistentis being able to rely on others
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and have them close.
So what I would say is like ifyou have a spouse or a really
close friend, a parent that youcan reach out to and say, hey,
I'm doing this thing.
Um, I just want to talk to youabout it every week, like talk
to you about my progress.
And I would love for you to holdme accountable and and just
check in on me, you know, everynow and then.
I think people really respectthat and they appreciate it too.
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It makes them feel like youtrust their opinion, you trust
their um judgment of you, andum, you know, they won't let
you, they won't let you slip.
If they're a good accountabilitypartner, they will not let you
slip.
So choose them wisely.
But it is a I wouldn't say acheat code, but it's very
helpful.
Like, do it with someone, get afriend, get them into running,
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get them into training, get theminto your business, like
whatever thing you're trying topursue, do it with some other
people.
You don't have to go at thisalone, and that's what many
people think, um, or I think alot of people fail with
consistency, is they feel likethey are, in fact, going at it
alone.
They feel like they are doingthis thing, they're they're the
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only ones out there who arepushing themselves the way that
they do.
And in reality, that's not true.
Anyone who's trying to get afterit, they're all gonna be pushing
themselves, they're all gonna betrying to do something difficult
and and really um improve theirlives just through their
actions.
And so getting after it, likethe whole idea of this community
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is to build an ecosystem ofpeople who are in that same
boat, who can help each otherout, who can rely on one another
when things get rough, who cangive advice, who can chime in,
say, hey, listen, I was dealingwith burnout a couple weeks ago.
Here's what I did, this mighthelp you.
And everyone's story is going tobe different.
That's what getting after italso emphasizes is that, hey,
listen, we're not from the samecircumstances, we're not from
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the same um places, you know,we're different body types,
different athletic types, butwe're all trying to do something
difficult, we're all trying tomake progress in our own ways,
and we want to help each eachand every single one of the
people in the community getthere.
That's the goal.
There's enough to go around foreveryone for success.
And anyone who tells youotherwise is a loser, and you
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should get them out of yourlife.
Everyone can be successful.
And it's easier to do it withother people.
So if you're listening to this,I just want to push you this
week to maybe find a few morethings you can be consistent
about.
Really take a uh audit of youryour habits, your choices, and
what you do, and see if there'ssome things that you can
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improve.
Most likely there are.
And when you find that, don'tfeel like you're you're broken.
Um, just take it as feedbackthat you can get better, that
you can improve, because youcan.
And that's what this is allabout is just slowly getting
better each and every day.
So I I hope that this helped atall.
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Um, if you're dealing withinconsistency or if you're just
looking to be a little bit moreconsistent, I hope some of these
things that I said can help youon that path.
And uh if it helped at all,please leave a like uh on
Spotify or Apple Podcasts orYouTube.
Um, it all helps and at leastjust gives uh gives a little
more gives it a little moretraction in the algorithm to get
up on more people's feed.
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So appreciate your guys'support.
Thank you so much for listeningto this episode, and as always,
keep getting after it.
Thanks, guys.
Friends, welcome back to the Getin' After It
podcast.
I am uh really excited you'rehere today.
First off, I'm I I apologize, Iam a little bit sick, so my
voice sounds a little gross.
Um maybe not gross, but I justsound like I'm congested.
So bear with me through that.
And um I also want to say thankyou for all the support that
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we've been getting.
The show has been it's beenawesome.
Um, seeing all the the commentsand the uh shares on things like
Spotify um on YouTube, we'restarting to pick up some
traction there.
So it's it's really cool to see.
Um it just gets me excited thatmore people are taking interest
in the idea of getting after itand pushing themselves on a
regular basis.
Like it doesn't just have to berunning, running's a good start,
(00:43):
but how how you stay consistentin the long run.
Like that is really what's kindof uh important about the
getting after it movement isit's it's aimed for building
consistency in yourself, whichis exactly what we're talking
about today.
This is kind of a part two tothe uh uh episode 162 that
(01:06):
unfortunately Spotify has takendown.
Um it's admin and appeal, buthad some copyright music in
there, so they took it down.
Uh unfortunate, but I guess hey,we're getting to that level now,
so it's kind of cool.
Um, anyways, being consistent isone of arguably the hardest
things to to do, really.
Like starting is easy becausethere's a lot of excitement at
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the beginning.
Anything that is novel, we canget really pumped about.
You know, and think about hey,you know, it's I used to be this
way as a kid at least, but Iwould always be excited for
school to start.
Like that first week of schoolwas so awesome because I'd be
able to show everyone my newoutfits, my new backpack, my new
lunchbox.
