I Started Treating Each Exercise Equally And Here’s What Happened

I saved time. My breathing improved. I gained more measures for success.

There are specific exercises I consider critically important; Front squats, pull-ups, deadlifts, push-ups, snatches, lunges, and cleans.

There are more, but that list is plenty good enough. It’s also apparent why I like them so much. As far as return on investment, there isn’t much better.

Unfortunately, treating certain exercises like they were more meaningful meant treating others like they weren’t.

It wasn’t that I skipped the so-called lesser exercises. It wasn’t even that I shaved a few reps here and there. I just wasn’t intentional. And while that may not seem like much, consider how cumulative exercise is, multiply that by thousands of lackluster reps, and it might just make you sick to think about all that wasted effort.

It did for me. So I started treating each exercise equally, and here’s what happened.

I Saved Time

Typically, it takes me a few minutes to go from warm-up to workout. From mobility to power and everything in between, it’s a process, and I want it to feel the best it can.