Author: Keri McKibbin

Then I know in that person’s mind, they start to show doubt, the kids are playing up, they get kept on late at work and they start to miss sessions.

When they miss sessions, they lose motivation and think about quitting, maybe sometime in the future starting back.

I realise this is the magic time for me and them. If they quit now, they have lost all that hard work they have shown so far.

If they quit now, I have lost that connection with them. It can take a while to get back.

So if I can make the patchy period carry on and make it work, get that individual to believe in themselves and make the sessions, I know they are just about to succeed when they have the MOST DOUBT in themselves. It TRULY is that magical a time when stickability counts. Not quitting when most people would will make you a champion, it’s 100% guaranteed and written in stone.

It’s that jump across a tall building feeling, will you make it or not? It’s the same for me too because I really want to make it happen, I throw everything into making it happen because the end result can be sensational to see, and for you to feel that elation of success and transformation.

Those who make the jump, trust the process and stick with it no matter what are GUARANTEED to succeed if they keep an ounce of self-belief and grit within, and rekindle that initial confidence they had in themselves when the FIRST started.

We ALL remember this stage. You either dream big, trust the dream and follow it through or you quit like “most” people would.

What kind of stuff do you have, and are you willing to keep trusting the process until great things come? We built a gym and business on people who have made that incredible leap.

Don’t let yourself down.

There’s not a moment I don’t think I can better as the years go by. We should all have barometers on our progress.

Mine are usually I can still run up the steepest hills at the weekend, if I can still throw the same kind of weights around anymore.

As any coach would know, you don’t get the same kind of ample training opportunities when you are training everyone else.

So yesterday I saw jeremy jenkins and the boys bench pressing. For a large time in my life I used to do 8 reps with 100kg, now I know I’m a long way off that. I now will make it a crusade to get up to 100kg for one rep. It may take some time, but I’m going to get there.

This is the VALUE of being in an ASPIRATIONAL and POSITIVE culture every day. You just want to do more because you see others out-performing you in a positive way, and you remember what you are actually capable of.

One lady told me this week that she’s trying to flip tyres, and feeling a little weak, UNTIL she saw Kay Owen throwing tyres around next to her in her 80th year and that soon sorted her mind out to do more!

I want this culture, it helps me and it should help you.

I want you to be your best and our atmosphere should and will help you.

It’s a tough day in the sun but my long road back on the bench press starts later!!

Let’s dream big in any weather and any circumstance!!

The spark to always get you out of that rut is exercise. When you exercise, you want to sip for fresh food, stuff that will actually do you good.

You don’t want to blow all that effort in the gym but putting rubbish back into your body.

Your mood will have a HEAVY and often dramatic influence on your life.

When you are in a good mood, everything seems to be on the table, all possibilities can be achieved and you will have a go at anything.

When the dark mood (or “black mood” some of you call it), then you can’t be bothered to do anything. The word “really”? comes up as a standard answer and you can often turn into a bratty teenager in a temper tantrum.

The danger of this is that these black moods can turn into a permanent spell of life being seen as one big chore, rather than the absolute gift it is.

Pills don’t often sort this out, nobody wants to be on uppers and downers all their lives, but I do know that moving more helps, getting out in fresh air helps, exercising with real purpose REALLY helps, and nourishing your body with good food daily really acts as powerful MEDICINE.

Your moods dictate everything, get yourself prepared daily by testing your body, then reaping the enormous benefits of feeling so much better through exercise and eating right.