Um, I'd see who my teacher was.
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Usually at the beginning of thelike the school year, you don't
really do much.
You just go through thesyllabus, maybe play some get to
know you games, whatever.
Um and that kind of goes awaypretty quickly, right?
Like once you get back inschool, you start getting
homework, you start um studyingsubjects that are a little
difficult for you, then hey,that that excitement kind of
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dies away.
And it's the same kind of storywith everything that we do.
And I I hear it a lot fromrunners that I talk to.
It's just the hardest part ofactually doing the thing is
staying consistent and makingsure that you're um still
putting in the reps, stillshowing up for yourself.
Uh, and again, this doesn'tnecessarily have to be just
about running, but I think it'sa great analogy.
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Doing anything difficult, that'sa good analogy to think about
with this episode.
And um, so things likeweightlifting, things like
trading for a sport or running,uh starting a business, like
starting a family, anythingthat's difficult, how do you
remain consistent?
How do you perform to uh thebest of your abilities each and
every day, especially when youdon't want to?
(02:52):
Like when that time comes, andeveryone deals with this, is
when you are grinding, you'repushing yourself, you're
starting to either get burntout, you're starting to get
tired, you're starting to getbored, you're getting fatigued
with whatever you're doing.
Um, but that's when you have tolook back at whatever you're
doing.
(03:12):
Like you have to think aboutyour goal and say, hey, I'm
still in this.
And you have to show up foryourself.
Um, the reality ofinconsistency, though, is it's
uh human nature.
Like in in in all honesty, itreally is human nature.
Like everyone's beeninconsistent at some point,
including myself.
There have been days where I'vestared at my shoes more as
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enemies rather than somethingthat's gonna help me accomplish
my goal.
And I'll get to the gym and I'mjust like, I do not want to do
this, I don't want to lift, I'mtired.
Or I get to the trailhead andI'm like, I am really not
looking forward to what's comingover these next two and a half
hours.
Like, whatever it is, um, youcan kind of get burnt out a
little bit, and um, you know,sometimes it's burnout,
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sometimes it's boredom, andsometimes it's just life being
heavy at the time.
Like there's a lot that's goingon, and we all deal with
different things.
And so it's it's difficult to gothrough that, but honestly, that
should give you some reassurancethat you're not broken, you're
not failing in any way.
It's just honestly, it's humannature at that point.
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Like, we all fall off the wagonevery now and then.
What's important is that we getback on.
Like, that is the most criticalthing I could tell you uh when
we talk about consistency is ifyou ever notice in yourself
there's a lack of ofconsistency, you're you're
starting to get inconsistentwith your habits, and you notice
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that in yourself, the firstthing that you need to do is
immediately get back on.
Like, start as small as you can,just do whatever you can do that
day.
Like, for example, if your goalis to train for a race and
you've kind of fallen off, um,run a mile that day that you
notice that.
Be like, okay, well, let's atleast get this momentum going.
Because with consistency,momentum is going to be the
(05:03):
biggest help in this journey.
Like, you have to maintainmomentum, you have to keep that
going because otherwise you runthe risk of, like I said,
burning out, getting bored, or anumber of other things you might
run into.
But at least jumping back on assoon as you can, that'll help
you at least, you know, stayfocused on your goal and
hopefully get back on track.
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Um, because that really iswhat's important.
And you know, we we call thatresilience, being able to stay
with something for a long time.
And and when you do get knockeddown, you get back up and you
just keep on going, you keep onfighting.
And consistency requiresresilience because there are
days when you're fatigued andyou're exhausted, and um, you
know, things are prettydifficult to pursue, and um you
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just have to keep taking one onestep in front of another, and
and until you get to that pointto where you know you are
starting to make that progressagain and remain consistent on
your goals.
But just remember that it'ssomething that we all face
inconsistency and those kind ofum problems that we deal with,
they're they're human problems,they're not a you problem,
(06:09):
they're not a me problem.
Everyone has to deal with them,and and that's the important
rule is that you just try, youjust try to get back on track.
And for me with running, um, ifI ever notice myself slipping,
or if I ever notice how like I'mexhausted and I am tired, I
don't I like I can't train.
That's an important thing forme.
It's like understanding whenyou're just tired, or
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understanding when you need a aday to rest.
And to be honest, I'm not greatwith this yet, but um one thing
that does help me is if I starta run, I usually try and just do
one mile, right?
And this is going back to thelike start small kind of things,
just maintain that momentum.
Um, I'll say, hey, if I run amile and I'm not doing great at
the end of it, then maybe I'llpull back and take a rest day.
