What is sustainable health?
Instead of telling you what sustainable health is, we think it's better to explain what sustainable health is not.
Sustainable health is NOT:
- A shortcut.
The only shortcut in fitness and health is consistency. We will learn how to create habits that are minimal and won’t take over your life, but there isn’t going to be a magic solution. The results you get from Pridefit will come purely from what YOU do. This should be empowering instead of disheartening. When those results come, you’ll get to be proud of the effort you put in because it was ALL YOU.
- A meal plan.
There are a million nutritionists and chefs out there who can teach you the intricacies of nutrition and write a delicious recipe for you. We will be discussing how you can zoom out and apply behavioral tactics to your health on a day-to-day basis. We’re not going to be fixating on minutiae like your mitochondrial health, we’ll be learning sustainable and simple methods to increase your protein, vegetable and fruit intake. Believe it or not, we shouldn’t get more advanced than that until we can master these basics.
- A fitness plan.
I could write you a fitness program in a heart beat. In fact, Pridefit members have done over 500,000 workouts with Pridefit over the years. Sustainable health isn't about finding the magic fitness program, it’s about how we can make exercise 1) easier to fit into your schedule, 2) more enjoyable, and 3) something you can do long term. If we can nail these three components of exercise, we’ll never be chasing the next exercise fad again.
- Easy.
Learning and applying habits seems simple, but a habit is only a habit if you stick with it. Building a lifestyle that creates consistency with exercise, nutrition, and recovery is not EASY. But we can make it as easy as possible by starting small and working our way into an identity that supports sustainable health. The slower we ease our way into these habits, the higher the likelihood of long-term compliance. It’s not going to be easy, but we’re going to do our best to make it as easy as possible, while still getting results.
- A sales pitch.
Our goal at Pridefit is to help you spend the least amount of money possible on your health while still seeing results. We're not going to push supplements (except protein powder. You should use protein powder). We're not going to push theraguns or ice baths. We're going to help you take what you have available to you and make it work to your advantage. So many people don’t get started with fitness because they think it’s too expensive. We will show you that all the extras that you can add to your shopping cart are just noise. Sure, they may make you enjoy the process a bit more or get you 1% better, but these extras are never going to outweigh the main things - exercise, nutrition, and recovery.
- Promising fast results.
As much as we’d love to say that this is the fast track to getting a 6-pack, we can’t do that. There is no magic solution that is going to get you fast physical results that don’t resort to extreme measures like steroids or surgery.
Here’s the good news: When we slow down and do sustainable health the right way, it will take longer to see results in the short term, but the results will be faster in the long term. Rather than yo-yoing through diets and exercise programs, we will help you gradually build habits that you can maintain for life. So yes, your goal to lose 30 pounds may take two years instead of four months, but by slowing down and learning how to make fitness sustainable for yourself, those results will last a lifetime. Taking two years to reach your goal is much better than four months of hell followed by a complete reversal of all your hard-earned results.
- For everyone.
If you are someone who needs intensity and results as fast as possible. If you’re someone who doesn’t care about long-term chronic disease and movement quality into old age. If you’re someone who cares exclusively about aesthetics and doesn’t want to learn about a sustainable approach to health, Pridefit isn't for you.
At some point in (almost) everyone’s life, something happens that wakes them up to realize that our health is the absolute most important aspect of life. It may be being diagnosed with a health issue themselves, watching a friend go through cancer treatment, or having a family member pass away. For some reason, fear tends to be one of the most effective short-term methods for waking people up from their “aesthetic trance” that overwhelms most of our brains.
Our goal is to not need a terrible life event in order to flip the script from exercising to look a certain way, to taking care of ourselves so that we can live a long, fulfilling, and fruitful life. The best part of this equation is that when we prioritize sustainability to be healthy even into old age, we end up looking great. But when we exercise exclusively to look a certain way, we end up burning out, being disappointed, and resenting wellness.
P.S. My mom loved to tell me that she didn’t like drinks that are too sweet. I found out years later that this was her way of reframing her brain so that she didn’t overindulge on sugar. It wasn’t that she didn’t like the drink, it was that she could trick her brain into thinking it was too sweet because she knew it wasn’t good for her. We can do the same here. We can say that we’re exercising to be healthy and still have a little aesthetic goal in the back of our head to get bigger biceps. That’s not cheating or fake. We’re keeping the main goal sustainable health, while knowing that we’re human and it’s okay to have some aesthetic goals along the way.
- Going to do the work for you.
Pridefit is going to make the work straightforward. We’re going to keep it engaging. We’re going to teach you what work will actually get your long-term results. But you are still going to have to do the work. A habit is only a habit if you do it, remember. So you’re still going to have to open the app everyday and do your workout in order to see results. We’re doing our part, you still have to do yours.
