Brushing your teeth for 2 minutes, twice per day, EVERYDAY for the rest of your life pretty much ensures that you won't have any dental issues (there's even a link between good dental hygiene and heart health).
Do you still need to go to the dentist?
Of course... for regular check-ups.
But the only time you really NEED a dentist, is to patch up a cavity or perform a root canal.
But the 2 issues above can be avoided IF you brush your teeth everyday, twice per day, for 2 minutes.
It's the CONSISTENCY of habit of brushing your teeth everyday that will always prevent the need for the INTENSITY of having to go to the dentist for a root canal or a cavity.
And the INTENSITY is only necessary if you weren't consistent... if you didn't establish the habit.
Because... CONSISTENCY > Intensity
So you can train with balls-to-the-wall INTENSITY everyday for a month...
But try to sustain that intensity for longer and you'll probably burn out, lose motivation, get sick or get injured.
Achieving lasting results will only come from your ability to be CONSISTENT with your training habit over the months and years.
That means having more days of taking a workman's approach to training by working the plan doing "punch-the-clock" workouts knowing full well that if you need to, you CAN train balls-to-the-wall...
...but only when it's called for.
Like going to the dentist.
Can you miss a day and still get results?
Sure.
Missing a workout isn't a big deal because it's about playing the long game.
Because... CONSISTENCY > Intensity
"Consistency is the key to long-lasting change. Short term bouts of high energy will actually change nothing in the long run. They will create an influx of self-fulfilling feelings about what we've achieved, but the achievement won't last."
-Simon Sinek
Consistency and forming a habit isn't sexy...
...but it is necessary to achieve your goals.
And it's in building that strength habit...
...or that meditation habit;
...or drinking 1/2 your bodyweight in ounces of water everyday habit;
...or that early to rise habit;
...or that gratitude habit;
....That make the biggest difference in your life.
Wolfie