Category: motivation

Strangely enough, one of the best things anyone can tell you from time to time is “have you put on weight?”, even if you HATE that person in that moment.

We have ALL had it, and we go one of two ways. We either buy all black clothes and wear baggy jumpers everywhere, and never go out, OR it’s the kick up the backside we NEED to workout more, to cut the rubbish out of our diet, to drink way less alcohol, cut the takeaways out and realise we have has a BIG wake up call just in time!

When we carry too much weight, our body “handles” it for a while, doing its best. When we don’t exercise, pain tends to increase in our bodies due to the extra we are now carrying daily but again our body handles it (for a time anyway).

Then when we find out our body can’t “handle it” forever, and we have a choice of going on a lot of different tablets daily, just to make us function properly, the stark choices are staring us in the face, PLUS our chances of serious disease go WAY UP. Hate to say it again, but a wake up call is essential for ALL OF US from time to time, and we may need to make some urgent choices because our health cannot be taken for granted anymore.

Your body is not designed to carry excess weight, it WILL rebel in time, and your quality of life will disappear in direct relation to how you look after yourself, don’t think you will beat the system-you won’t.

Your body is meant to move daily, and if it doesn’t, it will throw plenty of spanners in the works until you get the message. If you are struggling to get around right now, and you feel helpless or say “everyone gets older”, you are in denial because you CAN change it, you CAN move a lot better, and the ONLY way to get your motivation back is to get your trainers on and MOVE more, you can’t just pluck motivation out of thin air, move your behind more-full stop!!!

Put the unfortunate horrid combination together of eating and drinking rubbish every day and not exercising and you have the perfect storm for mental health problems and expect anxiety, stress and negative thoughts to become a normal part of your life over time.

Your wake up call will be the best thing you ever had and the gym is waiting to help you transform your health again, it will be the best thing for your immune system, your mental health, it will be the best thing to get back into your favourite clothes, it will make you easier to be around because if you’re carrying more than you should, and drinking and eating rubbish every day, my guess is that you’re not much fun to be around either-at least in private.

Don’t forget I’ve trained  a massive amount of people, heard all the stories, heard all the excuses, but treat your wake up call as a GIFT, and until you treat your health as a gift, you will sleepwalk your way into a health situation you’re not going to like or enjoy in any way at all.

Great health is waiting for you, but be prepared to move much more, show up all the time and get all of that rubbish food and drink OUT of your house, because if it’s there, you WILL eat it.

Monday is waiting, you have a choice to make.

My days are often spent deciphering the truth from “outside the post office” talk and I’m thrilled and passionate to do it every day.The truth-We know that working out regular boosts our immune system immeasurably and keeps us strong at one of our most important times in history-FACT.Listening to the media every day will serious mess your head up. They encourage to lock yourself up and throw away the key, presuming your mental health will be “just fine” and when you realise it’s not going to be, and when you suddenly realise you are too afraid to go out again, you may realise there’s not many people out there eager to help you, this is why our gym is a special haven full of speical ENCOURAGERS and well wishes, and no energy vampires allowed-FACT!!!Mental health has exploded the last 18 months, almost trebling or quadrupling the number of actual cases of PEOPLE WITH DESPERATE problems, and those are the ones who actually report it.Exercise and human interaction in a positive environment is not only absolutely fantastic for you, but is strong powerful medicine for your immunse system too, fear can literally kill your enthusiasm, your drive, your ambition, lockdowns have taught us that time after time-FACT!!!!!!!!We SLAY, CRUSH AND DESTROY FEAR EVERY DAY, and we love it!!!Anyone who tells you that exercise isn’t your most powerful immune system booster is a big LIAR-i urge you to slay those dragons by your actions, your self care for yourself and how you lead by example in our communtiy, you have a duty to keep taking action and keep on inspiring as many people as possible.Eating right has never been so important, get that rubbish OUT of your house, protect your immune system, your energy supplies and how your body recovers after exercise and the rigours of life.I am PROUD to stand up every day, keep telling you the truth and expose the false gossip in a queue somewhere in a shop near you that may never want you to stand out from the crowd, to live well and full of energy and positivity, and see life in a much more exciting and purposeful way.Stay active, live with pride and passion and really give yourself the best body armour your immune system can ever buy!!!!!!

