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Monday’s the driver

I go on about it now and again, but isn’t it so that monday is your number one driver for a new week?

Here we are again, we are right here again, right at the heart of your decisions on whether you’re going to have a good week or not. That is correct, your “decision” on whether to have a good week or not!

It’s not somehow “beyond your ability” to have a great week is it? Of course not!

I may sound repetitive here but monday is so important to your week and good week”s make a good month, which means SUBSTANTIAL progress. This is what we’re after at the end of the day, so your momentum starts right here for the next 5days right up until friday night.

If you stop your excuses right now, you could be well on your way this week to making a substantial dent in your body fat, to a more impressive hard body, to lots and lots more energy, if you want to be one of those people who seems to attack life head on and get results, then you have to get out there today/tonight and get a great workout under your belt.

Then you have a shower, you have a meal of good protein such as chicken, turkey, lean beef, any kind of fish, with some good carbs such as wholewheat pasta, brown rice, sweet/jacket/new potatoes, with a wide variety of vegetables. Then you have a well-earned sleep and wake up on tuesday feeling well-rested, full of energy and full of wonderment on what your new day has to offer.

REALLY THIS CAN HAPPEN!!

If you manage to have a week full of these habits, you are on course, you are on the road to amazing health and fitness. Does this sound far-fetched, hope it doesnt because you are very capable of doing it.

 As jean says, its about moderation so have a bit of what you fancy at  the weekend, as long as it doesnt turn out to be one huge blowout!!

Anyway, back to right now and the job at hand, its monday and lets make it happen, a big future awaits for you if you do!!

Twitt
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August to autumn

One of my favourite seasons, the stretch from august into october, you will have colder periods of the day from now on believe it or not, going right into the complete season change of late/september october.

This is the time of year you realise you should have done all of those late night workouts in the summer, when you really did have all that extra light to train. Now you will be forced to put your workouts in with slightly darker mornings coming into play, and definitely shorter nights.

This is exactly when you need to make the most of your routine’s, your structure’s and really make sure you have a plan that’s sort of bulletproof from now.

Instead of viewing your workouts as something you have to fit in somewhere, or you will do your best, make it an ABSOLUTE MUST!!

Making the commitment is the biggest thing you can do right now, lets make it happen and im not putting up with any excuses you may normally make at this time of year!

So your workouts now have to be the most important appointments you set up from now on.

You never miss a dental appointment do you? Do you not turn up for a solicitor? How about meeting your friends down the pub, do you miss that? I thought not.

So when you’re planning everything out this week in terms of things you MUST do, i want workouts in there too, because if you reall want to be in great shape, your commitment needs to be the FIRST thing to change.

Are you ready or not!!

Twitt
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Personal standards

A key way of determining your progress is asking yourself a realistic question.

“Am i performing better than this time last year?”.

If you can honestly say yes, then of course you’re on a great programme and doing a lot of things right.

If you say no, you’re not doing any better, you need to re-examine what you’re doing and scrap the programme you’re on, and come up with a plan that’s actually going to advance you, and not push you through the motions all the time.

That’s why im writing this, of course i have a plan that can not only raise your personal standards, but get you to the level when you’re at your all-time best performance.

Personal standards apply to everything. You buy new clothes so it makes you look a bit smarter, you wash every day with soap because you don’t want to smell, you brush your teeth because you don’t want them to fall out, you have to earn money because you don’t want the bank to repossess your house, you have to pay your bills because you want some light and warmth and the list goes on. Personal standards are key to each and every one.

Personal standards certainly apply to your exercise and eating standards.

If you shop for very sugary and fatty food, it may take you a few weeks but you’re definitely going to be putting on lots of unwanted body fat.

If you shop for fresher, more nutritious food, you’re going to look and feel fantastic, simple as that and you’re going to have a healthy glow about you.

If you don’t exercise or just go through the motions, your body is not going to be firm, you will be frequently out of breath over the slightest thing, and you simply won’t feel good.

