Author: Keri McKibbin

Every time, the champion is the one who gets up every time they are knocked down, and when you don’t think they can do it anymore, they pump themselves one more time, often for a stunning victory.

If you hit the gym sometimes “not feeling it”, and everyone has been through this, then you must go anyway. Chances are that the first tough exercise will change your body chemistry, will change the way you feel, and give your system a much needed shock and ultimately, a big boost.

The champion within you, and it is there, is waiting to come out strong and tell the world how great you can be.

The problem starts when you attempt something and it doesn’t work. Then the next time you have a go, and are partially successful but then fail. The key moment is to KEEP trying until you get there. Success WILL come.

The programme this morning included some uncomfortable choices- exercises you may have thought better to avoid. You know though that we are a full inclusive gym that says anyone can do this, and you are indeed included in this. Most if not all exercises can be done by you.

You wouldn’t tell your kids that if they failed their first test in school not to bother again surely? You would encourage them to try again, prepare better maybe, seek a bit more personal coaching to show you how to do it step by step, THIS is how you get better.

So the road to you becoming a champion is getting back up again, having another go, learning from your mistakes and coming back stronger. This is where true character develops and we all believe in you no matter how many times it takes.

Day one of the new programme, that uncertainty is back in your mind, that level of doubt is there, “can I do it this time” you ask? Absolutely, definitely 10 times over you can so let’s dig deep and hit it hard!!!

Here’s what i’m thinking early saturday morning, after a great wedding yesterday with gym members Phil Watts and now Jodie Watts, i need to get into “personal routine” before the sun rises.

This next hour is crucial for me to feel better, to get a sweat on and feel huge energy through my body again. Weddings are great, but they do nothing for you energy the next day.

YOUR personal routine must be permanently in operation or everything will suffer.

Don’t excuse yourself from your next day walk, run, cycle of whatever you choose to do. Don’t excuse yourself from putting high energy into your body through food.

If you are aching this morning, moving more is going to help you, don’t ever forget that. Under no circumstances, will moving less on a regular basis help you, it just won’t.

You may have a bad knee, a bad shoulder but there’s stuff you can do, work around the pain instead of through it. Move forward with purpose, tell yourself that you want more from your life, tell your body that you won’t accept limited movement anymore.

Set your goals high, set them big, and here’s the big one to think about-YOU WON’T THINK BIG AND CLEARLY WITHOUT having exercised first. I know when I get back from my run, i’m going to come back even more fired up than I am right now, my body will feel better, I will have had more deep thinking, most of all I will feel myself again and super focused for this weekend, and the week upcoming for our new programme (which I need to finish off!}.

Get your personal routine right, and your whole day looks and feels better. Get your personal routine right and everyone around you benefits, your family, your friends and everyone who has to spend time with you.

Use your time very wisely but make sure you get your start to the day right and enjoy its vast rewards!

Monday in my dictionary means “beginning, the start of, let’s try again, let’s feel better”.

Most people view it as “dreary, difficult, to be avoided, a struggle”, and you will have a ton of people who agree with you.

Everyone who i have ever met who has actually exercised on a Monday, automatically feels better, gets a better start to the week, and is inspired to get their eating back to normal, after a weekend that may well have been heavy in sugar.

Monday is a routine we should embrace as it fixes not only our bodies but our minds too. When our bodies move more, our mind starts to get reawakened too. From the weekend slumber, comes the urgency of what we need to do for our week.

Exercise and monday go together, especially when you get past the first five minutes, once your body has got used to it. Once you get 15 minutes into your programme, you will suddenly want to do even more, because you will start feeling better.

The big numbers you used to do when you were feeling good, will enter your head again, and you will soon realise whether you still have this ability. If you do great, but if you don’t, you will be keen to return the next day to see what you can do to improve.

So monday if your ultimate “reset” button. Monday reminds us what can be done, what we are putting the hard in for and why, how important energy is in our lives, and without energy, then little is possible.

Monday is the ultimate on social media for negative slogans, the reality is that we wouldn’t get anywhere without the greatest energy shots that monday always brings. The effort you put into finding the slogans, put it all into your training instead, and watch how monday changes instantly for you.

As the day when you should you start your greatest work, then monday is always the kick-start you always need no matter how little you feel like doing it in the first place. Seize the moment today to get everything going in the RIGHT WAY.