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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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Your weekly shop

One of the key basics is your weekly shop of course.

I have banged on about this for a long time. As long as 80% of your shopping is good nutritious food, then you are in a good situation. After all, how many tmes have you bought sugary/fatty foods and promised yourself you’re only going to eat them on “special occasions”?!!

Those special occasions happen quite a lot in my book and its always surprising how quickly all those extra treats are gulped down in record time!

I keep telling everyone, if you are REALLY shopping for healthy food and get used to the supermarket layout, chances are you wont visit many of the aisles, as most of them are full of you know what! It shows the supermarket really bets on most of its visitors filling up on junk, and how many times have you looked at someone’s basket and how many clues does that give to the owner’s appearance and body in general.

If a shopping basket/trolley is full of white bread, biscuits, multi-pack chocolate bars, value packs of crisps (around 10 packs in one big bag), bottles of wine and lager, full fat milk, not much veg or fruit, lots of orange squash, lots of ready meals and other processed versions of real food, you get the picture!! If this is indeed the case, you can be sure the owner of this trolley and most likely their family is suffering from obesity issues, which include diabetes, blood pressure problems, cardiovascular problems, bad circulation and a whole host of life-changing problems.

Compare this to someone who has a trolley full of porridge, low fat low sugar beans, fish of all kinds (no batter), chicken, turkey, lean beef, cottage cheese, lots of fruit and vegetables, wholegrain pasta, brown rice, sweet, jacket and new potatoes,  all the good stuff guaranteed to make you look and feel fantastic.

Put your treats in if you must, but 80% plus of the trolley needs to be good nutritious food, hugely important to get in the habit of this and not to be sidetracked into the aisles full of junk!

You all have worked hard for your money, spend it on food thats actually going to make you feel good and help you reach all your goals!

Twitt
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Weekend sights on the coastal path

Hall of fame inductee from my point of view goes to Alan Thomas of Llangennech, who if you’re on the coastal path any morning from 5am to 7am, you will see happily not only riding his bike from llangennech to pembrey country park, but also SINGING along the way!

I see Alan on saturday mornings and now and again on  sunday morning riding his bike, and i have never seen anyone happier to be riding his bike, and his voice would also give Tom Jones a run for his money!

Alan used to make as a Metallogist with the old Duport Steel works. Once the steel works was shut down by the Thatcher government in 1981 i believe, Alan moved to Alcoa who he worked for many years. He also has a job in 1987 setting up the first steel plant in dubai, when it was a desert of course. He also worked in new orleans for a bit with Alcoa and then worked with them until his retirement around 6 years ago.

Alan smoked until he was 43 and still regrets it until this time, worst thing he ever did he said!

He then took up the bike when he was 60 years of  age, and enjoyed it so much, he said not a day goes past when he’s not on it!

His breakfast of porridge, a tomato, some figs and some water is consumed at 4.15am every morning and leaves Llangennech at 4.55am every morning, come rain or shine.

The only days off he has are due to ice or snow, which we had quite a lot of this year. He said he got fed up of coming off his bike this winter so had days off instead!

So next time you tired and are feeling sorry for yourself, think of alan who gets up at 4.15am every morning, no matter what the weather is! Plus add the fact that he feels stronger than ever, even though he is advancing into his 70’s!!

Have a great day and hope you’re putting a big one in today!

Twitt
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Friday…………are you proud?

So we have done a week of day by day emotions and what played out, or at least what was likely to play out in your week.

So what happened? Did you have an ideal week or did you throw in towel early?

Has the weekend started early already or perhaps it never ended at all for you?

Living the lifestyle you want is entirely up to you, are most of you are grown adults able to make responsible decisions in your life. It shouldnt really have anything to do with me on what you do in your life, how many workouts you put in during the week, what your shopping basket is like, and how guilty you feel by not exercising in the first place?

I am here to help though as many people i train or have trained use the site from time to time, and thats what its all about, helping other people simple as that, no money involved and no catches!!

If you have had a good week already, then you deserve something special the weekend, or a treat or two you don’t really do anymore in the week, good for you, you deserve it!!

You will find on your treat days, you’re probably living your life like most people live every day or their life. Most people accept the fact that they will never re-discover their lost youth and powers of being able to be as active as they liked. They really believe those days are behind them, and those of you who have transformed your life, will know they are talking rubbish as ambition has left their lives. Sometimes temporary, sometimes forever unfortunately.

So im taking it lots of people have had a good week, congratulations on it and you’re in a perfect position now to inspire others, so do someone a good turn and tell them they can really turn their lives around just like you!

Twitt
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Wednesday

Okay, we are here right in the middle of the week and hows everything going?

There are just two scenarios, you have either had a belter of a workout on monday, been a little stiff on tuesday and feeling pretty good about yourself today!

Or

You dodged monday’s workout because you didnt really feel like it and before you knew it, you had a nap on the bed and eastenders was on!! Okay, i understand life is tough sometimes!

The great news is though that its still only wednesday and you can still have a great 3 days and it will only be friday!!

Isn’t this really a funny time of year for most of you? When your friends and family may be on holiday, and the inspiration to get into great shape may have been given up on for another year, yes yet another year?!!

Do you think its a healthier idea to think about your training in a more general way?

Should it always be about losing the extra pounds? Shouldnt it also be about having the confidence to now that you’e doing your very best for your health, ALL of the time!! These are the real endess benefits!

Isn’t it time to end these cycles you put yourself on every year?

You know the ones, have christmas when you put on weight and lose fitness, then start some kind of regime and lose a few pounds or even a stone! Then give it all up by valentines day?!

Then say you’re going to get into shape for summer again, and then it somehow goes pear-shape again and you lose motivation and spend most of the summer enjoying yourself based on too much food and drink.

Then its likely to be medicore progress until christmas again, then we tend to start all over again!!!

Is this a familiar pattern or am i talking rubbish again?!!

This is no attack on anyone, its just that ive seen so many similar scenarios, and the good news is that im always here to help, and believe it or not i can be very sympathetic!!

So agaain, hows your wednesday going? Is it going to plan and you’re on top of the world, or do you think theres the slightest chance of you getting going right now and STILL managing to have a great week?!!!

Its dry and its sunny,lets make i happen and its never too late!!

Twitt