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Why Most People Can’t Live in an Optimal State of Health—and How to Change That with a Performance Lifestyle

9/19/2024

 
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By John Allen Mollenhauer “JAM” CPLC, Founder of Performance Lifestyle® Insights and the Regenus Center
In today’s world, maintaining an optimal state of health feels nearly impossible for most people. We live in a time where the relentless pressures of work, family, and life commitments can make even the idea of thriving seem out of reach. The health and wellness industry often perpetuates this feeling, with influencers and experts—whose job it is to stay healthy—offering advice from environments that completely cater to their needs. Yet, for most of us, who don’t live with that level of support, this advice simply doesn’t work in the real world.
The Performance Lifestyle Difference

Enter the concept of a Performance Lifestyle®, which doesn’t just focus on generic advice, but offers a deeper understanding of how to thrive during life’s demands. It’s about recognizing that life is a system, and to succeed in it you need to understand human performance and the lifestyle that translates to. You need both the lifestyle mindset and skill set to manage stress, restore energy, and create more freedom in your life—not more stress and fatigue... 
A Performance Lifestyle recognizes that many of us wear multiple hats—parent, career professional, business owner, friend, family member, athlete, creative, or even someone in military or ministry service. These systems of life don’t bend easily to the demands of perfect health or optimal living. That’s why, in a Performance Lifestyle, we focus on understanding the principles, practices, and strategies for living optimally **in any situation**. It’s not about being perfect. It’s about consistently doing the best you can with the resources and knowledge you have and continuing to improve them both over time; in 90-day cycles and one (1) and three (3) year blocks to be specific. 

But to do that, you need to understand the fundamentals of a balanced and healthy, high-performance lifestyle.

What Happens When Life Gets in the Way?

Take something as simple as sleep, for example. We all know that getting 8 hours of sleep a night is ideal—and some experts even suggest aiming closer to 10 hours for optimal health. But let’s be honest: for many of us, this just doesn’t always happen. Work, family emergencies, or other life events can derail even the best intentions. Maybe you get 8 hours of sleep three or four nights a week, pop a “10” occasionally, but on the other nights, life simply doesn’t allow it. What then?
In a Performance Lifestyle, we understand that these moments are part of life. The key is having the mindset and skillset to bounce back when life throws you off course. Rather than getting caught up in stress and fatigue, it’s about knowing how to restore yourself effectively and manage your energy so you can keep functioning and performing “well” on your success track” in a healthy high-performance way.

The Foundation: Energy Mastery

One of the most significant gaps in modern health and wellness is a lack of understanding about **energy**—the foundation of both health and performance. Most of us think about health in terms of exercise, nutrition, or getting more sleep and maybe mental well-being, but we fail to realize that energy is at the core of all of it. Without regular recovery and energy management, everything else falls apart.
In a Performance Lifestyle, we spend a lot of time teaching people how to revitalize and manage their energy “like a pro”. That’s because energy affects everything—from the way we think, to how we feel, to the decisions we make. Most of us make decisions not based on logic, but on emotion—what we feel in the moment. And that emotion is directly tied to our energy levels. 
When you’re tired, depleted, or running on just a few amps, your decisions will reflect that. You’re more likely to reach for comfort foods, skip a workout, or make choices that perpetuate more stress and fatigue. 

Therefore, gaining “energy mastery” is essential if you want to function at a high level and achieve your goals, all while maintaining your health.

A Lifestyle That Supports Your Life’s Demands

The goal of a Performance Lifestyle is to create a lifestyle that supports you—whether you're a parent, career person, athlete, or business owner. It’s about bridging the gap between health and success. Instead of making sustained sacrifices in either domain to thrive in the other. we want to help you live in a way that supports you, and what you’re up to in the world. 
We all know the feeling of burnout or wearing out and it’s because we haven’t figured out how to revitalize, cope with stress or truly manage our time and energy effectively beyond perhaps productivity skills or getting that extra sleep here and there to improve our wearable’s HRV score. 
But what if you had a set of fundamental skills that worked for you, not against you? What if you knew how to mitigate, reduce, or even eliminate many of the stressors that burn people out, cause poor health, and diminish your capacity to function and perform well. 

That’s what a Performance Lifestyle offers. It’s a lifestyle based on principles that keep you thriving—even when life is demanding. It’s not about perfection; it’s about consistent, meaningful progress. And the more you optimize the way you live over time, the better you’ll be at managing your life, your energy, your health and performance.

About JAM:
John Allen Mollenhauer is the founder of Performance Lifestyle Inc., Regenus Center, and The Recharging Station in NJ. As a professional coach and recovery entrepreneur, he helps drive achievers’ step into “Type A 2.0,” becoming healthy high achievers who thrive under pressure. His work promotes the balanced, energy-rich, and healthy, high-performance lifestyle that aligns success with well-being. Learn more at Insights.PerformanceLifestyle.com  

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