What is the Whole Life Fitness Manifesto?

Hello, hello, my fantastic listeners, welcome back to the 2% solution, where we're all about making small changes for huge impact. I'm Diamond Well, your guide on this journey to a more fulfilling, joyful and happy life. Today, we're diving deep into something that's close to my heart the whole life fitness manifestos, 5s philosophy. Now,...

...ing care of your mental and spiritual self? Sure, but it's harder to get going. It's less fun along the way. The Whole Life Fitness Power Third I designed the whole life fitness power-thirteenth in such a way that you don't have to reinvent your lifestyle or comedy. Instead, you can plug this 30 minute ritual into your busy day. Literally...

All right, my friends, I told you before that I was releasing the whole life fitness manifesto, the book I wrote many years ago, which teaches people how to optimize body, mind and spirit with just 2% of every 24 hours. That's 30 minutes a day. And here it is. This is the introduction chapter, so make sure you can listen to this one first...

...ter, I want you to understand that a lot of the exercises, as well as some of the visuals, that really make this book special and it's one of the aspects that my wife and I are extremely proud about is we went full color. We really put a lot of love into making this book what it is, and we have to really throw a lot of special thanks out...

...n that happens, we not only let ourselves down, we also let down those who depend on us. My goal in creating the whole-life fitness manifesto is to sweep away the negative energies, accentuate the positive ones and ultimately empower you to radiate your own awesomeness along with the greatness of those around you. In a nutshell, the whole...

I'm going to just read a few of them that are highlighted in the book. I stumbled onto Diamondwell's blog from deep in my couch and got the chance to be a member of the whole life fitness manifesto community. Sometimes it's hard to find the motivations to do anything, but dive pushes, cajoles and encourage you to take a step than another...

...ing to share with you some of the wisdom I've stumbled upon over the past 30 years as I've explored the four big life questions. My stories may be uniquely my own, but the themes I'll share often plague others, and maybe you too. Big Life Question Number One who am I? From the day we can comprehend its existential meaning, the question wh...

Chapter 8, the Whole Life Fitness Power 30. For any positive change to be sustainable has to become a habit. That's why it helps to have a program to follow, especially at first. Once your healthy habits are well ingrained, you can go freestyle with your fitness. By that point you will have internalized the great feeling you get from movi...

...ll. Now that you know health is the foundation from which everything else flourishes, you're all set to create a life of awesomeness. It's my hope that the whole life fitness manifesto has ignited your passion and got you raring to go. Look back on the difficulties we faced with earlier attempts to become healthier and happier. You've pro...

Finding your why, finding your own why, is the most important factor to achieving long-term whole-life fits, and it's important to remember that that's going to look different for everyone. Everybody needs to explore their own particular reasons for becoming fit and make the decision to follow through. It all boils down to feeling as well...

written in February 2016 and published as The Whole Life Fitness Manifesto. The book goes deeper. This page is the version I still hand to men on a first call, because it fits in their life today. The 2% Solution. Play it here, with the full transcript on the page. The earliest written record of the two percent framework. The least exerci...

...gh is enough, let's do this, helped me shape myself into who I am today. The story and then some is shared in my book, the Whole Life Fitness Manifesto. My why, which I share often, is all about connection. I am enthralled with connecting with people, whether it is my family, my friends, or my tribe. This drive for connection to others un...

...oise settle is the part men skip and the part they feel first. Ten minutes of something that makes you better. A book, not a feed. The mind gets trained the same way the body does, in small regular doses, and this is the dose. Every day means every day, but a bad thirty minutes counts. A walk and three pages counts. The streak matters mor...

...a lot of excuses, also known as bad habits, running through my head daily. What made me feel worse, here I was a fitness professional and I was earning an income helping people overcome their excuses to get back on a path of optimized health. And then one day, I drew a line in the sand 7 years ago and finally accepted a friend's invite to...

...cohort with real accountability. The body changes because the days change. What is a dad bod, and is the project about getting rid of one? The dad bod is a body shaped by a decade of putting everything else first, and it gets treated as a joke or a life sentence. It is neither. The project is not about chasing the body you had at 25. It i...

In 2018 a coach asked me what I wanted for my life. I had made a career out of asking other men that question, and I could not answer it. FIG. 01 Two nights, three days, one notebook. In 2018 one of my coaches asked me what I wanted. Not for dinner. Not which series to put on. What I wanted for my life, and from it. I had nothing. I sat t...

...nough that a man cannot argue with it, and small enough to survive a week where everything goes wrong. I wrote a book about it, The Whole Life Fitness Manifesto . I ran it as free 28-day cohorts for years. In 2019 I built a version specifically for dads over 40 and called it the #DadBodyProject , and went looking for four men to test it....