Results Not Typical

I keep this on my home office/gym whiteboard. It reminds me of the mindset which opened the door to my new body and life. I never thought this would be me.

I knew there would be harder and easier days. I chose not to have a choice. I expected my brain to manufacture excuses, like "cheat" days or appeals to "moderation." The Power 90 DVDs were short: I could consider excuses after finishing the day's workout.

I trusted the pace of the program.

When a routine felt tough, I would hold on just a little longer. When it felt easy, I took it as a good day or rebuilding period. I'm not into guilt, just like I'm not into excuses as procrastination.

I didn't expect infomercial-level results. I did it anyway.

I was going to see what this thing could do for me. My bet was "nothing," but for 90 days I could give it a fair shot.

Typical execution would involve negotiating food choices against harder workouts.
Typical execution would let my mind stop at the first excuse to stay the way it was.
Typical execution would watch the scale yo-yo.
Typical execution would use NFL outliers to reject BMI-based health in the general case, even absent athleticism.

I needed to beat the averages. I didn't settle for typical execution. I didn't get typical results.

Have a video:

Welcome to Pair Club

Devs, welcome to Pair Club.

The first rule of Pair Club is: you do not talk about Pair Club.

The second rule of Pair Club is: you DO NOT talk about Pair Club.

Third rule of Pair Club: someone yells “stop!”, gets paged, randomized, the pair is over.

Fourth rule: only two devs to a pair.

Fifth rule: one priority at a time, folks.

Sixth rule: no shirts, no shoes, no refactoring, no Pair Club.

Seventh rule: pairs will go on as long as they have to.

And the eighth and final rule: if this is your first time at Pair Club, you have to pair.