{"id":5623,"date":"2021-03-16T14:02:14","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T21:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bornfitness.com\/?p=5623"},"modified":"2021-03-16T14:02:14","modified_gmt":"2021-03-16T21:02:14","slug":"fitness-not-to-do-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bornfitness.com\/fitness-not-to-do-list\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fitness Not To Do List"},"content":{"rendered":"

Health can feel like an overwhelming checklist of foods to eat, exercises to perform, and habits to follow. And, that\u2019s before you have to deal with flip-flopping opinions that tell you to do something one day and avoid it the next.<\/p>\n

But, there\u2019s a much shorter checklist that might be more helpful and cause a lot fewer headaches.<\/p>\n

Instead of worrying about what you need to add to your life, it might be easier to think about addition by subtraction.<\/p>\n

Avoiding the bad means you\u2019re more likely to be doing something good \u2014 and isn\u2019t that the point?<\/p>\n

Many years ago, Tim Ferriss created a \u201cnot-to-list\u201d that applied to getting through life with less stress and frustration. It\u2019s such a brilliant idea that I thought it should be applied to fitness.<\/p>\n

In many ways, a not-to-do list is much more powerful than any version of \u201cThe 11 Best Foods You Should Eat,\u201d the \u201c20 Best Diets\u201d or the \u201c15 Most Effective Exercises.\u201d What do all of these articles have in common?<\/p>\n

They make it very clear that many things work with fitness and nutrition. So, picking the right plan is less about finding \u201cthe one approach that works\u201d and more about finding \u201cthe right approach for you.\u201d It\u2019s a lot easier to accomplish if you avoid all of the garbage information that will lead you farther from your goals.<\/p>\n

As with Tim\u2019s original post, I highly recommend not trying to avoid all of these at once. Start with 1-3, master them (or, more accurately, just limit), and then add other items from the list as they apply to your health and lifestyle.<\/p>\n

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