Whenever I meet with a potential new client at the gym, I always ask them 3 basic questions: Why are you here? What are your goals? What is it about yourself that you want to change/improve? Invariably, they all say some semblance of the same thing…
“I want to lose x number of pounds”,
“I want to be healthier.”,
“My doctor wants me to lose weight.”,
“I need to get in shape”,
“I just want to tone.” (whatever that means!) Continue reading
This first one is an essential principle. If you can wrap your head around this one, the rest is easy (well, easier, anyway). The basic premise is simple: you cannot control what happens to you. The only thing you can ever control is YOUR reaction to it. See my post on Where Do You Locate Your Control for more on this topic. Continue reading
You need to get back to the gym. You know it. I know it. The question is, why aren’t you doing it?
You know you should workout. You know you should upgrade your nutrition. You know you should do more to support an active healthy lifestyle. You know you should hire a trainer. You know you should sign up for that yoga class. But you don’t. Why not?
You are, as Tony Robbins would say, should-ing all over yourself.
Here’s a list of 7 strategies to help you get it together and turn that should into a must! Continue reading
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Make sure you read the highly controversial Part 1,Weakest Direction Theory is BS, before moving on to part 2 below…
I love martial arts. I love everything about it. I love training martial arts, practicing martial arts, teaching martial arts. I love reading martial arts history, philosophy, even martial arts fiction. I love talking about martial arts. I love writing about martial arts. Are you getting the picture yet? Have I pre-framed this well enough for you? Continue reading
For the past several weeks there has been a running theme interwoven throughout my blog posts. That theme has been practice, Daily Personal Practice (DPP), to be precise.
I’ve gotten several questions about the details of my own DPP since I refer to it several times in my writing. So I figured I would pull back the curtains and give you a more detailed glimpse into my Morning Routine of DPP in this post. Continue reading
One of the most oft asked questions I get from people, from both the online and offline worlds, is about their weekly workout schedule:
“How should I program my workouts?”
“How many days per week should I train?”
“Is it wrong or bad to train 2 days in a row?”
“How much rest should I have between workouts?”
“Is there one best way to program my training?” Continue reading
Are you making progress in your practice, or do you feel like you’re running in circles, making lots of motion but essentially getting nowhere?
Maybe you’ve got this whole practice thing wrong…
We all know that practice is absolutely essential to the development of any skill. But how should we practice? What qualities should our practice have to make sure it is both effective (increasing skill) and efficient (making the best use of time)? How long should we practice, how often? Continue reading
For some reason people seem to use the terms principles,techniques, and internal power interchangeably within the context of martial arts practice. Because of this mistake, they then tend to get confused between them. While they are all obviously related, each term is separate and distinct and should not be interchangeable with one another. Continue reading