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Friday, 10th March

We all look for changes in our state of mind. If that wasn’t the case, there would be no queue’s for coffee shops first thing in the morning, there would no alcohol needed for Rugby international days like today, and there would no such thing as mind-altering drugs.

Most of us experience highs and lows in life, and how we deal with them is critical how we bounce back from them, or just never do.

Top performances in any area of life rely on getting “into the zone”. Crucial moments of performance are dictated by our mindset, and how we react to the pressure on us.

Apart from wanting to get fitter and healthier, mental health improvement is one of the big requests we get from many new members as life’s pressures can often get unmanageable, and without care and attention can only escalate.

Exercise is medicine is one of our big mantras, and the sooner you associate your workouts with feeling better, feeling more positive and creating more drive and ambition in your life the better.

Once your mind improves, then everything else in life will improve, but exercise is the kickstart everyone needs most days to clear your thoughts, and set about everything you want to achieve.

So everyone chases the “magic formula”, “state of mind” alterers of whatever you want to call it, but the biggest tried and tested formula exists by simply getting your body moving more, and allowing your body to deliver the feel good chemicals to get your mind much more positive, and get you feeling more powerful than you ever thought.

Twitt
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Tuesday, 7th March

What’s your standard? It’s important to identify it, and look for a way to improve on it no matter how good your standard.

If your standard is one workout a week, you know you need to improve, even improving it to twice a week is a victory and stick at it.

If your standard is training regularly and then eating rubbish all the time, then can make instant improvements on this and you know it. Just drinking more water and eating breakfast will be a massive improvement, plus you will feel a lot better too.

Do you coast through your workouts sometimes, knowing you can give more?

Do you give in easily to those who say “Why bother with the gym tonight”?

Do you leave days off become weeks off? And somehow wonder where the time went?

Do you let negative influences turn you off from doing positive things with exercise and eating right?

Are you stuck at half marathon knowing with a bit more effort and consistency you can run the full marathon?

Do you spend 5-10 minutes at the end of each session to stretch off, making sure your body is injury-free and fully recovered?

Do you call in for a bottle of wine in the petrol station each night, nobody else knows so it doesn’t matter anyway?

Identify where you are right now, and then work on a way to get better, small changes done often will make all the difference and progress you to where you want to be.

Twitt
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Friday, 3rd March

As we are about to go into our next stage of development at the gym, its timely i share with you this story i hardly ever share, for those of you doubting yourselves, doubting whether you can get a promotion, get fit and healthy, be happy, be positive or whatever it may be.

To say this is a long journey would be an understatement, but at more or less the very beginning, i was frustrated that i couldn’t get my fitness journey off the ground and went to see a career’s officer in Coleshill terrace in llanelli.

In this grand office, i went through one of the harshest interviews of my life. I was currently earning £42 (my best week) a week at this stage of my life out of fitness, and the officer tore me to shreds, not only doubted me about having a career but any potential career. Fitness was a “fad” he said that would never last.

“Get a proper job”, “nice effort” he said but promptly gave me a list of job applications such as a “Sludge” company and other jobs that instantly crushed my soul.

To say i was despondent would be an understatement, not only my prospects but to a minus level if possible, of encouragement.

Fast forward to now many years later and you can see its important to take your first step in the right direction, ignore those who try to crush you (and there will be many), and keep on pushing away in small steps but KEEP GOING FORWARD and you will eventually develop momentum.

Once strong momentum happens (and it will if you keep on doing your best), it’s then you and your hopes and dreams will become UNSTOPPABLE. Start today, ignore those who try to destroy your hopes and find a way to keep knocking through doors. Most of the world wants to help you, it’s just they aren’t so vocal as those who want to stop you in the beginning.

Twitt