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Friday, 1st April 2016

In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. I am proud to see so many of you inspiring others at the gym, we have so many now that it makes my job a lot simpler.

Becoming a leader is not becoming the person who shouts the loudest, shows off the most or throws his/her weight around. It is the person who leads by example, picks individuals off the floor who are emotionally spent, its the person who has very often been down the bottom themselves, often many times, and is well aware of how hard the journey out that deep hole is.

They will also realise what it feels like to come out of that hole, how it feels to make themselves a success again in their chosen field in life, and anyone who has been through that challenging journey will usually want to give back and help as many others as they can who need to help to believe in themselves again.

It’s vital to get everyone to finally believe that it really is up to THEMSELVES what they accomplish, it really is. You should never a accept an outcome that SOMEONE ELSE prescribes for you.

You should never listen to any critics, don’t pay attention to any apparent reason on why you can’t achieve your goals, concentrate on your strengths and not your weaknesses, it really is YOUR call.

Many people will tell you that achieving big things is impossible, all YOU need to remember is that the so called “impossible” just takes a little longer.

What i find is that many people have preconceived ideas of how you should do it when you want to get fit and healthy. The idea that you just walk/run on treadmill, maybe hit a couple of machines, and even worse never shown how to do it properly, is a thing of the past, it should never exist now. There are so many more options that are far more attractive, more fun and most importantly backed up by science.

When someone shows you things things you thought impossible, your view of exercise soon brightens up and you soon realise that your possibilities are endless, and all of sudden you are shown horizons you didn’t know existed.

The word inspire means to “breathe life into”. When we breathe life into another, we inspire their hopes, goals and dreams. That’s what we should all be doing whenever we get the chance!

Twitt
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Thursday, 31st March

Losing confidence in yourself and then in your training is very easily done.

I have trained many, many individuals in business over the years, many seem super-confident, the reality is that they have just as much self-doubt as all of us, and often question whether they are good enough to deserve any success, sometimes “self-sabotage” when things are going almost “too good” and in general, have the same worries, confidence issues, self-esteem issues, self-worth issues as all of us.

Here’s what i notice all the time. If you don’t exercise almost on a daily basis, you WILL NOT feel as good, you wont have the energy to perform as well as you would like, you won’t have the sense of well-being that we really need, and when you don’t feel good, a downward spiral starts to happen. That ride down is no fun for anyone!

Privately, and you all know that i never reveal any of your business, most of you have revealed moments of doubt and pain, wondering whether you can still achieve big anymore, can you really put the effort in required to be fit and healthy anymore, are you too told, too big, too timid-ALL of those things!

Some of our most successful transformations have been the most bumpiest. They have involved tears and sometimes shouting matches, sometimes quiet whispers and gentle words in order to get them back on track. I go through this regularly and this is why i know exactly why carrying on and climbing back up that mountain is super important for every area of your life!!!

Here’s what i know, and i have been doing this a LONG time so i’m qualified to have a very strong opinion. Your mindset and a STRONG mindset starts with exercise and eating right, it REALLY does, it never goes away from this!!!

Get these parts right, the 10,000 piece jigsaw of happiness and health will get solved MUCH quicker and with FAR less emotional drama that always happens when you change your shape relatively quicker, you start thinking differently and the demands of that can be emotionally very demanding, as well as physically of course.

I’m here to talk it through, to lift you up if you are down, and for you to finally be proud of yourself with the incredible achievements that are just about to happen for you!!!

Twitt
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Wednesday, 16th March

Reviving your movement ability again is the very first thing we teach. How many 30, 40, 50 somethings do you know that “give up” on their movements that they used to take for granted when they were playing sport or back at school. You used to bounce around no problem then because you had a lot of natural balance and you were used to moving around full stop.

Somehow accepting the fact you will be stiff as a board for life once you leave this environment is dangerous. Once you accept that your movement is not so good anymore, and start thinking through rose-tinted glasses how “things used to be”, then everything will turn on a downward spiral.

Our training involves a lot of getting into multiple different positions designed to test you to the extreme. Simply getting into those positions is tough, performing exercises whilst in those positions is even tougher, but this strategy will always bring you superior results.

Then our strategy is always to take you out of that comfort zone as soon as you get used to it. This allows you to reach your potential far quicker because you are always in a state of challenging yourself, reaching for more, and endlessly seeking more results and rewards out of your programme.

Mentally this does wonders for you. There only becomes opportunities and possibilities in your training programme for the NOW and the future. There’s no fond stories on how things used to be and how you cant do them now. Now the talk is how good you are now, how great you can become and you will automatically find yourself volunteering to take on new and fresh challenges.

You either are getting better or falling behind, you can’t stay still that’s for sure. All of you who hit the gym with us 3 times a week will be in a constant state of improvement, positivity and development. This is great for the mind too, keeps you striving for more and let’s you know that you are alive and about to get in the best shape of your life!!!

Twitt
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Raise the bar

The very fact that you are individual makes you different in the way you do things, the way you approach things and the way you think about things. You should celebrate this fact!!!

Who wants to be bland and not make an impact on anything? I certainly don’t and you shouldn’t either!!!

Just because you may not be as strong as others, don’t worry about it. Chances are that if you STICK at it, you soon will and will pass many people along the way!

It’s time to get outside season. If you don’t fancy the ladders because you don’t think you’re not any good at it, then just plug away at it, keep learning the technique, i’d put money on it that EVERY time you practice it, you WILL get a little better. Give it a month, and just watch how great you become on it, i have seen this endless times so let’s start to think big!!!

We are a different gym and celebrate that. We don’t want to be like anyone else, we want to do it our way and celebrate the completely different array of personalities and abilities we have too. This is what makes it fun, why we all support each other and ultimately why we can all learn from each other.

Each and every one of you has the option to be great at every single area of training we do. That is entirely within your power, just give it enough practice and you will become good, that i can guarantee you.

Celebrate the fact that you came into the gym with no speed, and now you have it!!

Celebrate you had no strength to start with, now you are strong as an ox!!

Celebrate you may have had low self-esteem to start with, no confidence or self-belief. Now look at the changes and the big upside on all of these that are happening right now!!!!
Everyone is completely different, celebrate it and we love having the challenge of changing all of you, no matter what your level is, what your ability is right now, and how great you all want to become!!! Come on, be different and excel in your training and become the best you can possibly be………….and then raise the bar yet again!!!!

Twitt
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Tuesday, 15th March 2016

So pleased to offer sponsorship for our football and rugby teams for next season. Both on the same day.

Giving back is a cliche, but i am truly humbled by all the great work local people in burry port and beyond put into local sport. They are the ones who inspire me.

We are all about sport as a gym, we live and breathe pro sports training every day, and it’s all i research each and every day. I see the value it brings our members in all areas of their lives, both mentally and physically.

Sports brings many different qualities out in youngsters, too many too mention here, but without it, our young people’s future would never look so good.

Sports bring plenty of opportunities in life, and like the discipline of training, transcend into everyday life and into the careers our youngsters will have in the future.

We aren’t expecting anything back, as we have more than enough members, and as we are already planning for the long term, a partnership with the local sports teams seemed like a natural fit.

We need to support those who give up their time and energy for free every week. They have fought hard to keep our local sports going in spite of terrible government cutbacks.

We have many members at the gym involved in both sports, as well as many in other sports in Llanelli and beyond, netball is a great example, so we salute you all and the inspiration you give!!!

Twitt