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Repetition Does Not Lead to Improvement

April 3, 2026 | Renée Fishman

There’s a common myth that if you want to improve at something, you just need to“put in your reps”. Unfortunately, that’s not how it works.

Filed Under: Coaching, Fitness, Productivity Tagged With: coaching, consistency, feedback, fitness, improvement, productivity, repetition, skills, technique, time

Is the CrossFit Open an Accurate Fitness Assessment?

March 19, 2026 | Renée Fishman

Although the CrossFit Open may be a way to test of your fitness, it’s not the best way to assess your fitness progress.

Filed Under: CrossFit, Fitness Tagged With: CrossFit, fitness, improvement, progress

The Prerequisite for Progress

May 28, 2025 | Renée Fishman

Whether you’re trying to build strength, learn a new skill, or get things done, it’s tempting to want to “get right into it.” But there’s an important pre-requisite that sets you up for success in any endeavor.

Filed Under: Fitness, Productivity Tagged With: growth, healing, holistic productivity, improvement, nervous system, productivity

The Best Weightlifting Advice I’ve Received

February 9, 2025 | Renée Fishman

The belief that progress is linear sets us up to fail — in and out of the gym. This advice helped me remember that the mind doesn’t have the last word on the experience.

Filed Under: CrossFit, Fitness, Productivity Tagged With: advice, body, improvement, mind, progress, stimulus, time, weightlifting

5 Keys to Sustainable Improvement

January 22, 2025 | Renée Fishman

Not seeing results despite showing up consistently? These 5 keys reveal what’s missing between showing up and sustainable progress.

Filed Under: Learning, Productivity Tagged With: coaching, consistency, feedback, implementation, improvement, learning, practice, productivity, progress, skills, training

What if You Don’t Have to “Work On” It?

December 8, 2024 | Renée Fishman

In a culture that teaches us that there’s always something to improve, sometimes the biggest challenge is in accepting that we don’t need to “work on” what we want to cultivate.

Filed Under: Productivity, Yoga Tagged With: allowing, improvement, lessons, mindfulness, mindset, non-doing, personal development, personal growth, presence, productivity, receiving, yin yoga

5 Ways to Work With Mercury in Virgo

July 25, 2024 | Renée Fishman

As Mercury moves into Virgo, it brings our focus to the details of our daily routines, rituals, schedules, and plans, that can support us in accomplishing our big goals. Here are 5 ways to work with this transit.

Filed Under: Astrology, Productivity Tagged With: astrology, blueprint, details, improvement, plans, productivity, refine, rituals, routines, schedules, timing

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