Fitness Made Simple
Great health doesn’t require perfection, extremes, or the latest wellness trends. It requires consistency in a few core areas and the discipline to stop overthinking them.
If you’re struggling with your health, it’s likely not because you don’t know what to do. There are endless resources to help you succeed. Google, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, and now AI offer a wealth of information for us to LEARN. However, the issue is not information, it’s inaction!
The real reason you’re struggling is because emotions, stress, and distractions are getting in the way of doing what you already know works.
Let’s simplify it.
The Five Core Pillars of Health
Nutrition
Exercise
Sleep
Hydration
Stress Management
Nutrition
Nutrition and emotions are closely linked and that’s where many people get stuck.
Your body doesn’t need comfort food; it needs fuel. Feed it what it needs, in appropriate amounts, and move on with your day. Change your mindset around food, (much easier said than done) try to remove guilt, drama, and emotional attachment from food choices. Eat to support your energy, performance, and health, not your mood.
Depending on your goals, some of you may need to track your food. Between weighing/measuring out your food, and plugging that into a nutrition app, it takes maybe 5-10 minutes per day. You HAVE 10min per day to invest in this practice. Don’t overcomplicate it. Weigh your items, plug it into the app and move on. Even if you are eating out, do your best to track that food too. Don’t chase perfection.
Coach Bailey Tip: Focus on one or two key priorities, such as protein and fiber intake. Set a clear goal and commit to it without constantly shifting your focus. Understand that slip-ups will happen and that’s part of the process. When they do, don’t beat yourself up and let your emotions cloud your judgment. Simply reset and make your next meal count.
Exercise
You do not need to destroy yourself in the gym six days a week to see results. In fact, that approach often does more harm than good.
As a coach, I’d argue that training 2–3 times per week can be just right if the other pillars are aligned. Consistent, intentional movement paired with proper recovery will always outperform burnout.
Coach Bailey Tip: Find your “why.” Identify the deeper reason you choose to work out. Your purpose is what anchors you when motivation fades or emotions get in the way. It’s normal to lose sight of your “why” at times, and when that happens, don’t overthink it or beat yourself up. Simply reconnect and keep moving forward. You will never regret showing up for yourself.
Often, when we say “I can’t,” what we really mean is “I don’t want to.” Catching that internal language matters. When you hear yourself say, “I can’t work out today, I have too much going on,” pause and reframe it. If there is a will, there is a way, and clarity around your “why” helps you find it.
Sleep
Sleep is the backbone of discipline.
When you’re sleep-deprived:
Willpower decreases
Cravings increase
Motivation to work out drops
Decision-making suffers
Your body needs sleep to recover from workouts, repair muscle tissue, support brain health, and regulate hormones. If sleep is lacking, everything else becomes harder.
Coach Bailey Tip: Establish a sleep routine. It must be intentionally structured and prioritized, which often requires setting boundaries and saying no to activities that interfere with recovery. Sleep-tracking devices like Whoop, Oura Ring, or Garmin can provide valuable insight into sleep quality and recovery (tracking my sleep completely changed my life). Finally, limit screen time before bed, blue light disrupts sleep. Replace it with reading or listening to an audio book.
Hydration
Hydration impacts nearly every system in your body:
Focus and reaction time
Mood and energy levels
Digestion and circulation
Weight management
Dehydration forces your heart to work harder to circulate oxygen, which leads to fatigue, sluggishness, and poor concentration.
Sorry, but if you tell me you “don’t like the taste of water,” that’s not a valid excuse to not drink water. You literally can’t not drink it. Your body needs it in order to live.
If you’re urinating excessively, adding a pinch of salt or electrolyte supplement can help your body retain water more effectively. Sodium helps with proper hydration balance.
Coach Bailey Tip: Drink water first thing in the morning! (yes, before coffee). After 7–8 hours of sleep without fluids, your body is naturally dehydrated. Rehydrating first thing supports digestion, energy levels, and overall bodily function. Starting your day with water also sets the tone for consistent hydration throughout the rest of the day. Aim for 20-40oz to start your day.
Stress Management
Stress isn’t just mental, it’s physiological.
According to the American Psychological Association:
“Research since the late 1980s has found that exercise increases brain concentrations of norepinephrine. Norepinephrine is particularly interesting to researchers because 50% of the brain's supply is produced in the locus coeruleus, a brain area that connects most of the brain regions involved in emotional and stress responses.”
Effective stress management includes:
Prioritizing sleep
Eating properly
Exercising regularly
Being part of a supportive community
Journaling
Breathwork
Coach Bailey Tip: Stress management leads us back to nutrition, sleep, exercise, and hydration. Because these pillars are deeply connected. Ignore one, and the others suffer.
Which category are you overcomplicating? Where do you need help and support most? Doing this alone makes it much harder, and wastes a ton of precious time. If you know you need accountability and support, but have been putting it off for far too long, please reach out. We’d love to hear your story, what you’re working through, and how we can provide solutions to the problems you’re facing.
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-Coach Bailey