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And so I start the mile, anddepending on how I feel after
that mile, I'll either keepgoing or pull back and say, no,
I need a day.
Um, it's rare when that happens,but it's important to be able to
lean back on that and just say,hey, I'm gonna give it my all.
And sometimes your all is gonnalook like a mile.
Like that is still consistency.
That is still putting your goalsout there.
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It's just, you know, you mightneed some time to recover, and
that's completely fine too.
You just have to listen to yourbody, and you you need to learn
what your like what it feelslike when you're going in the
red line for so long, and alsoum, you know, when you're
starting to feel better and inand go smoothly that way.
So just a couple things to thinkabout there is what's the
smallest thing that you could doto maintain that momentum with
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your goals?
Um, what are some triggers thatyou could use to help you stay
on track when things getdifficult and um maintain that
motivation uh when it's arguablynot there?
Like that's important to do.
Um you also need to rememberyour why.
Like a big part of consistencyis remembering why you're doing
something in the first place.
(07:59):
And for me, like running is kindof nice because I usually train
for races.
Like I have a 50-mile racecoming up in April, and if I
don't train for that, then I'mgonna be in a lot of trouble
April 18th when I go and run myfirst 50 mile race.
And so that's like a good reasonfor me to push myself, but I
lean back on the why.
(08:20):
My true why for why I run is isbasically because I know what
it's like to not be able to.
I was told by doctors that I,you know, ran the risk of having
a heart attack if I ran a halfmarathon.
Um, and that sucked.
That was not fun.
And I know there's so many otherpeople out there who don't have
that opportunity, so I I alwaysremember those people too.
(08:42):
I try and think of them.
That keeps me going, and um,that's my main why for why I
run.
And the podcast, like the reasonI keep these episodes coming
every single week, and I I pushthem out to as many people as I
can.
I try and get this message outto people, is because I know how
beneficial it has been in mylife, and I know that it can
(09:05):
really do well for others aswell, like the same kind of
thing.
I know it can really do wondersfor people who apply these
principles into their lives.
Like you will become someone whoyou never thought was possible,
and that's why I think it's socool, it's because everyone goes
through these transformations,um, and by the end of it,
everyone has way more confidencewhen they do apply these
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principles correctly.
And like I think of Drew, Ithink of my my mom who's been
getting after for years, um,like Allie, her brother.
There's so many people who I Ijust look to who are really
trying to achieve um achievegreatness in their lives.
And it's through small steps,it's not through major major
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steps that um seem like anovernight success.
No, it's the small andconsistent ones that really
really build people up andreally um do wonders for others.
And one part of like I hear thisa lot too.
When I talk to people who saythey're not consistent or
anything like that, they willsay that.
They'll be like, oh yeah, I knowI'm just not a consistent
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person.
Like I can't stay with somethingfor so long.
I and then they'll they'll listoff their excuses, like, oh, I
get bored.
Um, you know, I'm I'm fatigued alot.
I I have a job, I have to gohome and you know be with my
family, like all these things,which are valid excuses.
But at the end of the day, it'slike, okay, well, does it matter
to you enough to make time forit?
Because arguably, I think anypursuit that you want to do, you
(10:32):
can find time in your day tomake it happen.
You can cut down screen time,you can cut down Netflix time,
you can cut down um time spentdoing you know tedious or or
stupid tasks that don't bringyou any value.
Um and that's the thing, it'sjust like when you eliminate the
excuses when you don't allowthem to show up, and you say,
(10:53):
you know what, I am I am aconsistent person, then hey, you
identify as that and you becomeconsistent.
It's it sounds like some woo-woostuff and some cliche crap, but
it truly is like that is apowerful tool to use, is saying,
like, hey, I know I am aconsistent person, or I'm a
runner, or I'm someone who goesto the gym every day.
And then you show up for that.
(11:14):
Like, even if it's not great,even if it's not the best
workout you ever had, but atleast you still showed up.
And that's what consistency isall about is showing up,
especially when it getsdifficult, when life starts
getting heavy, when there's somany things happening at work
with your family and um in theworld, that you still make time
for the things that matter toyou.
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Like that is important, and youneed that.
Like everyone is an individualperson, and we all have
different desires, we all havedifferent wants.
And you can't go about your lifejust focusing so much on
focusing so much on like yourcareer and your family, but not
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not give any time for yourself.
And that might be a might be arough thing to to say, but I
think that is true.
Like, I've done that before inmy life.
I've I've tried, you know, beingthere for other people more than
myself, and it's almost likethat um it's kind of like that
analogy with the you know, youyou're losing altitude in a
(12:17):
plane, and the um oxygen maskspop out from the ceiling, and
you have to put yourself yourson first before helping others.
