Aug. 28, 2025

The Top 3 Fitness Mistakes and How to 20:80 your Health - w/ Coach Jake Parker, Beyond Fitness

The Top 3 Fitness Mistakes and How to 20:80 your Health - w/ Coach Jake Parker, Beyond Fitness

The psychology of fitness and how to shift your identity to create a sustainable mindset

We think fitness is about the body. But in truth, it begins in the story we tell ourselves.

In this conversation with Jake Parker, we explore fitness not as a battle of discipline, but as a shifting of identity.

Humans evolved in a world of scarcity where every calorie mattered. Now, in a world of abundance, that same wiring works against us. The magic, Jake suggests, is in designing new defaults. Defaults where exercise becomes an act of self-kindness, food choices become votes for the person you want to be, and consistency becomes less a grind and more a groove.

Fitness then stops being a task and starts becoming a story of who you are becoming.

Three Takeaways:

  • The differences between female and male beliefs around exercise

  • How environments shape habits more than willpower does

  • The top 3 mistakes people make when getting fit


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    Chapters

    00:00 Jake Parker - Psychology of fitness

    02:23 Fitness and Nutrition Philosophy

    03:28 Genetics and Fitness Challenges

    04:48 Overcoming Obesogenic Environment

    06:54 Building a Sustainable Diet

    12:50 Approaching diet flexibly and pragmatically

    15:32 Shifting Identity and Embracing Fitness

    21:40 Common Fitness Mistakes

    23:38 Forming Healthy Habits

    25:25 Overcoming Lack of Motivation

    25:52 Reward and Punishment Systems in Fitness

    27:53 Designing Your Environment for Success

    30:48 Personalized Fitness Approaches

    31:23 Strength Training and Muscle Maintenance

    33:56 Womens vs Mens approach to fitness

    35:56 Handling Injuries and Setbacks

    39:42 Online Coaching vs. In-Person Training

    42:05 Avoiding the All-or-Nothing Mentality

    43:11 Practical Tips for Getting Unstuck

    46:30 Claim a free month of coaching

    48:00 Wrap up

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