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Tuesday, 23rd August

Taking responsibility for your daily actions means you will develop into a greater leader and others will follow you. When you take full responsibility, you are likely to do your best, and leave as positive a mark as possible.

If you have kids, they are looking at your habits and they will likely follow you.

If you exercise, they will be encouraged to workout and being active will be important to you as a family.

If you eat healthily, then they will treat having healthy food in the house as second nature and accept it as the right way to eat and to get energy.

If you act positive, take positive action and look at the positive side of situations, most people around you will be encouraged to take your side and share your optimism.

Your daily performance reflects what your beliefs really are. If you want to be energetic, positive, chase down results, achieve more things every day, be a positive influence, then exercise and eating right are key elements in all of these positive things.

All of these things mentioned already point to a more enjoyable, productive existence and show the difference your life can make to others if you lead it in a positive way backed up by positive actions.

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Tuesday, 16th August

How many times do you stay in a situation you know that’s not working because that’s “all you know”?

In health and fitness terms, your version of training may include doing your own thing, doing a bit of treadmill or bike or both, a couple of machines and that’s it, hoping for the best and expecting miracles to happen.

Even worse is signing a long contract to a gym and never showing up, many gyms rely on you doing exactly that to make them money.

Why do people go through faddy dieting constantly? Falling for some “magic diet” that promises rapid weight loss in a few days. The NHS will tell you that this way of dieting is dangerous and a guaranteed way of piling the weight back on and more.

It’s not about what you know, who you know or what you have done, or what you think are capable of, it’s about what you CHOOSE to do right now.

Stepping out of your comfort zone is initially scary, uncomfortable and makes you feel unsure if you are doing the right thing.

Stepping out of your comfort zone can hurt sometimes too, this is a great sign though because you know it’s at this stage when you know it’s working.

Everyone who trains with us leaves their comfort zone, starts to believe that great things are truly possible and wondered why they stuck with their old version of training for all that time.

We all have the freedom to do anything, to be anything we want so it’s no good anymore just to “know” what to do. The big question has to be what are you going to DO.

Everyone is in charge of their own future, making smart sensible choices make a massive difference. Never stick to something because that’s they way “it’s always been”. Challenge yourself to achieve much more.

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Wednesday, 10th October

To develop your full potential, you need to start thinking bigger and open your mind to endless possibilities if you eliminate some of the obstacles holding you back.

This is when you discover the “magic” of thinking big.

There are two types of people, those who do something about it and try to enhance their health.

Then there are those who don’t actively do anything about their health and have a condition called “excuse-itis” and have the following reasons why they can’t exercise (i am too old, too young, too overweight, too underweight, it’s too hot, it’s too cold, exercise is not for me, i have a bad back, i have a bad knee, i have a bad shoulder, exercise never changes anything etc etc) .

We have endless examples of individuals who defy the odds and beat the medical conditions they have to inspire others. I find many of the most afflicted and would definitely have MANY reasons to complain, ARE the ones who complain the least.

One person who trains with us has heart disease, diabetes, osteoporosis, a terrible knee and hip, a weak ankle and a stiff shoulder, and every day is often a struggle to get up. Yet once she gets going, she somehow comes to life and adds greatly to the encouraging atmosphere at the gym and has progressed dramatically having a hugely positive impact on all of those afflictions.

Diabetes is a massive problem for the UK and there’s no doubt you know many people with it. There are those who actively do something about it, and those who wait for it to get worse.

Exercise will only help diabetes and getting fitter will automatically lead to you getting healthier and feeling better full stop. Don’t take my word for it, we have two of the most senior diabetes nurses in the county who will tell you the same who train with us most days.

All exercise should be supervised and each condition should be considered before any programme starts, this is why treating everyone as an individual is so vital to us and it should be for you too.

With all the science of training and healthy advice better than any time in history, there has never been a better time to think big and make a massive positive difference to your health!

Twitt
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Tuesday, 9th August

There’s a big difference between wishful thinking and being optimistic with your health and fitness.

If you are optimistic, then you are looking for progress but you are willing to put in a big effort to get it. You are actively working on getting what you want and you will look at the positives along the way. You will be hungry to know what works, what’s really going to help you and you will be prepared to put the work in no matter what, knowing good things will come of it eventually.

If you rely on wishful thinking, then you hope things somehow fall into place, although you aren’t prepared to do any work along the way so that can happen. You will happily pretend that you train although you may never show up, never eat healthy and you “hope” that it all will work out in the end. This approach always fails because there is no substance and no real plan.

Someone who works hard develops opportunities because they put in strong foundations through constant efforts. They put in the work even though it doesn’t offer guaranteed results to begin with, they know that by working hard good things will eventually happen. They have a sense of purpose and they believe their good workouts will eventually have a positive impact on their lives.

When you are optimistic, you are looking to make a positive contribution and this will always give you the momentum to keep on going.

Your body will always remember what you gave to it, in terms of good workouts and in healthy eating. Look after it by putting good stuff in, and it will look after you.

Be optimistic and give yourself the self-belief you really need, and be prepared to put the work in that comes with it and great things are bound to happen.

Twitt
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Monday, 1st August

“The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity.
The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.”-Winston Churchill.

How you think and approach your fitness journey mentally will dictate how well you do.

I have seen many individuals come into the gym with pre-set ideas and sometimes want to train how they want to. “I don’t want to do weights. it makes me bulky and big”-When i tell them that this is false and you must do weight training to change your body’s shape, increase your metabolism, increase your bone density and burn fat quicker, they need to listen, be open-minded and realise what they need to do.

If they decide it’s not for them and don’t want to listen to us, then i explain we only run our own programmes because we strongly believe this will be their best opportunity to reach their goals quicker and safer. If they still resist, we explain our gym is not the best place for them, and i can see that they are not really ready to change, and will continually keep making excuses until get mentally ready to change and be open to positive advice that will actually work.

We don’t allow anyone to mindlessly go on the treadmill because thats what they used to do in other gyms, and not try and help them to see there is far more to exercising than doing a “bit of this and a bit of that” with no plan.

Despite our many success stories with individuals after back surgery, we still get people telling us they think they can’t exercise even if they just have a bad back. So they go back to choosing a lifestyle that involves not moving a lot, which puts on weight and makes their back situation worse.

Limiting your beliefs will stop you reaching your full potential, and you need to actively change that if you are to be successful with your health and fitness.

Having so many role models, positive and encouraging people at our gym counts for a lot. Having someone working out next to you willing to help you, give you a pick me up just when you need it, telling you to stick with it is worth a lot to us.

We strongly encourage people to see the opportunity in everything they do, especially when the going gets tough, those toughest exercises are usually the ones that will help you the most.

Your body changes for good the moment you become more positive, be open to new ideas and the moment you discover a positive environment will give you the powerful, non-stop momentum that you’ve never had before.

Every day is a fresh opportunity for you to change for the better.

Twitt