8 Pieces of Advice for a Friend who Wants to Start a Fitness Journey

Here comes trustworthy advice straight from Instagram so buckle up

Egis R.
8 min readMay 22, 2024
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A few weeks back I had nothing but boredom to keep me occupied so I decided to write an article to help a bunch of you lose weight, build muscle, get fit, yada yada yada.

The problem was that the number of topics I wanted to write about had been somewhere in the neighborhood of 0 and 0. So I did what every sensible content creator would have done — I turned to Instagram for advice. I posted this on my IG stories:

I’m writing a new article & I’m wondering: Say your friend wanted to start their fitness journey. What would your advice be? Don’t be an ass. Reply to this story with your advice that doesn’t suck balls. Cheers
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A good many followers did the heavy lifting for me and I finally had something to write about. So here are 8 pieces of advice to start your fitness journey aka here comes trustworthy advice straight from Instagram so buckle up.

1.”Just start”

This one came from my in-person client. “Just start.” And that’s all she said. She could have been more detailed, sure, so I didn’t need to do any extra writing but hey, there are worse things in life. Like being a grown man crying alone and drunk in his apartment over his broken dreams. Anyway…

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Egis R.
Egis R.

Written by Egis R.

I’m Egis, an online weight loss coach who has heightened BS sensors for fitness & nutrition. Only evidence-based & sustainable fat loss. www.absscience.com