It’s the kind of thing you could tell a stranger in line at H-E-B and feel nothing.
Most common answer?
“I want to feel good, look good, and be healthy!”
Solid answer. But it’s the answer you think I Has a kid in your life ever hit you with “BUT WHYYYY?!” so many times you could feel a migraine brewing?
Cool. We’re about to use that exact same tactic to set your goals.
(And if you’re a Vegvisir athlete… surprise! I already did this to you the day you walked in.)
Only difference? That kid’s mission was to annoy you.
My mission is to help you—or, you know, make you cry just a tiny bit.
The First Why:
“Why are you here? What brought you to Vegvisir?”
Most folks show up with a surface-level, super vague answer. Totally normal. You don’t know me yet, I don’t know you, and we Texans keep our cards tucked TIGHT to our chest.
Most common answer?
“I just wanna get toned.”
Cute. But not good enough. So we keep going.
The Second Why:
“Okay… why do you want to get toned?”
This is usually where the smoke screen lives. Surface goals that sound good but don’t actually mean anything to you.
want to hear.
And this game? It’s not about me.
The Third Why:
“Why do you want to be healthy, feel good, and look good?”
Yes, yes—who doesn’t want all of that?
We’re opening up, but this is still “friend you chat with at a cookout” honesty.
I’m looking for “best friend at 1am telling the truth they didn’t plan to say” honesty.
So like Stanley Yelnats and Zero… we keep digging.
Most common answer?
“I mean… who doesn’t?”
The Fourth Why:
“Right, everyone wants that. But why do YOU want to be healthy and look good?”
This is usually where you mentally hit me with a very polite “No shit, Sherlock,” without realizing this is the moment the real game starts.
We’re digging for a goal that’s a mile deep and an inch wide.
A core sample from your heart. That kind of why.
After this point, the answers stop being predictable.
Walls crack. Or more walls go up. Either way, we’re close.
The Fifth Why (and beyond):
Once we get past the polite answers, the real stuff starts spilling out.
This is where defenses drop and the truth finally shows up.
Real whys sound like:
- “I want to get toned so my partner knows I still care.”
- “I want to stay under 200 pounds so I can walk my daughter down the aisle.”
- “I want to keep working out so I can stay out of a wheelchair as long as possible.”
These whys require honesty. Brutal honesty.
They require emotion—the kind we keep buried because saying it out loud feels too real.
But in my experience?
Once someone gives me their true why… I’ve never seen them miss a goal.
So if you played the Why Game today, I want to hear how it went.
Your answers help me help you.
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