"2026 - The Year of RESULTS." 

Most people don’t “fail” at training because they’re lazy or lack willpower. They fail because they start the year with a plan that looks good on paper, feels motivating for about two weeks… and then collapses the second real life shows up.

They aim for fat loss, muscle gain, strength PRs, perfect macros, and a five-day program all at once. They chase whatever the industry says they should do. They buy into dogma and hype. And without realizing it, they set expectations so unrealistic that the first setback feels like proof they’re “off track” when it’s actually just a normal part of the process.

That’s why you should be on this webinar.

Start your year off right with this free webinar on January 14th at 6:30 p.m. EST—built to help you stop spinning your wheels and start making progress you can actually sustain.

We’re going to break down the real reasons trainees stall out (or sabotage themselves), and then build a simple, practical framework you can use all year:

  • Expectation management so you know what’s realistic for fat loss, hypertrophy, and strength at your level—and you stop trying to win the whole year in January.

  • Training that fits your lifestyle: covering the bases, building a “skeleton program” for your worst/busiest season, then layering bonus work on top.

  • Nutrition that works in the real world: hitting the true fundamentals, choosing the strategy you can follow, and learning how to go “off plan” without it turning into a week-long spiral.

  • Lifestyle factors that everyone ignores until they’re burnt out: sleep, light exposure, downtime, relationships, and having something in life besides lifting weights.

  • Mindset that actually moves the needle: consistency, self-talk, long-term thinking, and being present enough to execute.

If you’re tired of restarting, tired of overcomplicating, or tired of feeling like you’re doing “everything right” but still not getting where you want to go, this is for you.



Topic Overview 

A look at the main underlying principles that lead to trainees not reaching their goals, or worse yet, sabotaging their own progress. Unrealistic expectations, not planning far enough ahead, buying into industry dogma and bull****, and not focusing on what they know can work for them

Section 1 - Expectation Management

Rate of progress for fat loss, hypertrophy, and strength for beginners, intermediates, and advanced lifters

Stop trying to achieve everything at once - goals that are conducive to one another (e.g., strength + hypertrophy) and those that are not

The rate of progress is usually matched by the rate of "loss."

Section 2 - Training 

Stop looking at what training programs people say you "should do" and start looking at what approaches A, entice you, and B, are realistic for your lifestyle

Bases that need covering - strength/hypertrophy, aerobic fitness, mobility, main movement patterns

Create the "skeleton program" - bare minimum, built based on your busiest/worst period, make that work, then add "bonus work" from there

Progression - add a progression system that operates at a rate of progress that is realistic for you (covered in Section 1)

Exercise - if you couldn't change your training program for the whole year, what would you do

Section 3 - Nutrition

Diets don't fail, people and crappy diets fail

Importance of food not being a main source of pleasure/happiness

All diet strategies work - IF, carnivore, carb cycling, keto

Variables that alter the best diet strategy - psychological profile, general level of activity, level of life stress, desire for food/food noise

Bases that need covering - calories, protein, fiber, micronutrients

Exercise - what is the diet that would be easiest for you to follow? Now adjust it to the bare minimum to hit all the bases

Build the skill of going "off plan" without snowballing

Section 4 - Lifestyle

The stuff that matters that we all ignore:

Sleep, Light exposure, Hobbies outside of lifting, social relationships/influences, "downtime." 

Section 5 - Mindset

Movement mastery in the gym, Adherence/consistency, Self-talk/belief, Projecting to the long-term, Ability to be present 


REGISTER HERE - IT'S FREE! 
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