Why “Doing Less” Might Be the Smartest Thing You Do for Your Fitness This Year
In fitness, more is often sold as better.
More sessions. More intensity. More sweat. More exhaustion.
But in reality, doing less, done well, is often what leads to the best long-term results.
At Real Good Fitness, we see this play out year after year.
The Problem With Doing Too Much
Most people don’t struggle because they’re not trying hard enough. They struggle because they’re trying to do everything at once.
That usually looks like:
Jumping from zero to five sessions a week
Training hard without time to recover
Chasing fatigue instead of progress
It works briefly. Then energy drops, aches creep in, motivation fades, and consistency disappears.
Not because you’re weak. Because the plan wasn’t realistic.
What “Doing Less” Actually Means
Doing less doesn’t mean doing nothing.
It means being more selective with where your effort goes.
At RGF, that often looks like:
Fewer sessions, but higher quality coaching and focus
Prioritising technique before adding load or speed
Leaving sessions feeling challenged, not wrecked
The goal isn’t to survive the session. It’s to be able to come back next week and build on it.
Why Less Often Leads to More Progress
When you strip things back, a few important things happen.
You recover better
Recovery is where progress actually happens. If you’re constantly exhausted, your body never gets the chance to adapt.
You move better
Slowing things down and focusing on technique builds confidence and efficiency. That’s what allows strength and performance to increase safely.
You stay consistent
Two or three sessions a week that you can maintain for months will always beat short bursts of high effort followed by long gaps.
Real World Examples
Doing less might look like:
Training twice a week consistently instead of pushing for five and burning out
Reducing load to improve form, then building back up steadily
Swapping a hard session for a lighter one when life stress is high
None of that is flashy. All of it works.
The RGF Approach
We program in structured blocks that build over time. We track progress through performance and confidence, not just how tired you feel. And we coach sessions so they’re scalable, meaning you can adjust without stopping altogether.
That’s how people make progress year after year, not just in January.
Final Thought
If this year you did slightly less, but did it consistently, with good coaching and intention, you’d probably get better results than you ever have before.
Less chaos. More clarity. Better outcomes.