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February 22nd

So you have got a huge Monday in, the type of workout that makes you a little tight the next day, or even very stiff for some people.

Let me get this thing straight first of all. A couple of so called “trainers” in a magazine I saw once said that if you weren’t very stiff the next day from a workout, then that workout wasn’t done properly.

What an absolute joke that comments was and still is!! These people in fact are a joke and ought to get some experience under their belt before they utter such rubbish. They may have passed a couple of piddly exams done on a weekend but you can tell they don’t have much “experience” in the field so to speak!!!

Of course you will get stiff after the occasional workout, when you’ve pushed it harder than you’ve done for a while, or done a new exercise or an old routine you haven’t for a while, that DOES happen occasionally but the stiff after every workout part is absolute rubbish and shows the amount of “cowboys” in this game!!

Your body DOES get used to a certain intensity, and can handle surprisingly impressive workloads. Many of you who have been or are in now an intensive period of training will have become used to levels you never thought possible.

The great thing about the human body is that once you get used to one level, it craves going a bit further again and testing itself out. There is no inner satisfaction like the knowing that you are advancing your physical performance every week, month and year of year life, just as people on average your own age, are sadly declining in theirs according to latest government statistics.

The body ages for sure, but if you exercise correctly and with real purpose, eat small and often foods that are packed with nutrients, drinking enough water throughout the day, sleep well, and stay positive in most situations life throw at you, then you are likely to defy that damaging ageing process and halt the most serious damaging effects that attack your body and its internal system every day.

The great news is that if you look after your insides, your outsides will take care of themselves so lets keep giving it your best shot!!!

Twitt
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February 21st 2011

I dont know about you but i find myself at my heaviest weight on monday morning. I try to relax more the weekend and although i do slam in a run every sunday morning, i tend to allow myself a treat on saturday and eat a bit of what i fancy. Also, nothing wrong with having an odd beer or two the weekend either, and everyone needs to unwind at least once a week.

That process of the weekend undwinding brings me back to monday, and makes me determined to get the week off with a bang.

There is a tremendous amount of drive within myself and most people i train to get the week off to a flying start. My idea of a flying start involves some running, sometimes cycling, some weight training and plenty of good food and water throughout the day. Making my mark early on in the week is hugely important for my mind too, and resets my thoughts to huge positivity for the rest of the week.

Have you noticed sometimes if you drink more than once a week, your thoughts become a little more cloudy. Your training is nowhere near so good and the “i will sweat it out” mentality doesn’t really work does it? Nothing can make up for messy eating and drinking habits, you need a structure in place and implement it right now!!!

The conditions of a successful healthy week don’t often change. Please don’t waste your money by going in some health shop, spending a fortune coming out with two big bags of supplements, and expecting to look great in a couple of weeks, thats the most ineffective route you could ever take.

 Most people are looking for the easy way out, and there’s a whole range of people looking to take your money and run, because they know they can’t really back up their promises. Most of them make me want to throw up, and most of them have holes in their programme so big that you could dry a bus through them.

Its monday, its back to work time, lets put it in and kick it off in a big way!!!!

Twitt
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10th february 2011

Good to see some comments about asthma here today!! As i mentioned before, i used to be a heavier user of pumps in my childhood and exercise did the trick for me, it gave me confidence, it give me some clear breathing, i stopped wheezing, i started getting better at sports, i started getting more confidence, i felt better full stop and that was the bottom line!!! And i developed more confidence!!!

You noticed i used that word CONFIDENCE, CONFIDENCE, CONFIDENCE THREE TIMES!!!! and it was deliberately for sure.

Most of you only need that-confidence, there i said it once again didn’t i?

The world is full of people who don’t have the confidence to carry out a fitness programme and succeed in it for this every season.

You are not too fat, too negative, too weak, not talented enough, too emotionally weak-that really is NOT you and you can turn it around right now. Please believe it, its all you have to do, no but’s, you have to believe in yourself!!!

As i keep telling you, harry redknapp who is the manager of tottenham hotspur football club or Spurs as many know them, said the true secret of management is CONFIDENCE, theres that word again!!! All he does, he says is install belief and confidence in his players. He says that a football player can have all the ability in the world, but if they don’t have belief, they will founder and not achieve anything!!!

When you go on a journey to your favourite shop, you have total belief that you will get there in one piece, you may have traffic jams on the way, you may get diverted, but in the end you get there.

With your fitness programme, you really need to believe you can get there, in the end, by a diversion or even in a straight line!!! The “in a straight line” doesn’t happen often i can tell you. There are always challenges along the way, but if you are consistent and you always take action no matter what, it WILL happen for you and you HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT.

If you believe or don’t believe you can really get amazing health and fitness, then you’re right. What you believe in and have confidence in is what will decide your outcome.

One of the goals must be no more asthma pumps long term, start today by taking action and having confidenc!!!!

Twitt
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Feb 4th 2011

A massive day for anyone who likes sport today, wales versus england at the millennium stadium and it doesnt get better than this surely!!

The game has been spiced up by various comments on different players and as i write this, i hear than ben foden, who is england full back today, claims that it is time england put its “little brother” wales in their place!!! This will surely get most welsh people’s blood boiling as we read this!!! God knows what effect it will have on the players, but my wild guess is that it will add even more fury to tonights game, which is great in my book and will only add to the entertainment and the whole occasion in general!!!

Anytime you get riled by something, its good to use it as a tool and not let it control you and you become your worst enemy.

For example, if tonight when a lot of people in pubs are drinking quite a bit, then its not beyond the realms of possibility that a fight could break out in some places. This is sad of course and the next day, both parties would probably regret it.

A lot of people actually get motivated to do positive things when they are riled and angered in some way. Wales in rugby tonight will probably be best to use those verbal taunts as a positive and play their very best rugby, instead of using it by being ill-disciplined. This is probably what england expect of course and i really think tonight that discipline will win the game tonight, who can keep their head’s when everyone else is losing theirs!!

Making the most of negativity towards you can be a great tool for you. If someone makes fun of your weight, then prove them wrong and use that anger to get into great shape, it will literally make those same people making the comments speechless and you will probably or make that definitely earn enormous respect for your transformation.

There is a positive out of every negative situation, all you have to do is read it properly and use the angle you want to properl you to new heights!!!

Twitt
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Feb 3rd 2011

Nice to see some of you making a real effort with your training and looking to improve yourselves, even after the faddy january rush has come and gone. Just as many people will be giving up on another year, you will be only starting yours and i know your efforts will last most if not all of the year.

Going through year on year may seem like a drag, but its only a drag if you have let yourself fall far further than you ought to have. Letting yourself go is something we have all been through, and its how we come back from this that shows how much character we really have. Its easy to be bullish when everything is going well for us, but when things dont, our confidence can drop greatly and in turn our performances. Once our performances go south, our progress comes to a screeching halt and we can end up going backwards at a rate of kn0ts sometimes!!!

So we have bright mornings, lighter evenings and we even have milder weather to feel good about and this weather allows us to do pretty much anything we want.

This is the month to make spring really happen for us. That first week of april when its warmer will be too late to start training to be in shape for may. Its now all the hard work counts and can really make a difference to your appearance and the way you feel!!!!

If you get stuck in now, life will not be hard as you think and you wont have to go through the dragging yourself up from the bottom all over again. Please make the effort now and make the leap between being mediocre and being impressive. You become impressive by showing self-sacrifice at crucial moments, ON A REGULAR BASIS.

Nobody is asking for perfection from you, what i am asking from you is sustained effort that is a reflection on your ability. As long as you do your best, nobody can ask for me, but my guess is that your best will indeed be enough!!!!

Twitt