And I feel like a lot of thetimes, like when you have a
goal, like if you show up forthat goal, if you're doing what
you can in your life, like tobalance it, and sometimes you
know, one each day is gonna lookdifferent in terms of how close
(12:38):
you get towards that goal andhow much progress you make
towards that goal.
Sometimes it's gonna be small,sometimes it might look bigger
than others.
But if you make that time foryourself to pursue something
great, then I think one, you'llhave more confidence in
yourself, and two, you'll have abetter relationship with
yourself.
Like you need to still learn whoyou are.
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As weird as that sounds, like Istill find out some things about
myself that I was like, hey, youknow what?
That's that's kind of cool.
Like, I I still am learning whoI am.
I'm 28 years old, and I'm surethat'll go until I'm you know on
on my deathbed.
Like I'm sure I'll always belearning things about myself.
And um, I I just am passionatethat you need that time to to be
(13:21):
able to have that to decompressfor yourself, to be able to
forget the worries of the world,and I wouldn't necessarily say
forget your responsibilities,but maybe take a break from
them.
Like, and this might be badadvice, but it helps me.
Like anytime I'm having a daywhere I'm stressed at work and I
didn't work out that morning, umI'll go work out and I'll feel
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100% better.
Like, ask Allie, she's seen itbefore, where I'm just a grumpy
guy, and then she will literallytell me she's like, go work out,
and I'll go work out, come home,and I'm in a much better mood.
And it's just weird.
Like, if I didn't have that, ifI didn't have that outlet, and
that's kind of what it is for meas an outlet, um, I think I
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would be a lot more angry.
And I'm just glad that I Ifigured it out as early as I
did.
But you might be feeling thatway right now.
You might be feeling kind of howI feel when I'm not able to work
out and I have a rough day atwork.
And you might be grumpy.
And maybe it's because you youlet your hobby sit on the shelf
(14:22):
for too long.
Maybe it's because you've saidyou're gonna do um, maybe you
said you're gonna do a halfmarathon for the last four years
in a row, and you haven't doneit yet.
And so you have to gain thatconfidence back in yourself that
you can do hard things.
And that's why I think it'simportant to give yourself time
to work on your own pursuits.
But don't put that over otherpeople.
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Don't put that over your family,don't put that over your career,
don't put that over you know,your faith.
You need to make time for thosethings too.
Like this should be your butmake sure you're just balancing
um time for others as well aswell as time for you.
Like you need that just as muchas um anyone else.
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Like do not allow yourself to touh fall off in that way.
Um but really quickly I want totalk about dealing with fatigue
and burnout because I feel likethat's a common thing that many
people struggle with, includingmyself.
Like that is something that Istill deal with to this game or
to this day, but I've realizedthat fatigue is actually just
(15:26):
part of the game.
That is part of the game.
Some days you push through it,like I mentioned earlier, um,
but other days you need to restso you can come back stronger.
And again, I'm still learningthis.
I've I've pushed too hard, I'veI've ignored the signals many
times.
Um, and anytime I do, like myself-talk goes pretty dark, um,
especially when I miss workouts.
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Um But what I'm learning is thatrest, if done properly, can
become a weapon.
And burnout isn't necessarilyit's not a sign of weakness from
you.
It's it's more feedback.
Like, hey, you're in the redline, you're going too hard too
too long.
Like, let's tone it back alittle bit.
Let's see what we can do to takethose smaller steps to get to
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that point.
Um, so don't don't feel likeyou're weak if you, you know,
need some rest from your goals.
And you know, we've been talkingabout being consistent a lot of
the times, but um oddly enough,I have seen like, you know, I've
I've coached a few people andthey've told me like I am
exhausted.
And I will tell them, and mycoach did this to me too.
(16:31):
But just saying, hey, listen,just take a week off, like, do
not run, just take a week off.
You might need that.
Fuel up, eat good, um, just takecare of your body.
And then usually after thatweek, they come back hungry.
Like they're like, okay, I'mready to run.
Like, I want to get back intothe things.
And I did that to my coach too.
I was like, okay, this is like Ihad my rest week, like, let's
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get back into things.
And again, it doesn't have to berunning.
Like, if it's a hobby or abusiness or something else, and
you're just burning yourselfout, you're you're burning the
candle at both ends.
Then maybe it's okay to say,okay, I'm just gonna take a day
from this.
Like, I think it would be betterfor me to not have this cloud my
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mind all day, every day.
And so just take a step back andbe like, okay, well, I'll I'll
come back to this.
Like, there's nothing wrong withthat.
