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Warning! Before You Hire a Fat Loss Coach (or Join a Nutrition or Weight Loss Program) | Bonus · Wits & Weights | Strength & Fat Loss Over 40

• 0:00
  Philip Pape: Hey, what's up guys?
• 0:00
  Philip Pape: Quick bonus episode today.
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  Philip Pape: And I need to give you a warning before you even think about hiring a coach or joining a nutrition program, it's something I've been thinking about a lot, as I have had folks come into my program, either one-on-one or our group program, whitson Weights Physique University, and their initial thought is wow, there's a lot of content here, there are a lot of steps.
• 0:23
  Philip Pape: I'm feeling a little bit overwhelmed.
• 0:25
  Philip Pape: I'm not sure if this is right for me Now.
• 0:27
  Philip Pape: Granted, that could be a fault of mine in the marketing of this and setting expectations, so I'm working on that.
• 0:33
  Philip Pape: But this is a mistake that I see all the time, where people tell themselves I need to get more consistent before I start, or I need to lose a little weight before I sign up, or I should probably figure out my macros first, because what I'll get from individuals who say like I feel like this isn't right for me, I'll say, well, what is it?
• 0:51
  Philip Pape: Does it feel overwhelming?
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  Philip Pape: Because usually that's the case, and sometimes I'll say, yeah, there's, there's a lot of stuff, there's a lot of content, there's a lot of things.
• 1:06
  Philip Pape: I don't think, I think this is too stressful and I'll say, well, you know, I've had clients in this program and I can connect you with them who felt the same way and then, when they started tracking and getting awareness of what's going on with their body, it actually reduced stress significantly and helped them be consistent.
• 1:13
  Philip Pape: In addition, having that support, having people, having a coach who can look at what you're doing and give you a fresh perspective, without any skin in the game you know they don't have an emotional attachment to you Could be exactly what you need.
• 1:26
  Philip Pape: So it's kind of like saying, hey, I need to get in shape before I hire a personal trainer, or I should probably, you know, fix my engine before I take my car to the mechanic, right?
• 1:35
  Philip Pape: I mean, do you see the problem there?
• 1:36
  Philip Pape: So if you could do it on your own, you wouldn't be looking for help in the first place.
• 1:42
  Philip Pape: If what worked in the past worked for you, you you wouldn't be looking for help in the first place.
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  Philip Pape: If what worked in the past worked for you, you wouldn't be looking for something that's going to work right.
• 1:48
  Philip Pape: It's kind of a little chicken and egg thing, and the reason I thought of this is not only individuals who I see come into my program, but also talking to other coaches, like, for example, I just recorded with Nikki Sims Barbell Logic and her episode is coming out soon, um, and she was talking about how, even for herself, she's got coaches who have helped her fix her form or help her learn how to train.
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  Philip Pape: That would have taken months and months and months.
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  Philip Pape: I felt the same thing.
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  Philip Pape: I hired a coach here in Connecticut for one hour when I was learning to lift and it fixed like six months of my uh issues.
• 2:23
  Philip Pape: I have people who join our coaching program and they've struggled for years with.
• 2:26
  Philip Pape: They've tried intermittent fasting.
• 2:27
  Philip Pape: They've tried, you know, lots of cardio.
• 2:29
  Philip Pape: Maybe they have been lifting weights and something's not quite working.
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  Philip Pape: Um, you, if you haven't already, you'll hear a case study with uh Cassandra, who is in that same situation.
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  Philip Pape: She was like trying to lose that last 10 pounds.
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  Philip Pape: She knew all of what to do and yet somehow it wasn't working.
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  Philip Pape: So you know, a good coach isn't here to take an already perfect plan and just make it better, right?
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  Philip Pape: A coach is here to take the messy, inconsistent, overwhelming, frustrating experience of trying to do it on your own and then turn it into something simple and structured and sustainable.
• 3:01
  Philip Pape: Now, if you feel like, after you talk to a coach or join a program.
• 3:05
  Philip Pape: It's still not simple or sustainable, but sure there could be a problem with how that program set up or it could be that they are not delivering what you need for you.
