Delaying Gratification

A reminder as to why we lift

Summary

This post should serve as a refresher to why we lift. It not only improves your appearance, it improves your mind. Delayed Gratification can be learned through consistently lifting, and it will train you to become a better person.

Body

When faced with the choice to exercise, the average person has no problem coming up with excuses. I don't have time, it's hard, I'm too tired, etc. Those people are missing out in more ways than they know.

The concept of delayed gratification has been thought to have a link to living a more successful life for a long time. In the 1960s and 1970s, a psychologist named Walter Mischel performed an experiment called The Stanford Marshmallow Experiment. In this experiment, young children were given a choice aimed at testing their willpower. They would be offered one reward immediately, or two rewards fifteen minutes later.

Those who could wait for the two rewards lead more successful lives. On average, they had higher SAT scores, got into better colleges, and had lower BMIs.

How can you learn the skill that the successful children had? Lift. When you lift you train your mind. You teach yourself that if you work at something consistently, you can make improvements to your life. This is what The Red Pill is all about. Put in the work to improve your life.

A consistent lifting schedule will make swallowing the pill easier. It will make you a better person. Plus you get the added bonus of looking like a fucking greek god.

Lessons Learned

We don't just lift to look better. It improves your life in more ways than most people know.