And as long as you jump back onand keep that momentum rolling,
sometimes rust, like I said, ifused properly, can be a weapon
for you.
And it can be a good, a goodtactic to keep in your back
pocket.
Be like, hey, you know what?
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This isn't something that I haveto do every single day that
will, in fact, um determine thequality of my life, right?
It's you know, you might needsome time just to relax a little
bit.
Um, the other thing I would sayis consistency thrives on
support.
Like having accountabilitypartners.
It's it's why Drew and I we talkevery Sunday night.
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Um, kind of just in thatconversation, we have a review
of the previous week, you know,what we did well, how we did in
training, um, areas that we needto improve on.
And then when we're talkingabout the upcoming week, we will
set goals for that week.
We'll talk about our trainingplans, um, what we're gonna be
doing to stay consistent.
Uh, we'll talk about ourpersonal goals, our our uh
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spiritual goals, you know,financial goals, all these
different things.
But it just makes it easy for meto be able to be like, hey, you
know what?
Drew and I are trying to kind ofdo the same things together.
You know, we have thesespiritual goals, we have these
financial goals, we have thesefitness goals and these personal
goals that we're all trying tostrive on.
Um, him and I are in the sameboat.
And then we talk about ourtraining.
And um, whenever I'm tired andlike I'm having a hard day, I
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think about like I think aboutDrew or the other people that
I'm I'm training with too.
It's like they're humans, theyprobably have the same kind of
feelings that I do from time totime, and they're still showing
up and and pushing through, so Ican too.
And I don't know, it just givesme a little bit more um success,
I think, with being consistentis being able to rely on others
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and have them close.
So what I would say is like ifyou have a spouse or a really
close friend, a parent that youcan reach out to and say, hey,
I'm doing this thing.
Um, I just want to talk to youabout it every week, like talk
to you about my progress.
And I would love for you to holdme accountable and and just
check in on me, you know, everynow and then.
I think people really respectthat and they appreciate it too.
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It makes them feel like youtrust their opinion, you trust
their um judgment of you, andum, you know, they won't let
you, they won't let you slip.
If they're a good accountabilitypartner, they will not let you
slip.
So choose them wisely.
But it is a I wouldn't say acheat code, but it's very
helpful.
Like, do it with someone, get afriend, get them into running,
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get them into training, get theminto your business, like
whatever thing you're trying topursue, do it with some other
people.
You don't have to go at thisalone, and that's what many
people think, um, or I think alot of people fail with
consistency, is they feel likethey are, in fact, going at it
alone.
They feel like they are doingthis thing, they're they're the
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only ones out there who arepushing themselves the way that
they do.
And in reality, that's not true.
Anyone who's trying to get afterit, they're all gonna be pushing
themselves, they're all gonna betrying to do something difficult
and and really um improve theirlives just through their
actions.
And so getting after it, likethe whole idea of this community
(20:31):
is to build an ecosystem ofpeople who are in that same
boat, who can help each otherout, who can rely on one another
when things get rough, who cangive advice, who can chime in,
say, hey, listen, I was dealingwith burnout a couple weeks ago.
Here's what I did, this mighthelp you.
And everyone's story is going tobe different.
That's what getting after italso emphasizes is that, hey,
listen, we're not from the samecircumstances, we're not from
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the same um places, you know,we're different body types,
different athletic types, butwe're all trying to do something
difficult, we're all trying tomake progress in our own ways,
and we want to help each eachand every single one of the
people in the community getthere.
That's the goal.
There's enough to go around foreveryone for success.
And anyone who tells youotherwise is a loser, and you
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should get them out of yourlife.
Everyone can be successful.
And it's easier to do it withother people.
So if you're listening to this,I just want to push you this
week to maybe find a few morethings you can be consistent
about.
Really take a uh audit of youryour habits, your choices, and
what you do, and see if there'ssome things that you can
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improve.
Most likely there are.
And when you find that, don'tfeel like you're you're broken.
Um, just take it as feedbackthat you can get better, that
you can improve, because youcan.
And that's what this is allabout is just slowly getting
better each and every day.
So I I hope that this helped atall.
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Um, if you're dealing withinconsistency or if you're just
looking to be a little bit moreconsistent, I hope some of these
things that I said can help youon that path.
And uh if it helped at all,please leave a like uh on
Spotify or Apple Podcasts orYouTube.
Um, it all helps and at leastjust gives uh gives a little
more gives it a little moretraction in the algorithm to get
up on more people's feed.
(22:19):
So appreciate your guys'support.
Thank you so much for listeningto this episode, and as always,
keep getting after it.
Thanks, guys.
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