FITNESS EVOLVED: The Biggest Myth of Them All: "It Only Takes 21 Days!"

This is the final video in our series on habits. We've shared this series because we think it's so vitally important to reaching your goals. Knowing how and why habits actually form and easy to implement strategies to change or create them goes a long way in creating the life you want for yourself. Last week's video did a little "myth-busting" in showing us that just a 1x/day reminder usually isn't enough to actually stimulate a change. Because habits are so hard-wired, we require much more frequent reminders and novelty to get our brain to pay attention enough to begin to make the change. This has been a great series with loads of information. Each video is only 4-6 minutes in length. If you missed any of the previous videos, see below.

This week's video busts another of the myths that seem to sabotage our progress, and one of the biggest ones out there: "It takes 21 days to make a habit change." Dr. Cobb makes a really good point: If it really only takes 3 weeks to make habits, all of us would eat well, all of us would exercise well, etc. That's obviously not the case! He gives us some background on where this myth came from and where this really applies: very simple habits, not complex lifestyle changes like diet, exercise, and so on. Cut yourself some slack! The final 3 minutes are especially important as he talks about the brain's wiring and if you "have a day off", all is not lost!

Here's this week's video. Enjoy!