• 3:14
  Philip Pape: So it's always.
• 3:15
  Philip Pape: You always want to raise your hand and say, hey, this isn't working for me.
• 3:17
  Philip Pape: Can you help me out?
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  Philip Pape: And if it's, if it's me, if you're in my program, you, you can ask anybody.
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  Philip Pape: I will personally reach out and have like a back and forth conversation and really get into the weeds of how do we make this work for you, because the last thing I want to do is, um, see you fail.
• 3:33
  Philip Pape: Like I take it personally when people don't succeed with me, and that almost never happens.
• 3:38
  Philip Pape: The only reason it ever happens is when someone is just not committed.
• 3:41
  Philip Pape: Right, if you're committed and and I'm not even saying you're doing all the work right away, because I get that it takes time to build the momentum just being committed, just having the will to say yes, that I need help and leaning on the help system to do that, and not saying, hey, I need to be more consistent before I work with a coach, no, it's the opposite.
• 4:05
  Philip Pape: If consistency is the problem, then guess what Having a coach makes it easier, not harder, like having a good coach, of course.
• 4:11
  Philip Pape: So if you're telling yourself like I will join when I'm ready, ask yourself this what is going to change between now and then?
• 4:20
  Philip Pape: If the true answer if you're honest with yourself is, well, nothing, because this is what I've been doing then what you really need is a system that works for you, not a new burst of motivation that fades the moment that life gets busy.
• 4:33
  Philip Pape: Not, hey, I'm gonna go listen to Wits and Weights.
• 4:35
  Philip Pape: Philip has all this great information, I'm just gonna take action from that.
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  Philip Pape: Sometimes that is not enough, and that is why hiring a coach isn't about being ready.
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  Philip Pape: It's about getting out of your own way and then making real progress now, not six months from now, when you're still spinning your wheels.
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  Philip Pape: And, by the way, here's, here's the irony when you join my coaching program, I will tell you I want you to take it slow.
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  Philip Pape: I don't want you to binge all the content.
• 5:01
  Philip Pape: I don't want you to like try to do all the steps in one day, and we're not even going to start fat loss for probably four to four to eight weeks.
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  Philip Pape: And if you're hearing this right now, you're like oh, that sounds awful.
• 5:11
  Philip Pape: I want I got to lose the weight now.
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  Philip Pape: That's the problem when you take this methodical approach.
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  Philip Pape: What then happens?
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  Philip Pape: When you do it the right way tracking, measuring, the right things you start to make progress and it becomes extremely invigorating.
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  Philip Pape: You get the confidence and after about two months now you're dialed in across the board with consistency.
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  Philip Pape: Now you're ready to hit the fat loss, if you even want to buy that Cause.
• 5:36
  Philip Pape: By then you might've made some gains and improvements in your body composition.
• 5:39
  Philip Pape: And you might say you know what?
• 5:40
  Philip Pape: I actually don't want to be in a deficit right now, because my body is improving already.
• 5:45
  Philip Pape: And then, of course, and then you make lots of progress and then, four or six months from when you start, you've now achieved the thing you wanted to achieve that took you years and years of struggling not to achieve and that you still won't achieve if you don't start now.
• 5:59
  Philip Pape: So, before you put this off again, ask yourself would future you be grateful that you started now or that you waited another six months, another year, another two years, another five years?
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  Philip Pape: I think you know the answer.
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  Philip Pape: All right, that's it for today.
• 6:12
  Philip Pape: If this hits home, let me know, shoot me a DM on Instagram at witsandweights that's one way to reach out to me or you could always drop a review in Apple or Spotify.
• 6:22
  Philip Pape: Well, spotify is a rating, but drop a review in Apple and you could also send me a question.
• 6:27
  Philip Pape: So, witsandweightscom slash question.
• 6:29
  Philip Pape: And if you're finally ready to stop going in circles and you want to get some structure and support that you know you need, you know you do, we all need that kind of support and it's going to accelerate your results very quickly.
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  Philip Pape: You know where to find me.
• 6:42
  Philip Pape: All right, I'm going.