Health & Fitness RX for Physicians
Practical health and fitness insights and strategies for busy physicians — from a coach who's worked with over 100 of them
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When Physicians Should Push It With Their Health & Fitness & When To Pull Back (opens the original)
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A client of mine — an anesthesiologist — thanked me last week.Not for a harder program. For an easier one.Their body feels better. They’re less burned out mentally. Their motivation to train came back. And they told me they finally learning something that most never learn:Pushing to the max is not always how you make progress.Here’s what we actually changed. I cut their training volume… We added breathing exercises to decrease sympathetic activity and help manage stress. And we made one agreemen
How Long A Habit Actually Takes (It's Not 21 Days) (opens the original)
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Somewhere around week three of any new routine, a familiar voice shows up.“This should feel easier by now. Other people don’t have to force this. Maybe I’m just not a gym person.”I want to show you the research that proves that voice wrong.How long a habit actually takesIn 2024, researchers published a meta-analysis in th
Another Example Where the Scale Doesn’t Tell The Whole Story (opens the original)
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A client of mine - a General Surgeon - is six weeks in. He’s down about three or four pounds.On paper, that’s “slow.” And I wasn’t worried about it for a second.Here’s why: he’s doing everything right. Checking in with me every single day. Completing every workout. He’s made real changes to his nutrition. When someone’s inputs are that consistent, the scale’s pace is the last thing I lose sleep over.But I know how this tends to go. When the number doesn’t move as fast as someone hoped, they star
More Isn’t Always Better - Case Study w/ A Neurosurgeon (opens the original)
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I want to challenge something you’ve probably believed your whole life:That more effort always equals more results.In the gym, it’s one of the most expensive beliefs there is. Let me show you why — with a surgeon I coach.He’s on call multiple times a week. And since January, he’d been making excellent progress… Then, about six weeks ago, the warning lights came on. His motivation to train dropped. His fatigue climbed. His performance started slipping. And he was taking longer and longer to recov
Surgeon On Call 24/7 For The Week & Still Stayed on Track (opens the original)
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A surgeon I coach was on call 24/7 for an entire week.Not “long hours.” Not “a busy stretch.” On call, around the clock, for seven straight days — the kind of week that flattens almost everyone’s routine on contact.He stayed on plan anyway.<so
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