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Plus: How Vision Drills Help Performance [View this email in your browser]( [How To Fit Exercise Into Every Day]( There is only so much quality work available to most people in a given week and we are all better off when we have space to sleep, play, and relax. So rather than trying to fit hour-long workouts on top of my already packed schedule, I shifted my fitness approach. Humans lived with impressive strength and vigor for tens of thousands of years without any occasion to incorporate a regimented exercise routine. It was civilization that brought extensive chair sitting and compartmentalized our world into gyms where you work out and everywhere elsewhere you don’t. For most of us, there is no going back to those healthy nomadic patterns, but we can learn from them to start approaching fitness in a different way. [And, don't forget all the other good stuff...]( [Vision Drills For Better Performance In Physical Movement]( All that you have ever experienced, will ever experience, all the exercises or personal bests you have ever pulled off have started and ended in your brain. All movement, skill, thought, and everything that makes you, you is encompassed in this 3lb organ. Your brain's goal is to keep you alive. Full stop. Not keep you alive ten years from now but right now, today. How it does this is through prediction. Our brains are masters at pattern recognition. Every second of every day the 120 billion neurons in the brain are processing information based on previous experience to predict outcomes to actions, this is your brain using pattern recognition to decide actions. When there is a mismatch is when we run into problems. If there is bad information informing the brain maps and pattern recognition abilities, then I am afraid it is going to try to limit the chances of death—usually by generating pain to draw attention or inhibiting movement. [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Website]( [Instagram]( [For]( Only: Group Classes Work]( Think of group classes as the personality of your gym. If a client thinks that you are not involved with your attendees, don’t engage with them, or understand their needs they’ll move on. Your group class is where people connect with your gym culture and you want them to feel comfortable and happy about being there. For more on the fun and profits of group classes subscribe to the [For Coaches Only]( newsletter. Copyright © 2020 Breaking Muscle, All rights reserved. Thanks for signing up on Breaking Muscle! Our mailing address is: Breaking Muscle 1710 Moorpark Road Suite 232Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 [Add us to your address book]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](.