Daily blog (audio): Optimus Prime got it wrong ["We don't do transformations"]

<p>Optimus Prime got it wrong ["We don't do transformations"]</p> <p><br></p> <p>We're on a mission to help one million people RISE by 2030 - join the movement at <a href="http://www.myrise.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.myrise.co.uk</a></p> <p><br></p> <p>You’re aware of The Transformers, yeah?</p> <p>Either the original cartoon from the 80s.</p> <p>Or the more recent films.</p> <p>Or, of course, both.</p> <p>Optimus Prime, Bumblebee and…. err….. the other ones.</p> <p>Turn from a vehicle (or something else) into a robot with arms and legs and back again.</p> <p>Not really Transformation was it though?</p> <p>More just a rearrangement of their features.</p> <p>And a transformation is normally a one way thing.</p> <p>Someone gaining and losing weight repeatedly isn’t normally called a Transformation.</p> <p>“Yo-yo dieting” usually.</p> <p>Transformation is more permanent.</p> <p>When a caterpillar transforms into a butterfly, it never goes back.</p> <p>And it’s significant change.</p> <p>A slight trim at the barbers wouldn’t be classed as a Transformation.</p> <p>A completely different hairstyle and some facial tattoos and piercings probably would be.</p> <p>Transformation is a significant and lasting change.</p> <p>Which is why it always tickles me when other FitPros say “We don’t do transformations”.</p> <p>So……. you do insignificant and temporary changes?</p> <p>I know the point their trying to make.</p> <p>They do long term progress rather than something with a shorter time frame (like our eight week programme).</p> <p>And I get why.</p> <p>Long term progress is, ultimately, the best way.</p> <p>But long term seems too much for many.</p> <p>We meet them where they ‘are’.</p> <p>Start with something they feel they can do.</p> <p>Rather than committing to a lifetime of exercise and healthy eating.</p> <p>Relatively quick initial results to get buy in and enthusiasm.</p> <p>There’s research that suggests quicker initial progress followed by a transition into something else……..</p> <p>Has up the five