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Gym Ready Series Part 7 - "It Has to Be Perfect or Nothing" - Letting Go of All-or-Nothing
"I'll start on Monday." And then it's Thursday and you're already planning next Monday. You ate too much Chex Mix on Wednesday afternoon, so the rest of the week is blown. You missed two gym days, so you might as well restart the whole program from day one. Sound familiar? Perfectionism isn't about high standards—it's fear wearing a pretty disguise.
In this episode:
The "I'm going six days a week" trap and why going from zero to a million guarantees burnout
Why perfectionism is actually a trauma response seeking predictability, not excellence
The cognitive distortion of black-and-white…
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