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Thursday, 23rd May

Great things happen when you actually “get it”!

Once you REALISE that there are no side-stepping issues, there is no ducking out of the fact that you will need to eat good natural foods, you will need to exercise 3-4 times a week, you will not be able to lose body fat at a good rate if you are not willing to give up drinking alcohol most nights (alcohol needs to come back down to one night a week only).

You have to be prepared to use up your energy stores every day through exercise,creating an calorie or energy deficit so you are actually burning body fat, instead of steadily putting it on.

You need to forget the saying that you can eat “whatever you want” just because you’re training! Its more important than ever to eat well when you train hard because you body needs all the good nutrients even more. Your body needs to recover quickly from the last session, and i take it you actually want to improve in the way you look and feel, rather than go through the motions?!!

You need to commit yourself and develop a mindset that you need to exercise for a lifetime, and not do it a month here, a month there! This will be a sure fire way to swim in mediocrity, and constantly disappoint yourself.

These are the things you need to do if you are serious about the way you want to look and feel, to have outstanding health, and to finally achieve the big goals you promised yourself probably a very long time ago.

Time is precious so do not waste it!

Twitt
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Thursday, 21st May

The big reason you are doing this is ultimately going to drive you on through the tougher times to come. Its easier to do anything when times are easy, when you have plenty of time on your hands, you have friends who want to do the same, and all the circumstances are in favour of you training regularly.

Then, as we talk about regularly on here, circumstances change, sometimes dramatically and there are suddenly a million reasons NOT to train.

Its at this exact time when you NEED your big reason to find the time to train, find the motivation to have a great
workout, find the reason to eat well when it would be far easier to have a takeaway or call in the petrol station for chocolate and some win even, after all you tell yourself that you “deserve it” because of all the stress you’re under!

So whatever reason that may be, you need to at least once a week consider why you are training this hard in the first place, why you are sacrificing other things at times to get your body into the shape you really want.

Did you start because someone told you that you had put on a lot of weight?

Did you start because you had to overcome a health issue?

Did you start to just feel better, you were sick of feeling lousy so finally you had to do something about it?

Did you start to get better at the sport you like?

Were you fed up of not being all you could be, and weren’t going to take it anymore?

Are you getting married in 6 months and you want to look your very best?

Have you just had a child and desperately want to lose the baby weight and get back into your clothes, and get your confidence and self-esteem back?

Are you burnt out from working too hard all your life, and its time after getting several warnings from your doctor to really sort your health and body out once and for all?

Whatever the reason why you started taking your health and fitness seriously, always have this big reason close on hand every time you feel sorry for yourself, how you cant find time for exercise and when doing some exercise really is the last thing on your mind.

Twitt
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Monday, 20th May

Monday is always a big measurement day for me, and i know i have quite a few lined up today.

For those who regularly go through it, you will know what i am talking about. For those of you who never chart your progress, here’s why you should immediately adopt the process.

First of all, how do you know how you are improving?

Second, even if you feel better and things you think are improving, how do you know how much?

Thirdly, even if you know all of these things, how do you know which exercises have contributed the most, and which exercises have contributed the least, and perhaps you have been wasting your time on some movements, and you could have spent your time much better on a far more efficient programme for yourself?

Chances are if you are not looking at these key indicators, then you are training at a facility that doesn’t care about your progress, doesn’t have the resources or expertise to monitor your progress, and just concentrates on how many direct debits they can get. Your progress IS REALLY NOT on their agenda.

What happens if your blood pressure is high?

What happens if you have palpatations from exercise?

What happens if you have a bad knee from certain movements, but don’t know any other way?

What happens if your body fat levels are at dangerous levels? What’s the best way to solve the problem and get some momentum in our health and fitness plan?

As i said, measurements are part of my training day, and i know all my clients highly value this way of doing things, because it answers a LOT of questions immediately.

Twitt
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Friday, 17th May

Apologies about the lack of posts the last couple of days, but again we have had security issues on the site, with people trying to log in illegally, but hopefully we are back to normal now!

That back to normal statement in exercise terms doesn’t and shouldn’t exist really, because your exercise programme should be a constantly moving project, and nothing should remain the same for long.

If you have been reading this for any length of time, then you will know that we are focused on results, and you should also know by now that you have to change the exercises and intensity of what you do often, not only for results but for variety too, which keeps everything fresh and exciting!

If you are sticking to just machines in your training, then the movements you are practicing are limiting you in all sorts of ways. Chances are that your body is moving in one plane of motion all the time, when it could be moving over the full 360 degrees in all sorts of different exercises if you are willing to be shown, and open your mind to a different and more rewarding way of training?!!!

Machines can be fine for certain movements,but i strongly encourage you to mix things up far more, and give yourself a richer experience when you train, and all the time you will be further along the path of not only getting much better results, but ENJOYING your training far more too!!!

It’s time you switched to ropes, medicine balls, wall balls, harnesses, bungees, agility ladders, hurdles, tyres, swiss balls, bosu balls and that’s JUST THE START!!!!

Twitt
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Tuesday, 14th May

Leaving yourself no other option but to succeed is crucial to your success, and a big secret to achieving for the long term too.

If you give yourself too many options sometimes, then you’re always going to struggle.

For instance, if you are planning to do a workout tonight, and you start going through your mind that “maybe” you should leave it tonight, “after all you have to get the shopping, cut the lawn, clean the kitchen etc”, then the workout can easily be left.

Then you may say lets do it tomorrow? Then what happens is that maybe someone has invited you out, invited you for a drink, for pizza or just to have a chat, then the workout suddenly gets moved to Thursday.

Then one of your children tells you that they have parents evening and you HAVE to go of course! Then it gets to Friday, and then you come out with the oldest excuse in the book, “no point in starting back on a Friday, I’ll start back next week”!!!

This is a great example of you not prioritizing your workouts enough, and you can see it wont take much for “other” things to take priority!!!

The basic message of this is to put your workouts as something you MUST do (recipe for success), rather something you plan to do AS LONG as something else doesn’t come up (recipe for failure).

Ask yourself would you miss an appointment with the doctor, dentist or solicitor? Your workouts need to be considered just as important, as you will be looking after your health and there’s nothing more important.

Prioritise your exercise today and you will automatically get much better results!

Twitt