If you exercise with passion and strive to do better and better over a longer period of time, you’re going to be feeling so energetic, and feel full of ambition for the future, nothing should be able to stop you if you approach everything with the drive and enthusiasm you approach your workout plan.

You can see your personal standards are key, lets set them high!!!!!!!!!

Twitt
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Self-belief-key basic

Another key basic that is often overlooked is the power of self-belief.

I have encountered a huge amount of people with great ability, only to self-sabotage their progress simply because they don’t believe they can be so athletic, so disciplined with food and simply can’t appreciate the massive progress they have made. I have truly seen some incredible transformations.

You will always see people out there dressed in the latest workout gear, the latest ipod etc and always talking a good game, but have many of them got the heart to train with the necessary effort to get into great shape?

I find the people with the most talent are the ones sometimes wearing scruffy or low-profile workout gear, the ones who don’t like an audience when training, the ones who simply “get on with it”, rather than throwing tantrums when asked to get through huge workouts. Most real people who train hard want no fuss, and just want to get it done, simple as that!

Self-belief always increases when you make progress and lose inches off your waist, you lose body fat and your training performances reach very impressive levels. I have seen these individuals achieve staggering progress.

The dip usually comes when perhaps they have has a couple of weeks of more average performances, and they get influenced by people not seeking the same results as they are.

 Its easy then to set your sights lower in life, and the prospect of carrying an extra 10 pounds seems easier than the discipline you used to have of hitting the hills for example, and doing things the average person hasn’t got the commitment to do. Drinking all weekend soon becomes acceptable, rather than your once a week only habit when you were in great condition.

Self-belief can then take a big downturn, and the prospect of getting back to the OLD HIGH STANDARD YOU USED TO HAVE becomes seemingly impossible. This can crush your self-belief so its important to keep a training diary of your workouts, and what you’re usually expected to do. This usually stops any apparent downturn in its tracks, and shocks you into putting new efforts to step it up one more level.

It all starts and ends whether you believe you can do it or not. I have never met anyone who can’t do it, so the likelihood that you can achieve great things is likely to be 100%. Key basic of this week as I said.

 Please don’t let anyone tell you otherwise!!!!!!!!!

Twitt
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Workouts that mean something

Another key basic is doing your workouts that mean something, not merely going through the motions!

How many of you have gone through the same old workout over a period of months, then wondered why you weren’t getting any results?

How many of you may have been the same workout for years even, not making any noticeable improvement in your numbers, and everything has become too much like routine for you?

If this is the case, you are likely to be totally uninspired, and your chances of making meaningful progress are limited to say the least.

If your workouts are lame, you can be sure your eating is too. The same old stuff on the same old days can lead to a complete halt in your progress, and really make you wonder if its worth all the effort in the first place.

So enough of all this please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lets fix it right now, rip up your current workout routine, throw it in the bin and start again.

Throw out those boring walks on the flat ground, aim for hills instead. You will be far more satisfied climbing something substantial, you can measure your progress better, plus you will usually get a gret view at the top of the hill. See my running workouts section for ideas.

Throw out your normal weigh training exercises for a while. Substitute your old exercises with new ones working the same body parts, you will feel refreshed after feeling a bit uncomfortable the first week or so. You will feel stiff again, with the different angle of the exercise working your muscles in a different way, thats always good.

What about your bike rides? Are they the same routes? There’s a million and one routes around here to challenge yourself on, and who knows, you may actually find them more enjoyable!!!

Back to the subject, so you’re going to change everything around to allow you to freshen everything up, then you have to think about how much effort you’re putting into each exercise.

As discussed previously, think of 1-10 in terms of effort, 1 being sitting down, 10 working at your very max. If you aim for a 8-9 on each exercise, you will be guaranteed success because you will be getting so much more out of yourself. This will freshen you up and you actually feel alive again.

So in terms of your workouts every week, think 5 minutes before you start “let’s make it really mean something today”, and you’re not going to take medicore progress any more!!!

Twitt