Making this work as easy as possible doesn’t mean that it’s actually going to be easy. Regardless of how slow we take our habit creation, it still requires sacrifice and hard work. You’re still going to have to do some form of movement and eat some vegetables that you don’t love. You’re going to have to do this day after day after day. Just remember that we’re making this as easy as possible, but this will still require effort. If you don’t have the effort to give, then we need to take a step back and figure out how to make these habits even more simple so that you can build small habits consistently.
- Going to scare you.
The last thing we want is to scare or shame you into improving your health. We’ve seen the research, and while this can be an effective short term strategy for getting people motivated, it’s a red herring. The only way to build sustainable health is to empower our members every step of the process. There is a direct correlation with making our members feel supported and capable of making habit change, and them being able to actually achieve long-term results. If your fitness program, nutrition coach, or influencer guru is using scare tactics to try and get you to change your habits, that should be a big red flag.
- Promising the newest, best thing.
The principles and philosophies of Pridefit could’ve been written 50 years ago. And rather than thinking that our methodology must be outdated, I want to remind you that the physiological components of health are actually very simple and have been around for a hundred years:
We need to eat more protein, vegetables and fruit.
We need to move our bodies.
We need adequate sleep.
What we are offering you in Pridefit is nothing radical or groundbreaking. We’re going to learn how to apply these three principles in a way that actually sticks. You know these three principles already, and yet I bet that you give much more credibility to a groundbreaking research study you saw on Instagram than trying to get a vegetable at every meal.
There’s a reason why these three health recommendations have been around forever. It’s because they’re actually proven to work. There was an obvious correlation with applying these principles and positive health outcomes, which is why this is where the research started. Now as we research more obscure topics that may have small correlation with positive health outcomes like cold plunges or drinking red wine, these buzzy studies make us forget that the original research is the best research. It’s the research that will get us the most efficient and effective health outcomes.
Now that you know what sustainable health is not, you should have a pretty clear idea of what sustainable health is. We're going to move our bodies daily. We're going to eat more protein, vegetables, and fruit, and we're going to sleep 8 hours a night. We're going to find a community that holds us accountable and makes health enjoyable. And we're going to ease our way into habit creation instead of jumping off the deep end into the newest health fad.
Welcome to sustainable health.
Welcome to Pridefit 🌈
Sustainable health is NOT:
- A shortcut.
The only shortcut in fitness and health is consistency. We will learn how to create habits that are minimal and won’t take over your life, but there isn’t going to be a magic solution. The results you get from Pridefit will come purely from what YOU do. This should be empowering instead of disheartening. When those results come, you’ll get to be proud of the effort you put in because it was ALL YOU.
- A meal plan.
There are a million nutritionists and chefs out there who can teach you the intricacies of nutrition and write a delicious recipe for you. We will be discussing how you can zoom out and apply behavioral tactics to your health on a day-to-day basis. We’re not going to be fixating on minutiae like your mitochondrial health, we’ll be learning sustainable and simple methods to increase your protein, vegetable and fruit intake. Believe it or not, we shouldn’t get more advanced than that until we can master these basics.
- A fitness plan.
I could write you a fitness program in a heart beat. In fact, Pridefit members have done over 500,000 workouts with Pridefit over the years. Sustainable health isn't about finding the magic fitness program, it’s about how we can make exercise 1) easier to fit into your schedule, 2) more enjoyable, and 3) something you can do long term. If we can nail these three components of exercise, we’ll never be chasing the next exercise fad again.
- Easy.
Learning and applying habits seems simple, but a habit is only a habit if you stick with it. Building a lifestyle that creates consistency with exercise, nutrition, and recovery is not EASY. But we can make it as easy as possible by starting small and working our way into an identity that supports sustainable health. The slower we ease our way into these habits, the higher the likelihood of long-term compliance. It’s not going to be easy, but we’re going to do our best to make it as easy as possible, while still getting results.
- A sales pitch.
Our goal at Pridefit is to help you spend the least amount of money possible on your health while still seeing results. We're not going to push supplements (except protein powder. You should use protein powder). We're not going to push theraguns or ice baths. We're going to help you take what you have available to you and make it work to your advantage. So many people don’t get started with fitness because they think it’s too expensive. We will show you that all the extras that you can add to your shopping cart are just noise. Sure, they may make you enjoy the process a bit more or get you 1% better, but these extras are never going to outweigh the main things - exercise, nutrition, and recovery.
- Promising fast results.
As much as we’d love to say that this is the fast track to getting a 6-pack, we can’t do that. There is no magic solution that is going to get you fast physical results that don’t resort to extreme measures like steroids or surgery.
