Dr. Lauren Colenso-Semple

We can be underslept or we

are jet lagged or we're stressed about something work-related and feeling distracted.

There's a lot of reasons why we don't have a 10 out of 10 workout every single time we go to the gym.

So I think there's an argument to be made to, yeah, push forward, just do it anyway.

Even a subpar workout is better than no workout at all.

I think it's particularly powerful for women because, and I alluded to this earlier, there's a history of marketing ineffective programs to women or encouraging them to constantly switch it up.

Try this new group fitness class or try this new at-home video workout.

they never really see the results that they are hoping to see.

And so you're just program hopping and disappointed and feeling like I'm putting in all this work, I'm doing the thing, and I'm not seeing results.

When you stick to a good resistance training program for long enough, not only do you start to see results in the way that your body looks, because muscle growth can

can change your body composition and can change your physique.

But you also have this empowering feeling of progression over time.

I can get stronger.

I can do more.

And that keeps you coming back.

It's really motivating.

So I think that can be really powerful that you feel like you're getting something out of what you're putting in and you're more likely to stick to it long term.

Yes, because the problem is you start to see, oh, I can do more than I did last week.

And then you think, oh, well, this is linear, right?

And so you think I can add 10 pounds every week forever.