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If you want to be the youngest and healthiest version of yourself possible, then you need a reliable strategy for working out consistently. Even when you don’t want to.

Today’s guest, ER doctor and anti-aging expert, Dr. Steven Gabriel almost never wants to work out. But being as young and healthy as possible is important for him. And so, he’s developed a few ways to trick himself into working out that he shares with you in this show.

From a young age, you’ve learned how to don various masks for different people. The problem with this is these masks aren’t the real you. But somewhere along the way, whether due to societal pressures, parenting, religious upbringing, or any other variable, you learn that it’s safer to be someone else instead of you.

This strategy can work for a while. It’s how both Dr. Zac from Movember and I have gotten through life. But it always fails in the long-run because stacking up achievements (personal, professional, or fitness) can’t give you the unbridled joy you’re desperately seeking.

The good news is that there’s a solution. But the bad news is that it’s difficult and takes a long time.

The difference between success and failure with any fitness plan usually comes down to how consistent you are. But today’s guest, David, had nearly all the odds stacked against him when it came to his consistency…

He admitted he’s a chronic starter and stopper: In fact, it took him years to build up his consistency muscles and finish his first Man Flow Yoga Program.

Despite this, David never gave up. He learned to stop beating himself up (even when he wasn’t as consistent as he wanted to be). And best of all, just this year, he’s finally figured out how to be consistent.

You have been sold a lie, and if you believe it, you’ll end up in a grave much sooner than you otherwise would’ve. It’s not your fault you fell for this lie. I have too. In fact, almost every man has fallen for it.

The lie? That in order to be a “real man,” you have to tough everything out on your own. This lie has lethal consequences: it makes you feel unworthy of your own health, it forces you to avoid intimacy with other men, and it makes vulnerability impossible.

The result? You fall into the deep abyss of loneliness… and don’t know how to get out.

It’s easy to overcomplicate your fitness journey, then get overwhelmed and give up. That’s why taking baby steps and building momentum helps.

But there’s another way it helps too…

It helps you unlock the compound effect of fitness, where you grow fitter with each day. That’s what today’s guest, Oscar, did after seeing a picture of himself that betrayed his weight.

Your mindset can either be your biggest supporter or your biggest detractor of your fitness journey. But sometimes simple mindset shifts don’t work because there’s a deeper, subconscious belief that wrecks your consistency before you even start.

Like, for example, imagine you were always picked last in gym class growing up. This creates a subconscious belief that you’re in danger, emotionally, when you exercise.

It doesn’t matter how much willpower or motivation you have. It’s impossible to become more consistent without addressing this deeper, emotional belief.