🎧 Keep Your Gains By Training Less? The Holiday Training Secret.
If you’re worried about losing all your fitness gains during the holidays, today’s timely episode will ease your mind about reduced training frequency. Drawing from a fascinating 2024 study, learn how little exercise you actually need to maintain your gains during busy periods; plus discover hidden opportunities in holiday fitness disruptions.
And on Friday, learn what it really takes to build a business from nothing with guest, Jamie Schmidt. Jamie transformed her kitchen experiments into Schmidt's Naturals while balancing new parenthood and bootstrapping every step of the way. In this revealing episode, Jamie shares the raw truth about maintaining focus through constant pressure, making sacrifices, and trusting her intuition to scale a company to acquisition by Unilever.
All this, and much more, coming up on The BluePrint this week.
Worried about losing all your fitness gains over the holidays? In this timely episode, I share groundbreaking research that will ease your mind about reduced training frequency. Drawing from a fascinating 2024 study, I reveal how little exercise you actually need to maintain your gains during busy periods.
Whether you're traveling, hosting family, or simply need a break, you'll discover why taking time off might be less detrimental than you think — and could even work to your advantage.
Learn:
The surprising amount of training needed to maintain muscle mass.
How your cardiovascular fitness responds to reduced workout frequency.
Why some people actually come back stronger after a break.
The critical difference between maintenance and complete inactivity.
The hidden opportunity in holiday fitness disruptions.
Learn more about Erik and connect on Instagram, X, Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube. Enjoy my weekly newsletter, Adaptation, for free practical mind and body resilience techniques used by world-class performers. Plus, you can try AIM7 for FREE, the #1 Pickleball app for ultra-personalized workouts, mobility, warmups, mental fitness tools and more to unlock your potential. Or, book Dr. Erik for your next event.
What does it really take to build a business from nothing?
Jamie Schmidt transformed her kitchen experiments into Schmidt's Naturals while balancing new parenthood and bootstrapping every step of the way. In this revealing conversation, Jamie shares the raw truth about maintaining focus through constant pressure, making sacrifices, and trusting her intuition to scale a company to acquisition by Unilever.
For high performers seeking to elevate their game in business and life, Jamie offers honest insights about pushing through doubt, making decisive moves with limited resources, and staying true to your vision when everything feels overwhelming.
Learn:
Her counterintuitive strategy that led to breakthrough growth.
How to maintain focus when you're wearing every hat in the business.
The truth about bootstrapping while balancing personal life.
When to trust your intuition over traditional business advice.
The distribution strategy that competitors were afraid to try.
Learn more about Jaime and connect with her on Instagram. Watch her documentary From Maker to Magnate, or go from maker to magnate yourself with her bestselling book, Supermaker: Crafting Business on Your Own Terms.
Yours in Wellness,
