About this episode
Join the 3-Week Strong Finish Challenge to build self-efficacy and self-regulation through the hardest 3 weeks of the year. Get coaching, accountability, custom nutrition plans, and strength training templates to end the year strong:https://live.witsandweights.com--Even if you know what to do for nutrition and strength training, you keep stopping, falling off, and starting over. Discover why this has nothing to do with discipline, willpower, or motivation, and everything to do with two trainable psychological skills that predict whether you'll follow through or quit.Episode Resources:Try Fitness Lab for an AI coaching app that gives you microactivities and psychological wins. Special link for podcast listeners to get 20% off.Timestamps:0:00 - Why you keep starting over with strength training and nutrition 8:36 - Skill #1: Self-efficacy (believing you can execute the next step) 13:58 - Small wins and progressive overload for confidence 14:40 - Join the 3-Week Strong Finish Challenge 15:55 - Skill #2: Self-regulation (following through when life gets messy) 20:22 - 4 tactics to build self-regulation 24:04 - Related psychological models explained 26:18 - Practical steps and identity shift for lifters📱 Get Fitness Lab (exclusive 20% off) - The #1 adaptive fitness and nutrition app. Daily coaching, workouts, and biofeedback-based guidance to help you build muscle and lose fat over 40.🎓 Join Physique University - Evidence-based strength training, nutrition coaching, and live coaching calls for adults over 40. Build muscle, master your macros, and lose fat with accountability. FREE custom nutrition plan with code FREEPLAN.👥 Join our Facebook community - For adults over 40 who want to build muscle, lose fat, and stop following bad advice. Weekly Q&A threads, coaching insights, and real chat with other lifters.👋 Ask a question or find Philip Pape on Instagram
