Arnold's Full Consistency Guide: How Arnold Stays Consistent For 50+ Years (3 Steps)

“It’s not what you do once in a while that counts, it’s what you do every day.”
– Arnold

Arnold is very, very consistent. He works out every day, eats his diet, and sleeps well even while working 10+ hours a day.

Let’s be real… every training program, rep, and set you do in the gym means nothing if you’re not consistent.

If your diet sucks, if you skip training sessions, your physique will fall off.

But… if you’re consistent…

If you show up to the gym, eat your diet, and sleep well, you’ll get stronger and bigger every week.

What Consistency Means to Arnold

“The key to success is consistency. Keep showing up, day after day, even when you don’t feel like it.”
– Arnold

Consistency is to keep showing up, whatever the hell happens (except if some tragedy happens in your life). That is basically what consistency is.

And when analysing Arnold’s system, I’m surprised…

Because Arnold never forces himself to do these ‘productive things’, and all of that is because he follows a simple system. And this system has worked for 60+ years of his life.

And after you finish reading this blog, you’ll be able to directly apply this system to your life.

His system is divided into 3 simple proven steps:

1. Vision and goals

“The most important thing is that you have a vision.”
– Arnold

Some of us have written many visions and goals, and many of us fail, I know that.
But we just can’t ignore the fact that if we want to change and succeed, we must have a goal.

And it applies to our physiques too.
Arnold has a simple way to really build his vision and goals.

The reason I used the word ‘build’ is because Arnold makes his goals very specific and clear, down to the details.

Here’s what Arnold does to build his vision:

Set 1–2 hours
Sit down and calm yourself
Think about what you want to achieve and why
Write it and believe that the goal will happen

So, here is an example of Arnold’s vision:
He will win Mr. Olympia, become the most popular bodybuilder at that time, go to Hollywood, and make tons of money.

For us it might be like this:
I want to have a lean physique (13% body fat and have a 6-pack), I want to hit the gym 3 times a week, eat healthy, hit my protein goal every day, and sleep 7 hours every day.

Everyone is different, but make it concise.

But vision is not enough; you need a plan.

2. Plan and Action

“When you have a vision, you need to chase it with a plan. You can’t just sit there and wait. You have to work your ass off.”
– Arnold

Now you have your vision. You know clearly what you want and want to achieve.
But as Arnold said, vision is not enough. You need a plan.

Making a plan is simple:

List your goals
Set the same and specific time to do that goal every day and week
Make the plan you think you can do

For example:

Your goal:

Hit gym 3x a week
Eat 100g of protein every day
Sleep 7 hours

Now, you must set up the time.

I will hit the gym at 7 p.m. every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.
(Tip: don’t change the time and day.)
I will eat breakfast at 6 a.m., lunch at 1 p.m., and dinner at 8 p.m. Every meal should consist of 35g of protein.
I will sleep at 10 p.m. and wake up at 5 a.m.

In the first week, it will be very hard. But believe me, when you get through the first week, it will be easy, and you’ll rarely ‘force’ yourself.

3. Make your environment support you

“I plastered my bedroom wall with photos and quotes of Reg Park and Steve Reeves. I wanted to look at them day and night. That was my vision, and it never left me.”
– Arnold

This is key to discipline and consistency. This is where you make productive things easier to do than negative things.

So, if you’re eating chocolate all night, just don’t grab chocolate at your grocery haul.

So for Arnold, he always put pictures and quotes of his idol in his room, so those pictures motivate him every single time Arnold sees them.

For us, it can be like this:

Set your phone off 30 minutes before sleep
Delete social media
Put Arnold’s quotes in your room

And many more… You can adjust it by yourself.

After all, consistency comes first from your mind and vision, and that clear vision will allow you to have a concise and specific plan to achieve that vision. And after all of that, you build and make your environment support you to achieve your goal. And your goal will manifest as soon as possible.

Yeah, that’s all the 3 steps. You can apply it directly to your routine. Remember that the first week feels like hell.

But if you hang Arnold’s pictures and quotes, maybe it will help you a bit.

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