Pertaining to health, wellness, and fitness, I stay in the top 5% for my age; always have and fingers crossed, I always will.

The secret is to have a fightline.

Your fightline is an exact time each day, 10:00 AM for example, when you ask yourself these questions: “Did I win yesterday?” and “How can I win today?”. More specifically, “What do I need to do over the next twenty-four hours to be healthier than the last twenty-four hours?”

Your assessment of yesterday informs what you need to do today. You are either going to subtract stuff from yesterday (stress, caffeine, sit time, alcohol, sugar, etc.) or add stuff (steps, meditation, reps, protein, fiber, water, stretches, etc.). This addition and subtraction is fightline math.

If you lost yesterday, the day before, the day before that, and so on for days, weeks, months or even years, there’s only one thing left to do: win tomorrow.

You can win tomorrow by making small, fightline calculations: a bit of stress reduction here; some extra steps there; one less drink of coffee or wine; and/or any other smart addition to, or subtraction from, yesterday.

Be consistent. You’re better off doing ten pushups every day, than doing a hundred one day and nothing the next.

Be reasonable. You’re better off walking up one short hill every day, than climbing a mountain every month.

Be aware. When you can feel your adjustments, you’re making genuine progress. Daily walks are perceptible; removing ten grains of sugar from your daily diet might not be.

Be mathematical. You’re aging every day. There’s no such thing as staying level by living life today exactly like you did yesterday. Use fightline math to stay ahead of your biological clock.

If you are consistent, reasonable, aware and mathematical, you’ll become the best version of yourself. I guarantee it.

As for my fightline, it’s 9:30 AM, right after my Unified Health and Performance workout on Zoom. At this time, I know if I lost yesterday (always due to bad decisions); it’s also when I calculate how to win tomorrow.

FYI: the older we get, the harder the fight!