Autumn is a great season but it confuses our body and mind, and can throw it all over the place. Much darker mornings are already here and it’s making getting up quite a bit harder, although it’s boiling this week, the inevitable cooler and wetter months are on their way and that can make you not want to go out as much.When you move less, the less you want to do.

We are still in the season of let’s move as much as possible and enjoy it, so let’s stick WITH it not give into the temptation to hide away and the inevitable feelings of doubt, despair and lack of confidence again, which were so prevalent in lockdown of course.Some of you may be seeing the floodlights on for the very first time, and that’s only a month away, but use that as a sign of excitement that the game is very much ON at the gym 52 weeks a year.

Personally, I love the floodlights and it very much brings the outside sports court to life, when so many want to stay in, it encourages us to be OUT much more, and enjoy the custom made surroundings that will only make us feel so much better,Expect the next month to naturally make you want to be inside more, but you need to do the opposite, LOVE autumn, love it’s colours, love it’s cooler and more crisp days, most of all love the opportunity to go UP a gear and attain even more results, just as everyone else seems to be feeling sorry for themselves ready to wear baggy jumpers as if in readiness for all the weight they are likely to put on through not training, and leaving their eating go to pot.Remember the MORE you move, the MORE you want to do, it all starts with you.

The message is loud and clear and based on silence and a ton of experience, and it’s consistent.

If you keep on showing up, you will get fitter, feel better no matter what your age, and WE ALL age, so keep on enjoying your trip along the way and turning back the clock on your “body age” every single week.

Emma Williams’ great class tonight-what I saw is that everyone has got older obviously as we all do, but their performances are ONLY getting better as they age so their body age is only getting younger, their resilience is only getting strong and deeper, and literally is nothing beyond that class, we salute them and they exemplify hard work and effort-ALL of the time.

A true example of showing up is the true secret.

The best trainers are the ones who hit the fundamentals every time, and knuckle down accepting you have to work hard with no drama. 

If you switch from one thing to the other, the latest craze this week, the latest fad diet the next week, it’s the equivalent of trying to be an astronaut one week, a hairdresser the next week, a swimming coach the week after, and then open a coffee shop the week after that-IT’S NEVER GOING TO WORK because you are not prepared to knuckle down and work hard, stick at something through the good and bad times, and accept that it’s going to take time for you to get good at something.

Showing up shouldn’t be an “opinion,” something you fancy “now and again”, something you are easily talked out of by friends who don’t really want you to succeed, showing up is essential to have better health, essential to feel better and absolutely vital to get your mind in the right place after days sometimes where your tolerance to everything has been tested beyond your limits and you’re ready to explode.

Stay in a structure, keep yourself in a positive environment and most of all show SHOW up do the work and reap the benefits daily.

After a period of isolation, it was absolutely fantastic to see you all this morning at the gym. The difference between isolation and training at the gym is an extreme one. I was lucky because I had the benefit of great family time.All of us have experienced isolation at times throughout lockdown, not seeing different faces, in some cases not seeing anyone, no social interaction, and in general not feel good after a while, and in some cases not WANTING to see anyone after a while, which becomes highly dangerous to one’s mental health.Being in an environment where people around us continually lift us up is invaluable.There will be times when we don’t feel like training, but we know as long as we show up, we will somehow be transformed to the right mindset required to take action and do great things, elevated purely by the people around us, and be so glad we made the effort to come to the gym.So no getting back into it gently for me, I love the noise, I love the slamming of iron on the floor, I love all the emotions, energy, laughter, banter and the atmosphere full stop 100% of the time, and I know how to make it work for everyone’s advantage, especially if they have had a bad day and need lifting up.You are cordially invited to the greatest everyday party on earth, and it kicks off again tonight at 330pm after an already thrilling morning, let’s go to work, there’s some incredible music being played and I know I am biased, but all the new playlists are mind blowing!!!