Every now and again I like to revisit one of my favorite audio-books, one that had a dramatic impact on my personal training career.… Think & Grow Rich, by Napoleon Hill
Now, before you shy away, this book is so much more than just a book about making money….. It’s about living a rich and fulfilling life where you accomplish ANY goal you set for yourself… IT’S PERFECT FOR SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO LOSE WEIGHT AND BE FIT! [Read more…]
You wake up each morning with every intention of eating “good” today.
But let’s face it, we live in a world where food temptations are everywhere…which lead to cravings, which lead to you eating things that you shouldn’t. Again. And again. And again. Until you’re so fed up with your body that you don’t even know where to begin to get yourself back on track.
But you have a powerful tool against cravings and temptation: Your Brain.
Your mind is an amazing thing. Once your mind is made up about something it’s nearly impossible to change it.
So here’s how you can fight back!
Try This Powerful Mind Exercise: Imagine that you are peacefully floating down a river on a raft. The sun is shining, birds are chirping, and you are having a fun, relaxing time.
You feel wonderful about the river because it’s making you feel happy.
Now change perspectives for a moment. You’re now in a plane flying over the river and the raft. Instantly our eye is drawn to an enormous rocky waterfall. Then you look back to the person floating on the raft, having a wonderful time, headed straight for the treacherous falls.
With this new perspective of the river, do you think that you’d agree to get on a raft and take your chances floating toward the falls? Laughable, right? You’ve seen the hidden danger of the river. You know it leads to pain and suffering.
Now your negative association (watery death) with the river has replaced your initial positive association (relaxing fun).
This is the key to overcoming food temptations and putting an end to food cravings: building negative associations in place of existing positive ones. I’ll break this process down for you in two steps: [Read more…]
I Already Know That…..
4 small words that can hold you hostage.
It’s rare these days that I meet someone that knows NOTHING about how to “eat right” and exercise.
I can’t always say that what they “know” is accurate or effective, but they DO know something.
But something strange tends to happen…..I begin to suggest ways that what they are doing might be improved and I often here a version of the four words above:
“Yeah, I know”
“I do that already”
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Overnight successes. We all love to hear about them. Long to be one, are looking for the shortcut to make it happen.
But countless successful people in all areas of life have been heard to say a version of this quote:
“It took me 20 years to become an overnight success.”
Tongue in check yes, but the point is valid. People always stand up and notice when others achieve massive success. From an outsiders vantage point in can appear that the success did in fact come overnight! [Read more…]
‘Monday Motivation’ I’m sure you’ve heard/read/seen it somewhere, probably in your email in-box.
A lot of us folks that like to help others archive their goals in whatever arena in life like to throw out a shot of motivation on a Monday. I appreciate it and I’m sure you do to.
But what I realized is that most people are pretty motivated and fired up to tackle their dreams on a Monday. It’s MONDAY! The perfect day to begin all new endeavors. All those Monday motivations are basically preaching to the quire.
It’s come Wednesday or Thursday that things can begin to go south and your old habits and patterns want to creep back in. So I want to give you some mid-week motivation.
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Have you noticed a pattern?
You’ll spend a couple of weeks eating clean, exercising and losing weight, but then the pendulum swings and you spend the next week or two indulging in your old unhealthy habits.
After enough chubby days you’ll get back to your clean habits, and so the yo-yo goes.
This is a vicious cycle that never brings you all the way to your goal –but instead just keeping you comfortable enough……yet FRUSTRATED!
I don’t think it’d be a losing bet to say that every single female on the face of the planet has gone through a bit of yo-yoing in her life.
Lets’ not talk about the starvation calorie levels or unrealistic workout schedule that causes a lot of women to abandon their plan. Those all play a part, but even with a reasonable nutrition strategy and workout schedule, thousands of women still yo-yo every day.
Here’s why: When it comes to weight loss, we’ve been brainwashed to focus all of our efforts on the “results”. Your desired result is the ideal body that you dream to have – it’s your reason for passing on dessert and the image you hold in your mind as you toil through burpees and mountain climbers.
News flash: If you can only feel satisfied and rewarded when you achieve your end result, you’re likely to fail.
What?!?
Think about it. Results are abstract. And if you’ve been yo-yoing for a long time, no matter how much you try, results may seem like an unattainable dream. [Read more…]
Are you still interested in getting HOT for summer? Scratch that; are you still interested in getting HOT for your LIFE?
If so, I have great news for you: Beast Mode Squad
Most of the time I hate the word realistic.
It puts limits on your dreams and is the fastest path to average or mediocrity.
But at times realistic has its place.
Like when we talk about how fast you will get to your ‘Dream Body’ status. Because the truth is, if you’ve been putting yourself last in life; neglecting workouts, eating crappy food and running on a handful of hours of sleep every night, you simply can’t expect to reverse all the damage you’ve done in a few short weeks.
But unfortunately that unrealistic expectation, or impatience, is the biggest saboteur of true progress and achieving Dream Body Status.
No it’s not lack of willpower, being too out of shape or unsupportive relationships that cause the ruin of so many get fit goals. It’s YOU. Yeah I just called you out. I can do that because I had to call myself out at the beginning of the year. [Read more…]
You know how it feels to wake up on Monday morning after a weekend of less-thanhealthy eating… Your body is puffy and bloated. Your joints are achy. Your clothes feel tight.
Maybe you are feeling that way right now.
I’ve outlined the 3 steps below to get you back on the fitness fast track.
Have you ever completely totally just NOT felt like working out?
You think: I’m too tired, I’m too sore, too this, too that. But it’s also one of those days that way
deep down you know you’re just kinda making excuses…..
It happened to me yesterday. For some reason even though I’ve been LOVING my workouts
lately I woke up, did my normal routine of walking my girl Zoe and when I got back in the house
I just did not want to go workout.
But I have two rules I live by when it comes to deciding to skip a workout and I want to share them with you. [Read more…]
Truth: One bad meal won’t make you fat.
Equally True: One “healthy” meal or good workout won’t make you lean.
Ultimate truth: Time passes the same for us all no matter what we do. And the passing of time will multiply the choices you make day in and day out. There is no way around it.
Here’s how it all adds up: if you keep eating crappy food day in and day out time WILL multiply your efforts and you’ll end up wearing all that food on your body, as in the wiggle, jiggle and BULGE. [Read more…]