My Habits: the Four Pillars of Health Written by Fritz Nugent
Every single person has unique habits and mindset which influence how they go about their days, how they eat, sleep, move their bodies, and how they produce and hedge against stress. I am going to share with you some of my habits that may be unique to me. My idea is to bring clarity to the diversity and depth that habits can reach. Now, I’m not a perfect eater. My wife sleeps better than I do. I don’t handle stress optimally. My training habits definitely need work. Everyone has places within their lives and mindset where they can improve, if they seek growth.
Quickly, let me reference the guiding principle of the Invictus Nutrition Program – the Four Pillars of Health: sleep, nutrition, movement, and stress. We leverage these areas as a dragnet to search the lifestyle habits of each client we work with. From each conversation, we glean nuggets upon which to help them progress.
Now that you have a reference for the framework, off we go. Keep in mind that every single habit listed here has a physiological importance all supported by research to help optimize each pillar. This is not all of my habits, rather the ones that seem to have the greatest positive effects on my life:
The idea here is to illustrate how unique habits are to each of us. I doubt that there are many people who do ALL of these things. Many of you will do some of these things. These habits were all consciously chosen to serve a need in my life. They may last a long time, or they may be upgraded or changed to fit my life demands as I learn and grow. And if I don’t like where some part of my mind or body is trending, then I can isolate which area(s) will have the greatest effect, and insert tiny habit changes to begin the process of metamorphosis. We all have the power to do so. Sometimes it takes a little help from a coach…