Here’s the good news: When we slow down and do sustainable health the right way, it will take longer to see results in the short term, but the results will be faster in the long term. Rather than yo-yoing through diets and exercise programs, we will help you gradually build habits that you can maintain for life. So yes, your goal to lose 30 pounds may take two years instead of four months, but by slowing down and learning how to make fitness sustainable for yourself, those results will last a lifetime. Taking two years to reach your goal is much better than four months of hell followed by a complete reversal of all your hard-earned results.
- For everyone.
If you are someone who needs intensity and results as fast as possible. If you’re someone who doesn’t care about long-term chronic disease and movement quality into old age. If you’re someone who cares exclusively about aesthetics and doesn’t want to learn about a sustainable approach to health, Pridefit isn't for you.
At some point in (almost) everyone’s life, something happens that wakes them up to realize that our health is the absolute most important aspect of life. It may be being diagnosed with a health issue themselves, watching a friend go through cancer treatment, or having a family member pass away. For some reason, fear tends to be one of the most effective short-term methods for waking people up from their “aesthetic trance” that overwhelms most of our brains.
Our goal is to not need a terrible life event in order to flip the script from exercising to look a certain way, to taking care of ourselves so that we can live a long, fulfilling, and fruitful life. The best part of this equation is that when we prioritize sustainability to be healthy even into old age, we end up looking great. But when we exercise exclusively to look a certain way, we end up burning out, being disappointed, and resenting wellness.
P.S. My mom loved to tell me that she didn’t like drinks that are too sweet. I found out years later that this was her way of reframing her brain so that she didn’t overindulge on sugar. It wasn’t that she didn’t like the drink, it was that she could trick her brain into thinking it was too sweet because she knew it wasn’t good for her. We can do the same here. We can say that we’re exercising to be healthy and still have a little aesthetic goal in the back of our head to get bigger biceps. That’s not cheating or fake. We’re keeping the main goal sustainable health, while knowing that we’re human and it’s okay to have some aesthetic goals along the way.
- Going to do the work for you.
Pridefit is going to make the work straightforward. We’re going to keep it engaging. We’re going to teach you what work will actually get your long-term results. But you are still going to have to do the work. A habit is only a habit if you do it, remember. So you’re still going to have to open the app everyday and do your workout in order to see results. We’re doing our part, you still have to do yours.
Making this work as easy as possible doesn’t mean that it’s actually going to be easy. Regardless of how slow we take our habit creation, it still requires sacrifice and hard work. You’re still going to have to do some form of movement and eat some vegetables that you don’t love. You’re going to have to do this day after day after day. Just remember that we’re making this as easy as possible, but this will still require effort. If you don’t have the effort to give, then we need to take a step back and figure out how to make these habits even more simple so that you can build small habits consistently.
- Going to scare you.
The last thing we want is to scare or shame you into improving your health. We’ve seen the research, and while this can be an effective short term strategy for getting people motivated, it’s a red herring. The only way to build sustainable health is to empower our members every step of the process. There is a direct correlation with making our members feel supported and capable of making habit change, and them being able to actually achieve long-term results. If your fitness program, nutrition coach, or influencer guru is using scare tactics to try and get you to change your habits, that should be a big red flag.
- Promising the newest, best thing.
The principles and philosophies of Pridefit could’ve been written 50 years ago. And rather than thinking that our methodology must be outdated, I want to remind you that the physiological components of health are actually very simple and have been around for a hundred years:
We need to eat more protein, vegetables and fruit.
We need to move our bodies.
We need adequate sleep.
What we are offering you in Pridefit is nothing radical or groundbreaking. We’re going to learn how to apply these three principles in a way that actually sticks. You know these three principles already, and yet I bet that you give much more credibility to a groundbreaking research study you saw on Instagram than trying to get a vegetable at every meal.
There’s a reason why these three health recommendations have been around forever. It’s because they’re actually proven to work. There was an obvious correlation with applying these principles and positive health outcomes, which is why this is where the research started. Now as we research more obscure topics that may have small correlation with positive health outcomes like cold plunges or drinking red wine, these buzzy studies make us forget that the original research is the best research. It’s the research that will get us the most efficient and effective health outcomes.
Now that you know what sustainable health is not, you should have a pretty clear idea of what sustainable health is. We're going to move our bodies daily. We're going to eat more protein, vegetables, and fruit, and we're going to sleep 8 hours a night. We're going to find a community that holds us accountable and makes health enjoyable. And we're going to ease our way into habit creation instead of jumping off the deep end into the newest health fad.
Welcome to sustainable health.
Welcome to Pridefit 🌈
Updated on: 25/10/2024
Thank you!