you’re just as weird as me? · Movement Mastery Lab

you’re just as weird as me?

I went to FIBO last weekend and honestly, it was overwhelming in both ways - positive and negative.

In a really positive way, because I got to reconnect with so many friends, people from the same industry, athletes and people who are just as obsessed with training as I am. You know when you meet people and you realise, “oh, you’re just as weird as me”? Yeah!

Everyone is training, talking about training, asking if someone wants to train again, then doing another session, then repeating that for three days straight. It was intense, but also really refreshing to be around people who get it.

But the other side of it was this negative overwhelm. And I want to share this because I know a lot of you will relate. I’m very analytical. I love solving problems and deep down, I know that if I really want something, I can figure it out.

But sometimes that mindset becomes the thing that gets in the way. Because I come home inspired and suddenly I want to do everything. I want to train every day for three or four hours, I want to work more. I want to help more people. I want to create more free resources, read more research papers, improve everything, onboard more people, and basically fix everything and everyone in one week.

And the intention is good, training is good, working hard is good, helping people is good. But when you do all of it in the wrong order, at the wrong pace, it doesn’t actually move you forward.

I end up stressed, tired, under-recovered, sleeping worse etc. And worst of all, I stop enjoying the process because I'm so fixated on getting to the end goal as fast as possible.

This is something I think a lot of us need to hear.

Having a goal is important. Having a clear step-by-step path is even more important. But the problem starts when we think: “okay, if this works, then doing more of it must work faster.”

But that’s not how the body works. For example, if I want to get a muscle-up, I know I need high pull-ups, transition work, strength, control, timing, and consistency. But if I throw all of that into one six-hour session, I’m not speeding up the process, I’m just overloading my body.

Same with back pain or stiffness.

You think:

“My back is tight, so I need to release it”

“But I also need to strengthen it”

“But I also need to sleep better”

So suddenly you’re doing deep tissue massage, heavy back exercises, mobility work, supplements, sleep pills and ten different fixes at once.

You’re trying to shorten the time it takes to feel better. And I get it (I'm the same).

It’s frustrating but you can’t force adaptation.

You can’t speed up the process by throwing more at your body.

Many people, myself included, want results quickly.

Even with my 30-Day Protocol, I want to be very honest with you: it won’t completely change your life in 30 days. Because it’s, well, 30 days.

Think about one thing that truly transformed your whole life in 30 days. Probably nothing.

It may have looked like it changed quickly from the outside, but usually there were years of trying, learning, failing, adjusting, and finally understanding what actually works.

So my biggest takeaway from last weekend is this:

Do the right things.

In the right order.

At the right pace.

Because doing more is not better:)

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