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Make it easy to do the things you want to do, and hard to do the things you don't want to do.
It's system design 101. You set the books you want to read on your nightstand. You want to play guitar more, so you leave it out in an accessible place. You don't want to lose your keys, so you find a hook to hang them on every day. You're engineering your environment in small ways that reduce friction and unnecessary stress.
If you've ever felt like fitness is too complicated or takes too much effort to even get started, it's not your fault. It’s your systems. So let’s change that.
If you want to get four hard workouts in every week, you have to remove barriers, look at the system, and make it easy. Instead of thinking up what workout you're going to do, googling "good workouts" and then of course getting distracted by the latest news cycle, have someone else think it up for you. Instead of wondering what equipment you need then get there and see that the thing you wanted to do is taken (Bench press amiright?), have someone else plan the workout and lay out the room. Instead of going through the whole "I should text my friend and see if they want to meet me there, beep boop beep, wait...wait...wait..." aaand now you've lost motivation and just remembered that thing you have to do instead. Just sign up for a group training slot—there’ll be people there to train with (usually!). And if it happens to be a solo session? Even better. Private training. Lucky you.
This is true outside the gym too. Small business is a lot like that, whether it's a gym or a farm or a bakery. You set the coffee to automatically brew, or you set a timer on a sprinkler system. It's all about making it easier on yourself. Same thing applies with self-care habits, and that's exactly what we're aiming for at VS. Honestly, most of the 90minute workouts that get done in a globo gym facility could fit inside a 20min AMRAP at VS—with more intention, more intensity, and more coaching.
"What fun is efficiency, growth is about learning this myself, the hard way!" Good idea, I can relate, but VS classes will help you learn programming and technique, and there's still plenty of mistakes left to make on your own—trust me.
"The workouts will be too hard"... I doubt it. I think you're underestimating yourself. We NEED hard workouts. Part of the goal is to get away from this mindset of "I don't have enough energy so I should move less and eat less and do less with my life" and shift towards "What do I need to improve so that I have more energy?" Hint: it's better nutrition & more sleep. Less sugar and alcohol.
There is a lot to be said for developing your own intuition, but zooming out and looking at the systems you have is not giving up on your intuition—it's getting smart. It's actually enabling your intuition to uplevel because you aren't spending energy on the little stuff like trying to remember where your keys are.
It's the key hook by the door. It's the guitar stand. It's the coffee set to brew in the morning. It's present-moment 'you' doing something that helps future 'you' win.
VS isn't about ruthless efficiency or over-optimizing your life. The health and fitness podcasts today will have you stressing out about tracking every breath and eliminating every "bad" habit until life is dry and boring. But it IS about reducing friction so you can move more, get stronger, and do the bold, hard, creative things you want to do with a little less resistance in the way.
We've got the room, the music, the kettlebells, the weights, and the coach... all you need to do is show up.
Best,
Josh
P.S. Want to make your system easier? Book a No Sweat Intro! We'll help you build something that works.