The Good Stuff: Celebrating Weekly Wins at Virtus

Lachlan Wallace • September 8, 2025

Virtus Humans. You Beautiful people.

Winning requires many things

Enjoyment. Consistency. Support & Motivation, just to name a few. 

To be honest, I enjoy studying these things more than I study exercise technique. After more than 13 years as a coach, I know the selection of exercises & what we do in the gym at Virtus is secondary to your desire to perform them.

Call me crazy, but humans are simple creatures. We are more likely to keep doing things we love to do and we are more likely to continue to do things that we know are moving us closer to our goals. Why, because progress, wins, success, The Good Stuff, is incredibly motivating.

Here?s what we know about motivation:

  1. Winning has to happen before you?ll become motivated;
  2. Winning has to KEEP happening to keep you motivated;
  3. We don?t always recognise our Wins and progress when it happens. We?re pretty hard on ourselves.

At Virtus, we want to make it easier to notice & celebrate your wins. This is why we track our progress in Train Heroic, ring the damn PB bell when we have earned the right and why we need to take five minutes every week to reflect on The Good Stuff that happens in our lives.

The practice of thankfulness doesn?t come naturally to anyone. That?s why we call it a practice: it?s hard, we don?t feel like doing it?and then we feel better once we?ve done it.

?The Good Stuff? will be our practice of thankfulness. Of Gratitude. Of Celebrating our Wins. Every week in the Virtus WhatsApp group, we post our wins: things that went right, things we?re celebrating, and little ?wins? from the week.

The Good Stuff doesn?t have to be gym-related but practicing gratitude and thankfulness is an exercise and something that will grow with time. By practising gratitude, we boost levels of dopamine AND reduce cortisol (This is the real GOOD STUFF)

I guarantee when you first read this, you?ll be reluctant to post your own Good Stuff. ?I don?t really know these people THAT well?they don?t want to hear about my life. "It won't make any difference to me? Or ?I don?t want to share all my personal stuff??

So each week, we will go first. And I encourage you to follow with one little bit of Good Stuff. If it?s easier, make it training to start.?But I promise you, sharing your wins on a weekly basis WILL change your life for the better.

What did you do RIGHT, or do BEST, or do for the FIRST time this week? Share in the Virtus Members Chat in WhatsApp

We?re all family here. It?s a safe place. Look within, and celebrate your own and your communities wins.

This is The Good Stuff, and I?m here for it.

Lachie

P.S Four Questions that I love to ask myself often.

1. What does winning look like?
2. What do we need to be good at?
3. What do we need to do?
4. How will we know?

Take some time out of your day to sit down and write these questions out. Work through them one at a time and try your best to articulate some answers. This will help you create clarity on what you want, what you need to do, and how you can ensure you know you've succeeded.

If you need any help with the above, email me at lachie@virtusperformance.com to book a session with one of our coaches and we can go on a deep dive into how to help you get from where you are now, to where you want to be.

This is the good stuff and I love pointing it out. #clever

It's on the walls in the gym, must be a thing.

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