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The 5 Levels of Fitness Awareness (and how to get to the top)

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You joined the gym to:

• Look and feel good.
• To build muscle and to lose fat.
• To get strong and to clear your head.
• To get out of pain and to get better at life.

This is level 1 in the Fitness Awareness spectrum. Here are the other 4.

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WHAT IS FITNESS AWARENESS

Fitness awareness is being able to set a goal and achieve it with as little hassle as possible. As you get to the higher levels you’ll be able to set better goals and be more efficient in achieving them.

WHY IS FITNESS AWARENESS IMPORTANT?

In Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, physiology (health) is our first step to fulfillment. If we learn how to develop our body, we satisfy a fundamental need.

You started exercising to satisfy your need to survive. You know health is important. That’s why you signed up for a gym membership. Here is level 1:

LEVEL 1 - Newbie

Level 1, like earlier, is all about having an external understanding of your problems.

⦁ People don’t treat you the way you want to be treated.

⦁ You’re in pain and don’t know why.

⦁ You don’t like the way you look.

You’re at this level if you sign up to a gym membership as your first option when it comes to solving your problem.

This is better than hitting your phone on a table when it freezes, but not by much.

Here’s why:

1. You don’t know how to use the equipment.
2. You don’t know what routine to do.
3. You have habits that get in the way from the gym having any lasting effect.

This is a rough place to be and a lot of people get stuck here. Know this. There is light at the end of the tunnel.

LEVEL 2 - The Researcher

Level 2 is the paralysis by analysis zone.

You know your problem (overweight, no muscle, weak, etc.) and you know there is a solution out there. The issue is that

THERE IS SO MUCH INFORMATION

You hop on the good ol’ interweb and type in “how to lose weight” “how to get out of pain” “how to get a 6 pack” “how to get rid of hip dip”

and get millions of search results.

1 page says you need to count calories and another says tracking calories leads to anorexia.

Who do you believe? If you want to do years of research and find the common denominator truth you can.

Or, you can move on to level 3.

LEVEL 3 - The Experimenter

The Experimenter knows that actions speak louder than words. You ditch the complicated research articles saying “L-Citrulline malate is worse than pure L-Citrulline” and hit the gym.

Here’s the problem.

You spin your wheels, doing random exercises and routines (push, pull, legs, anyone?)

So, you turn to friends for advice. Those friends are in the same boat as you.

“You can’t solve a problem with the same thinking that created the problem.” - Einstein

You all think the same. A proper routine made for you is hard to come by when your friends all use routines that work for them.

Here’s where the gold comes in.

LEVEL 4 - The Community Builder

The Community Builder KNOWS that an individual routine is hard to come by without help.

You also know that asking a couple friends for help gets you nowhere fast. You need a community.

“The average of all advice is the truth” - Unknown

You need lots of opinions compiled together, and the gold revealed. To do this, you need a group of people to agree on some ground rules for Fitness.
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Once you have these ground rules you become:

LEVEL 5 - The Empowered Individual

The hero's journey is in everyone’s story.

1. The call to adventure is your nagging pain or your belly in the mirror calling you out.
2. Someone comes to help you along the way (a coach)
3. You head on your way to experiment with the ground rules.
4. You face great challenges in finding what works for you.
5. Your coach helps you find your way.
6. You hit a plateau.
7. You break through your plateau.
8. You find a new, healthy you.
9. You come back to your friends.
10. Your new life becomes a story to inspire others.
11. Your new journey begins.

The Best Route:

1. Set a goal.

It can be as simple as “lose 10 lbs”. The point is to have a direction.

2. Iterate.

Create an iteration BEFORE you have a plan. What is the one thing you can do right now to make progress towards losing 10 lbs? Do that.

3. Reflect.

That iteration gave you so much information that you can use for step 4.

4. Create a plan.

Now that you have information, you can strategize. This is level 4 thinking. Build a community with what you’ve experienced and collect data.

5. Minimize/Maximize.

When you have a community of people you can bounce ideas off of and get advice from, you reduce the amount of time you waste on ineffective methods. This also allows you to put all of your focus in the areas that you and your community proved to be effective.

Kyle Zange @CoachKyleZ Breathe in deep Relax You can breathe anytime Sit up tall You can be Smile Don't be so hard on yourself Live The moment is always here 12:4 PM • Jan 28, 2023 2 Retweets 2 Likes Read 1 replies

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You’re capable of more than you believe. Set a goal, take aim and take action.

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Until we meet again. Stay healthy my friend,

• Kyle

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