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Turning one day into two
Garmadon taught me this secret method to make days longer.
It’s finally the end of a really long shift.
The entire time you’ve been thinking about one thing. The gym. You’ve been talking to your co-workers about the workout you’re going to smash tonight.
Then you get home…
What do you think happens now?
You’re worn out
You lie in bed for a little
You scroll on your phone for hours
You grab yourself some easy food
You start rationalising why it’s okay to skip the gym
You skip the gym, again.
This isn’t the first time.
There’s something about coming home that completely destroys your plans.
Fact is back when you were at work, you were genuinely 100% going to work out, but something changed.
Walking through your front door isn’t enough to recover from a work day.
You need to convince yourself the day is over.
Recently a bird pooed on me on the way home. The first thing I did when I came home was showered. You won’t believe what ended up happening.
Coming out of the shower it was like I had a reset.
It felt like a new day.
I didn’t lie down on my bed, I didn’t touch my phone. I went straight to the gym, smashed a workout, then made a really healthy dinner.
This was abnormal.
So I replicated this after my next work day.
I started to realise, your shower. It rhymes with power for a reason. It has the power to give you two days in one.
Use this, abuse it.
I wasn’t always able to stay consistent in the gym, especially when work got intense.
I lost a lot of gains from this, it wasn’t ideal, but it happened.
Literally stepping foot in the gym is all you need to be consistent, the rest flows naturally.
If you’re looking for other ways to help you get in the gym, I’ve got a “getting in the gym” guide coming out soon.
It’s going to cover everything and everything I know that helps this, and you’ll be able to tailor your approach based on what feels right to you.
Your Hypertrophy Hero,
Fletcher
P.S. When I say the most important thing is stepping in the gym, it literally is. How many times have you showed up not really feeling like it, then you did the entire workout? More times than you can count I bet. There’s something about that first step that snowballs into a great workout, no matter how we felt before coming in.
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