The Effort Trap: Why Working Harder Is Making You Softer | Iron Suits
Why your business discipline is failing your fitness. Many high-performing men believe intensity and sacrifice are the only ways to get in shape, but the body responds to signals, not just effort.
In this episode, Marwan Killu explains why "working harder" often creates a threat signal that stalls progress and how to shift to a high-intelligence fitness system.
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Effort stopped working.
Most high-performing men believe the same lever that built their business will fix their body. More intensity. More discipline. More sacrifice. But your body doesn't reward effort — it responds to signals.
Strength vs. Threat
And right now, the signal you're sending isn't strength. It's threat. This episode dismantles the most dangerous belief in male performance culture: that working harder is always the answer. It exposes why the same force that closed deals and built companies is now compounding damage instead of building resilience.
The Reality Check
The "Old Rules" Dilemma
This is for the founder who trains through exhaustion and wonders why he's weaker than men who don't even try. The CEO who used to respect himself in the mirror and now avoids it.
Your body doesn't need more effort. It needs more intelligence. Not more volume — more signal. Not more restriction — more alignment.
The rules changed. You're still playing by the old ones. That's not a character flaw. It's a misapplication of strength.
Iron Suits — Where Strength Wears the Crown.
🛑 Stop trying to outwork a bad system. In business, you win by out-executing the competition. In your body, you win by out-strategizing your biology. If you’re the hardest worker in the room but your body isn't reflecting your standards, it’s because you’re applying "Boardroom Logic" to a "Biological Problem."
I recorded a private 15-minute training that reveals the exact framework high-level men use to get lean, strong, and unstoppable by working strategically, not just harder.
👉 Watch the Training Here: https://youtu.be/nereRGuzs5E
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