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Tuesday, 11th February

Everyone wants to practice things they are good at, what they excel in and its human nature to look at your strengths.

Our training should make us think what we are struggling on, what our weaknesses are, what we need to really improve. What our injuries, our past injuries or breakages when it comes to joints and bones? All these things need addresses before old age comes, because it gets even harder then but still great advancements can be done even then!

This is not a negative, its only going to improve what we like doing in the first place.

If we like to play rugby or football to the best of our ability for example, then working on our weaker areas will only enhance our performance.

Just being stronger with weights or just being better on the treadmill won’t guarantee a better sporting performance, it will help A LOT, but all the stuff we do in our training will give you all the little “add ons” that will make you the difference between okay at a sport, to excelling at it.

The top athletes are the ones who do the little things to improve, this what separates a great athlete from an average one.

You have every opportunity to use the latest science of training to take you wherever you want to be.

The only thing stopping you would be falling for the trap of doing the same old thing all the time. If you do the same old thing, you’re going get the same old results.

We are looking to get the very best out of you, so start searching where you can get even more from your training, more out of your nutrition, and how you can get an even more positive state of mind to see you through the ups and downs of getting into top shape!

Twitt
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Thursday, 6th February

If your results have been good in January, then you should see February as a continuation of the lifestyle habits you developed or rediscovered in January.

Lots of people ask what is the “true secret” or the “one thing” of getting into the shape you always wanted, and I have to tell them the same old answer. The “one” thing is EVERYTHING.

You can’t fool your body for long with the latest faddy diet, the latest exercise gimmick, or whatever comes on the market on a relentless basis. If I based my business on any of these, I would have been out of business in a few weeks or months at best, like all of these fads inevitably do.

If you are not eating healthily, if you are not exercising regularly, if you are not sleeping well, if you are not keep alcohol to once a week, then you are not going to get near the results you want, and please don’t let ANYONE tell you different!

February is time to try something new too, now your foundation is better, you can experiment more and hit new exercises. We always like to talk about exercise cost and this means the hardest exercises usually have the biggest energy cost, so try this month and approach your programme in a different way.

Moving on to the next phase of your training is vital, and this is only possible when you are doing everything right in the first place.

We have more people than ever exploring their limits on the physical potential.

This means new exercises, variations on older exercises and a higher training intensity again using all new and different strategies.

Time to make the step up.

Twitt
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Tuesday, 28th January

We are nearly at the end of January, and have been doing a succession of measurements already.

The toil of a hard January is starting to bear fruit now, with those who have put the work in surprising themselves to the upside in terms of body fat lost, lean muscle tissue gained and a lower stronger heart rate.

We have had some people improve their blood pressure dramatically, as well as other health-related issues that can be improved a great deal through exercising regularly, and changing one’s eating around to make sure good natural foods comes in on a regular basis.

Most people forget that we are really exercising for health as the primary reason, and not for vanity. If you structure your exercise and eating programme so you think of how your body is improving internally, then your outside visual image will take of itself.

The goal is to be healthy inside and out surely?

This is why just weighing scales are a poor barometer on your overall health. For example, most women I train are very volatile with their weight when its time of the month, some putting up to 5 pounds on during a few days, then losing it once it is over.

Also, we encourage training that is going to improve and support lean muscle tissue (which raises your metabolism and keeps you burning fat 24 hours a day), so this will definitely affect your weight on the scales.

This is why I measure body fat properly, and don’t rely on some gimmicky scales that “claims” to measure weight and body fat at the same time. It simply cannot be done accurately, not a chance!

Getting measured is vital and we are just having all our early January results come through.

Knowing where you are is vital so you can chart your future progress, and you know how much you have to do to get there.

Twitt
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Wednesday, 22nd January

People always ask me always “what do I do AFTER I get fit?”.

However long it takes you to get fit and healthy again, you will find it’s very unlikely you will ever even WANT to go back to your old ways. When individuals become fit and healthy, often from a low base, they become changed people.

You will have developed a higher quality of life, you will have higher ambitions, you won’t have the same old cravings for sugary foods, and you will start having a lot more pleasure about being active.

If you are in a sound programme, then your new lifestyle will have become part of you, so you develop fresh enthusiasm for everything in life. You will become much more optimistic and you suddenly have a brand new body to enjoy too, and you’re going to want to use it as often as possible.

Training properly and smart, eating healthily is like discovering you have done something in your life for years the wrong way, and suddenly everything feels a LOT EASIER in your life.

Why would you ever go back from here and feeling great? This is what many of you tell me.

The best thing to do after you have reached your INITIAL goals is to immediately set NEW ones, this way you are always trying to improve and progress becomes a natural process for you.

Soon this will become your way of life and you won’t have to think about it anymore, it will be second nature.

Twitt