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Tuesday, 30th August

Many of us enjoy improvements in our health and fitness and every area of our lives, or at least the thought of it. Many of us though fear becoming “too successful” and get scared once good things start to happen.

Some of us will “self sabotage” our progress if we start doing too well. If this sounds like madness to you, it’s actually true that i have seen many times over the years.

Many of us, if we start exercising, eating well and start being more positive improve strongly physically and start to improve in all areas of our lives. We have undeniably proof that if you stay consistent with exercise and healthy eating, then great things are possible.

Then the “i don’t deserve it” feelings start to enter our minds. We have done well we tell ourselves, but the true big successes that we CAN achieve we are not worthy of. It also becomes easier to give in to those people who doubt us and write us off.

You can get these feelings when going for promotion for example, you can do the supervisor job well, you may have actually done it several times, but “you” do not deserve it somehow.

You may buy a new car, and feel really uncomfortable when doing it, especially if its a big step up, telling yourself that it’s nice but you somehow are not “worthy” of it.

These feelings are common in changing your health for the better, some of you may have incredible photos and transformations, but you may feel that enough is enough, and you don’t deserve anymore, and to feel and look that amazing somehow, just because it’s too uncomfortable and you may give in who tried to put you off along.

Self-sabotage means you may turn back to over-eating, not exercising, feeling negative again just because the success you have had makes you feel so far out of your comfort zone.

Beware self-sabotage, embrace the success you are having and have had, and realise you totally deserve the great things that have come into your life, and you’re every bit as good as everyone else who has worked as hard as you have, and now it’s time for you to enjoy the rewards.

Everyone experiences doubt and indecision, it’s how you handle those crucial moments that dictate your ultimate destiny. We are actually more powerful than we ever thought and sometimes that’s what scares us most. We are often more scared of the light than the darkness as the old saying goes.

Twitt
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Sunday, 21st August

One of the most common questions i get from those of you who have just started is “this exercise is great but what do i do to get rid of my stomach?”.

Your programme is composed to have total balance to hit everything on your body, or it’s not a good programme. Ill-thought out programmes won’t work well for you, and will often cause imbalances and even injury. That is the first thing we concentrate on, making your programme sound and fundamentally improve you in every area.

The days of doing endless sit ups for your stomach ended in the last century, and you will see now that we have countless alternatives, working your core as a whole (your back, hamstrings, bum, thighs, groins, hips, stomach muscles etc), and once you go through our programmes, you will soon realise we attack that area very strongly indeed AND every other area.

So the bottom line is you need to STICK with the programme, get through ALL of it, buckle down to the hard work required, and show up a minimum of 3 times a week. THERE’S NO OTHER WAY TO GET THE AMAZING RESULTS WE REGULARLY DEMONSTRATE. It doesn’t happen by accident, by “hoping for the best” or by luck.

One more thing so your stomach looks even better-YOU WILL NEVER OUT-TRAIN A BAD DIET-please remember that.

Twitt
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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.

Twitt
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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