My Biggest Problem With the Fitness Industry
The best shape of my life was the worst time of my life.
The fitness industry uses extremes to sell products to consumers.
It uses extreme diets, extreme detoxes, extreme concepts, and extreme bodies to sell you on the idea that you aren’t fit enough as you are. You need to buy some stuff to have better health and fitness.
This messes with people in many ways, and when I was 19, it messed with me quite a bit. It changed the course of my life.
When I was 19, I made a commitment to myself that I was going to get a shredded 6-pack just like the influencers I saw on Instagram.
Genetically, I’d never been very lean, so I had to work my ass off to look how I did in the picture above.
All I did during this 6-month period of my life was work out, eat cleaner than a nun’s vocabulary, and listen to personal development podcasts.
I was miserable. Life sucked.
All I have from that period in terms of memories looking back are a few pictures of me with a nice 6 pack. I also remember how depressed I was.
What I did gain from that period was a bit of insight into the bullshit that goes unnoticed every day in the fitness world.
