My Fitness Journey | Advice to My Past Self | Going Back In Time
Quick lesson from my fitness journey, and what I would tell myself if I could turn back time. Subscribe here https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=shockingfit Online Coaching now available: https://www.tomic.com/contact/ Summary: I wanted to share with you guys a few thoughts from my fitness journey, and what I would tell myself I could turn back time. When I first started out I was hungry for learning. About 6-7 years ago, when I first started, online forums and message boards were the place to be. Coming into fitness as a gamer that was also the first place I looked for info. And man, I would read A LOT. I would spend hours and hours every day making notes from different threads, stalking the guys with the most reputation and trying to connect the dots. It was an obsession. A lot of it was also bro-science and these guys would contradict themselves all the time. I would get so confused some days that I would go to sleep and in bed I would be thinking about macros, how to optimize my diet and which exercise i'll add to training in 2-3 weeks. It was crazy. My favorite section on the forums were the progress journals. I would always be looking what everyone else was doing and what worked for them. Which brings me to the big idea for the video. For a long time I was caught up in other people's progress. I wouldn't even pay attention to what works for me, what makes me less hungry. Which movement allows me to get stronger and what foods can I use to hit my macros easier. I wasn't listening to what my body is telling me. If some guys decided to do more sets for biceps I would do that as well, and I would try to copy the plan from the best looking guys without even considering what would be best for me. If the random guy decided to change calories or macros I would do that as well. And the thing is, I had plenty of information, I knew enough to start seeing pattens of what worked better for me. But I wasn't listening. And it got worse. I would doubt myself and think something was wrong with me when I wouldn't get the same results as some other guy. I was beating myself up for being different, instead of looking for what works for my body. It's great to know the fundamentals such as calories, macros, how many meals work for you and a few starting guidelines for a training program but it's also important to look for what might be better for you. And some self-experimentation goes a long way. I would've never discovered intermittent fasting or macros or anything I wasn't willing to try out something new just to find out it worked for me. So the lesson my friends stop paying so much attention to other people's progress and start searching for ways you can move forward. Videos to check out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzwbg3Qtp4s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m38y-lPs6M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3ZkXwLQuCc Cheers, Let me know in the comments how you resonated with this. Talk soon! -Mario Online Coaching: https://www.tomic.com/contact/ For more fitness, nutrition, and personal development check out: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MarioTomicOfficial Instagram: https://instagram.com/mariotomich Website: https://www.tomic.com Music: DEAF KEV - Invincible https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2X5mJ3HDYE Follow DEAF KEV: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/officialDEAFKEV YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/ATMDubstep
Quick lesson from my fitness journey, and what I would tell myself if I could turn back time. Subscribe here https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=shockingfit Online Coaching now available: https://www.tomic.com/contact/ Summary: I wanted to share with you guys a few thoughts from my fitness journey, and what I would tell myself I could turn back time. When I first started out I was hungry for learning. About 6-7 years ago, when I first started, online forums and message boards were the place to be. Coming into fitness as a gamer that was also the first place I looked for info. And man, I would read A LOT. I would spend hours and hours every day making notes from different threads, stalking the guys with the most reputation and trying to connect the dots. It was an obsession. A lot of it was also bro-science and these guys would contradict themselves all the time. I would get so confused some days that I would go to sleep and in bed I would be thinking about macros, how to optimize my diet and which exercise i'll add to training in 2-3 weeks. It was crazy. My favorite section on the forums were the progress journals. I would always be looking what everyone else was doing and what worked for them. Which brings me to the big idea for the video. For a long time I was caught up in other people's progress. I wouldn't even pay attention to what works for me, what makes me less hungry. Which movement allows me to get stronger and what foods can I use to hit my macros easier. I wasn't listening to what my body is telling me. If some guys decided to do more sets for biceps I would do that as well, and I would try to copy the plan from the best looking guys without even considering what would be best for me. If the random guy decided to change calories or macros I would do that as well. And the thing is, I had plenty of information, I knew enough to start seeing pattens of what worked better for me. But I wasn't listening. And it got worse. I would doubt myself and think something was wrong with me when I wouldn't get the same results as some other guy. I was beating myself up for being different, instead of looking for what works for my body. It's great to know the fundamentals such as calories, macros, how many meals work for you and a few starting guidelines for a training program but it's also important to look for what might be better for you. And some self-experimentation goes a long way. I would've never discovered intermittent fasting or macros or anything I wasn't willing to try out something new just to find out it worked for me. So the lesson my friends stop paying so much attention to other people's progress and start searching for ways you can move forward. Videos to check out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzwbg3Qtp4s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m38y-lPs6M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3ZkXwLQuCc Cheers, Let me know in the comments how you resonated with this. Talk soon! -Mario Online Coaching: https://www.tomic.com/contact/ For more fitness, nutrition, and personal development check out: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MarioTomicOfficial Instagram: https://instagram.com/mariotomich Website: https://www.tomic.com Music: DEAF KEV - Invincible https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2X5mJ3HDYE Follow DEAF KEV: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/officialDEAFKEV YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/ATMDubstep