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Wednesday, 25th May

Here’s a massive transition in terms of terminology you need to make, and the sooner you make it the better.

Doing “cardio” is often seen as the “let’s finish off by burning the fat off” part.

Unfortunately, this is not true. The true fat burning is done in your strength training in workout 1, and all your movement exercises in workout 2, and whilst the air assault bike, rower, ski machine, etc are very valuable and DO burn fat, they alone are not responsible for your massive results. One pound of fat burns 2 calories a day, one pound of lean muscle tissue burns 35 calories day-that’s a powerful fact right there about developing lean muscle, talk about raising your metabolism!!!

ALL of your exercises matter. If you didn’t do strength work, then you wouldn’t re-shape your body, not be able to burn as much calories at rest or fight against osteoporosis. Our weights workouts get you out of breath too, that’s why we only rest 30 seconds in between sets, it challenges you in ALL ways.

If you didn’t do your running on the ladders up the hill, or with bulgarian bags up the hill, or hit the prowlers hard, hit the steps etc, you wouldn’t get so out of breath and you heart and lungs wouldn’t be in such great shape.

If you didn’t do all our movement work in workout 2, you again wouldn’t burn so much fat, you wouldn’t be so flexible and ready for anything in sports etc. You get fundamentally strong doing this workout in all ways, and it can be deeply exhausting to do.

We are proud of all our balance work, they add an amazing amount to your all round ability, make you so much stronger on your feet, hit your core so much harder, create a much stronger back, hips and hamstrings and take a lot of stress off your back full stop. You will never develop such a strong core without balance work.

Our programmes are designed to be all rounders, working every single area and keeping your progress going strong everywhere, instead of being just good at weights or cardio, you NEED EVERYTHING so let’s embrace it.

See our programmes as huge fat burning furnaces, building massive strength levels, amazing heart and lungs capacity and being much stronger on your feet AND OFF your feet. See your programme as getting you ready for ANYTHING, creating huge energy levels and giving you all your inner self-confidence back that you may have thought long gone.

Let’s do it!

Twitt
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Thursday, 19th May

Having good health, looking and feeling your best, being stronger mentally are things we all strive for.

The costs are greater for getting into shape long term but ones worth paying for. I’m not talking about money, i’m talking about effort, commitment and dedication.

Our workouts require more energy, focus and sweat than most. The process is filled with more hard work and sometimes failure. You always learn from failure and you become all the better for it. You may take longer to do it but you will stay in shape longer too because it will be much more sustainable.

Training well, eating right and resting enough is all part of the process you need to go through .When you fall in love with the process, you will love what the process creates. It’s not easy becoming fit and healthy or everyone would be doing it.

Everyone wants to get into the great shape some of our members have achieved, but not many of the general public are willing to sacrifice the effort needed to get there and become great themselves.

Everyone is looking for their 5 minutes of fame these days, but not many are willing to give years to their health and body.

Most people think that some of our greatest transformations were “overnight” successes. There’s no such thing as an overnight success, the way to success is working over many months, many years, showing up every day, you do the work and you are dedicated to your craft every day, you put your heart and soul into your work as you strive for excellence.

You will never ever create perfection, but you know you will want to come as close to it as possible. You fail, you improve, you grow, you face countless challenges, and tons of rejection that makes you doubt yourself and sometimes want to quit, but you don’t, you keep working hard, you stay positive and persevere through it all with resilience, determination and a lot of hope and faith, then you MAKE IT.

Everyone wants to know how and the world says “where have you been”, and you say “i’ve been here all along working hard, keeping my head down and hopefully getting better day by day”!

To everyone else, you are an overnight success, but to yourself the journey continues and you want to make your next month and year your best work, no matter what you’ve accomplished in the past.

Committing yourself to long term success is a state of mind, but to get there you have to make the start and battle through the ups and downs until you reach the standard you always knew you were capable of getting to.

Twitt
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Monday, 9th May

Here’s the chances you have of great success over the next 3 weeks in the new programme starting officially today!! We have just had a huge morning and i want to spell it out to you what you need to do.

You need to hit every workout with real intensity, with focus and a true desire to do better each time. Hard work leads to results, no excuses, you need to put it in often so expect hard work to be the cornerstone of your overall results.

You need to show up a minimum of three times a week without fail. Showing up is half the battle, because you know once you get to the gym, you will be guaranteed to have a big session.

Eat right. If you are putting all of this work in, then you want to maximise your results. Don’t waste any of the effort you put in by eating rubbish. Concentrate on shopping for good food and make sure you eat good quality, made by yourself meals regularly. No ready meals, cook from scratch whenever possible.

Drink plenty of water. If you’re not taking enough water in, then your performances will dip quickly, you will get dehydrated and you will develop headaches which will destroy your progress. Water is vital for all sorts of reasons!

Sleep well. If you don’t get enough rest, you will show up half-hearted, irritable and half the energy you need. Get to bed early and your body will recover well, and come back with a big bounce ready for your next workout!

Get your mind right. Associate with positive people whenever possible, write down your goals and review them regularly to see how close you are getting. If you get all the previous things right, then your mind will be clearer, more focused and more positive so you hit this programme like a train!!

This sounds like a basic list but will give you everything you need to outperform over the next 3 weeks and conquer this latest very demanding programme!

Twitt
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Wednesday, 16th March

Reviving your movement ability again is the very first thing we teach. How many 30, 40, 50 somethings do you know that “give up” on their movements that they used to take for granted when they were playing sport or back at school. You used to bounce around no problem then because you had a lot of natural balance and you were used to moving around full stop.

Somehow accepting the fact you will be stiff as a board for life once you leave this environment is dangerous. Once you accept that your movement is not so good anymore, and start thinking through rose-tinted glasses how “things used to be”, then everything will turn on a downward spiral.

Our training involves a lot of getting into multiple different positions designed to test you to the extreme. Simply getting into those positions is tough, performing exercises whilst in those positions is even tougher, but this strategy will always bring you superior results.

Then our strategy is always to take you out of that comfort zone as soon as you get used to it. This allows you to reach your potential far quicker because you are always in a state of challenging yourself, reaching for more, and endlessly seeking more results and rewards out of your programme.

Mentally this does wonders for you. There only becomes opportunities and possibilities in your training programme for the NOW and the future. There’s no fond stories on how things used to be and how you cant do them now. Now the talk is how good you are now, how great you can become and you will automatically find yourself volunteering to take on new and fresh challenges.

You either are getting better or falling behind, you can’t stay still that’s for sure. All of you who hit the gym with us 3 times a week will be in a constant state of improvement, positivity and development. This is great for the mind too, keeps you striving for more and let’s you know that you are alive and about to get in the best shape of your life!!!

Twitt
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Monday, 22nd February

The hardest part of being successful at anything is CONSISTENCY. This separates the ones that are continually successful and get to achieve what they set out to do, and those who flounder every time.
New year has long gone, and filling in your weekly goal sheet again may be the best thing you do over the next 24 hours (just been sent out).

Your mind will make you succeed and triumph, or make you quit and fold like a pack of cards, and blame yourself that somehow you weren’t “good enough” for whatever reason.

Decide to make this week another strong one, as it’s totally within your power. Whether you’re running a marathon or you want to recover from a lifetime of ill health, you have to keep making the right decisions that are going to take you closer to your goals.

No time to moan that monday morning is coming, as it’s the most vital workout of the week to set the tone for the rest of the week. Set your standards high, fight through the fog that appears from time to time, and CHOOSE to hit it harder than you’ve ever done before!

Twitt