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This process has never been about numbers for me.

I think I always knew I’d enjoy working with guys who are genuinely ready & willing to do the work - there’s something about being around people who are bought in that just makes the whole thing different, & honestly that’s what I look for more than anything else when it comes to who i bring into PLIFESTYLE.

Physique development is one of those things that sounds serious on paper & it is, we take it seriously - but the reality is it’s also just a really enjoyable process when you’re sharing it with the right people.

The sessions, the check-ins, the small wins week to week, the conversations that go way beyond sets & reps -that’s the part I’m genuinely in it for.

I’ll be the first to admit I’m selective about who i work with & that’s not arrogance, it’s just that this only works when both sides are fully bought in.

When that’s there though, it’s a different thing entirely - less coach & client, more just two people on the same road working towards the same thing.

If that sounds like the kind of environment you want to be in, drop me a message. by @pumulanis

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4 days ago

Bringing it back to big TR 🐐
R͟e͟a͟d͟ ͟e͟a͟c͟h͟ ͟s͟l͟i͟d͟e͟ ͟a͟n͟d͟ ͟t͟a͟k͟e͟ ͟i͟t͟ ͟i͟n͟.

Most guys don’t have an effort problem they have a standards problem & Taylor’s result is what happens when that gets fixed.

Three main phases, months of getting softer on purpose to build the muscle you’re now seeing & adherence that never dipped through the stretch where there was nothing to show for it.

That’s the bit the final picture never shows you & funnily enough it’s the only bit that matters.

This is exactly what coaching is for — the plan is the easy part, the value is having someone keep you aligned through the phase where you’d normally panic, cut too early & throw the whole thing away.

Taylor never had to guess what to do next or wonder if it was working, he just had to show up & hold the standard.

He behaved like someone who already had the goal before he reached it.

Discipline creates balance.

Drop me a message — depending on where you’re at being in shape this year is still very much on the table. by @pumulanis

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19 days ago

I’m opening more spaces this month, and I want to be straight about who they’re for.

Plifestyle was built on the belief that discipline creates balance, and you can’t manufacture discipline in someone who’s only half in. So even when I’m actively taking people on, I’m not chasing numbers for the sake of it. The lad who signs up because a link was in front of him, with no real intention behind it, tends to be the same lad who’s gone by week six when the work actually starts. That helps no one.

Standing next to Fabio in this one isn’t me taking credit for his physique. That’s his. He earned every bit of it. What I did was hold the structure around a decision he’d already made, and keep him honest on the days the motivation wasn’t there, because there were plenty of those. But the decision came first, and it was real.

So yes, the doors are open right now. The enquiry link is there for a reason. I’d just rather it reach the guys who genuinely want to change than the ones talking themselves into it. If you’ve read this far and something landed, you probably already know which one you are.

Drop me a message, or hit the link, if you’re ready to do this properly. by @pumulanis

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2 months ago

Zeus law 🎯 by @pumulanis

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a day ago

There’s a version of the ‘discipline vs balance’ conversation that gets it completely wrong because it treats the two as opposites when in my experience they’ve always been the same thing — the nights out that actually felt good were always the ones I’d earned, & I think that’s worth unpacking properly. by @pumulanis

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8 days ago

Raise the standard & the result follows, the reality is you don’t get what you want, you get what you consistently are. by @pumulanis

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18 days ago

Two different holidays.

The first one I was close & I’ll be the first to admit close felt good enough at the time, however close meant I spent half the trip doing the strategic sun lounger positioning, breathing in for photos & fully avoiding anywhere with unflattering lighting like it owed me money.

The second one I actually did the work beforehand & funnily enough I don’t think I checked an angle once, wild what happens when you’re not negotiating with your own reflection.

Nobody really talks about this part but everything genuinely hits different when you’re in condition. The beach, the pool, the food, even just chucking a shirt on in the morning, all of it just hits that much more because there’s nothing in the back of your mind pulling you out of the moment.

You’re not managing how you feel about yourself, you’re just there enjoying what you built & ordering dessert with zero internal conflict.

The reality is summer isn’t made in summer, it’s made in the months nobody sees & believe me the version of you that puts the work in early is the one that actually gets to switch off later.

If you want to be on the right side of this next time, the Summer Shred guide is in my bio. taken in Ibiza by @pumulanis

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18 days ago

New week starting tomorrow & most men are about to make the same mistake they made last Monday.

They’ll wait to feel ready, ride the wave for a few days & then wonder where it went by Thursday; I’ll be honest, none of these clips were filmed on a day I particularly felt like training, & funnily enough that’s exactly the point.

The decision was made long before the alarm went off, because training stopped being something I try to do & became part of who I am.

So going into this week, don’t ask yourself if you’re motivated, decide what the standard is & let the week fall in line with it.

If you’re done with the start-stop cycle, drop me a message & save this for that Thursday reminder when the motivated feeling wears off.

#gymmotivation #gym #training #progress #lifestyle by @pumulanis

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20 days ago

I’ve had guys come to me after two years of training consistently & looking almost identical to when they started & the frustrating part is none of them were lazy, they were just missing structure & accountability.

Those two things change the entire outcome. by @pumulanis

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a month ago

A week of the same inputs 𐂃 by @pumulanis

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a month ago

If you’ve ever tried for any goal even outside of training and it’s ended up looking like doing it properly for three weeks, disappeared for two, come back & had to essentially start over trust me you’re not undisciplined, you’re just running without a system & there’s a difference; take it from me motivation can only carry you so far so build a system around where you’re currently at and stacking good days becomes near inevitable (learn from my mistakes lol) by @pumulanis

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a month ago

Most years by this point I’d have eased off a little (being honest I wouldn’t have even blamed myself for it) been pretty damn lean for months now numerous shoots + summer’s here and in that position it can be easy to tell yourself you’ve earned the slack & take your foot off the gas slightly.

This year however, that didn’t happen & I’m glad it didn’t, because right now I’m cruising through the summer in exactly the condition I want to be in & it genuinely doesn’t feel like I’m fighting for it anymore & that’s really the difference between staying lean & just getting lean for a bit.

The reality is it came down to a handful of things I’ve been doing consistently for a while now that made managing this a lot easier than it used to be, & instead of maxing out the word count on this caption 🤥I’ve put all of it into a free guide that you can grab via the link in my bio, everything condensed, nothing fluffed out, just the things that actually moved the needle for me.

If you’ve been going back & forth between lean & not lean for a while, it might be worth a read.

@juustjp : visual genius 🎯 by @pumulanis

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